How to Simply Detect and Notify When a Specific Boss Spawns?

[AgeOfMetin2 1]

Hi everyone,  

I'm trying to create a quest that announces globally when a specific mob spawns.  

I've been searching for a solution for a long time but haven’t found any concrete answers. I found several ways to announce when the mob is killed, but not when it spawns.

 

I attempted to use this quest but :

quest boss_spawn_notifier begin
    state start begin
        when 1093.spawn with npc.get_map_index() == 21 begin
            notice_all("Whatever the boss name is has spawned somewhere in XXXXXX!")
        end
    end
end

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work.  

Can someone guide me on the best approach to achieve this?  
- Is there a way to directly detect mob spawns in the quest system?  
- Would modifying the server source code be necessary?  
- Any examples or alternative solutions would be greatly appreciated!  

Thank you in advance for your help! 

[jking 682]

char_manager.cpp in function:

LPCHARACTER CHARACTER_MANAGER::SpawnMob(...)

just before:

return (ch);

add something like:

if (ch->GetMobRank() >= MOB_RANK_BOSS)
{
    BroadcastNotice("%s has been spawned!", ch->GetName());
}

or if you want by mob vnum:

if (ch->GetRaceNum() == XXX)
{
    BroadcastNotice("%s has been spawned!", ch->GetName());
}

 

Edited December 11, 2024 by jking

[Syreldar 2739]

18 hours ago, AgeOfMetin2 said:

Hi everyone,  

I'm trying to create a quest that announces globally when a specific mob spawns.  

I've been searching for a solution for a long time but haven’t found any concrete answers. I found several ways to announce when the mob is killed, but not when it spawns.

 

I attempted to use this quest but :

quest boss_spawn_notifier begin
    state start begin
        when 1093.spawn with npc.get_map_index() == 21 begin
            notice_all("Whatever the boss name is has spawned somewhere in XXXXXX!")
        end
    end
end

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work.  

Can someone guide me on the best approach to achieve this?  
- Is there a way to directly detect mob spawns in the quest system?  
- Would modifying the server source code be necessary?  
- Any examples or alternative solutions would be greatly appreciated!  

Thank you in advance for your help! 

By default, there's no spawn trigger for quests, So that won't be possible.

You can spawn bosses via quest, but I assume you are looking for a way to spawn it automatically and periodically, which I don't recommend doing via quest.

[AgeOfMetin2 1]

@Syreldar & @jking thank you very much both of you.

5 hours ago, Syreldar said:

By default, there's no spawn trigger for quests, So that won't be possible.

You can spawn bosses via quest, but I assume you are looking for a way to spawn it automatically and periodically, which I don't recommend doing via quest.

No, i don't use any quest to spawn mob or bosses, they spawn like always from the boss.txt. I just wanted a simple announcement that's all. I think I will try the solution from @jking