Hi!

I made this new forum because I feel that the Rules System is extremely underutilized, and overlooked by admins if we do not point it out boldly. As new systems are implemented, any new Rules created for those systems should be posted here so there is a centralized location for all-things-Rules (even though the Wiki would be nice, too... but who uses Wikis?) Not saying we have to duplicate efforts, just treat it like the LUA Scripting forum; It's Server Dev stuff, but requires a little extra love.

That said, What Is the Rule System, you ask?

"Rules" are any value used to dynamically alter anything from status overrides, combat/spell calculations, zone or world global settings, etc. For instance, by default a "chance to hit" might be based on a crazy calculation of a dozen factors - Some Factor in this terrible example would your rule: R_Combat:ChanceToHitOffset. So on one server this could be 10%, while on other, harder servers it could be .5%, making it more difficult to successfully hit. This is of course NOT a valid example, just demonstrating.


There are 2 types of rules: World and Zone. World Rules apply to every aspect of your world, globally. Zone Rules are tied just to a specific zone. Examples -

- What is the status override value for a player to get into a locked world?

• R_World:ServerLockedOverrideStatus = 10 or higher, player can log into Locked server

- Should players automatically join a server-wide guild?

• R_World:GuildAutoJoin = 1 to put players into a guild at creation

- What guild should they join?

• R_World:GuildAutoJoinID = 495 players join guild ID 495 on creation

- How often do you want it raining in your Zone?

• R_Zone:WeatherFrequency = 0.5% chance of rain

- Do you want Adventure XP increased in Zone_A?

• R_Zone:BonusAdventureXP = 10% additional XP in this zone

- How many players are allowed into a zone before "Instancing" it to another copy?

• R_Zone:MaxPlayers = 100 players before Zone Full

The list goes on, and is growing continually. Currently, many (mannny) of EQ2Emulator's values are hard-coded - meaning, you cannot adjust them without re-compiling the code yourself. As we encounter these hard-coded values, we're converting them to Rules so your worlds can be more customizable.

Anyone familiar with EQEmulator's rules system should understand why we stole this idea from them It is a very helpful system!

Enjoy