- Before when reverse aggro checks were done (client to NPC), checks would happen every 750 millseconds where a client would
check an entire entity list with distance calcs and other checks for aggro, with many clients in a zone and many NPC's this would
add a lot of unecessary overhead. A temporary adjustment on 3/25 was made and upped the check to 6 seconds.
- Now, there is a new methodology to scanning. The client will build a cache list of NPC's within close range as defined in new rule:
RULE_INT(Range, ClientNPCScan, 300) and will also get any NPC that has an aggro range beyond that defined range to use in
the frequent checks for aggro, the result is far less overhead
- Client scanning changes when moving versus not moving, the client will scan aggro every 500 milliseconds while moving, and
3000 millseconds aggro check when not moving, with a 6000ms re-fetch for close NPC's
- A demo of these changes can be found here:
https://youtu.be/aGroiwLSTVU
Live seems to be inconsistent with how much hate is dropped, but I parsed
~69% drop on the highest and ~39% for the lowest. So round to 70 and 40.
It was also fairly obvious there was a min hate it could drop you to,
which parsed out to ~100 hate.
This code also allows you to toggle on Tick Pulling (Aggro:AllowTickPulling)
which was a pulling technique (exploit) fixed sometime in 2006
This code also implements assist caps to cut down on trains (5 by default)
Unsure if live what this number is (it exists) or if it's a per NPC basis
An NPC with Assist Aggro will not call for help, only NPCs with Primary Aggro will
Spells with this flag will not generate any aggro
Note: DOT portions of spells wilth this flag STILL generate aggro.
Example Harminous Arrow (Ranger AA) 16127
219 not_extendable - > not_focusable - No focus are applied to these spells
217 maxtargets -> no_heal_damage_item_mod - Not applied to these spells.
232 -> no_remove -> Can not click off these spells even if beneficial
209 powerful_flag -> no_resist -> Unresistable spell
Refix double spell casting subtlety
Fix double spell casting subtlety for beneficial spells
Move 100 initial bonus to AddToHateList so melee get it as well
Lower prox aggro since the 100 bonus is in AddToHateList now
If this ability is set, the NPCs will continuously add things to their
hate list while their engaged. If it's not set (default) they won't,
which is what the vast majority of NPCs do on live.
