Re: IS_NPC and IS_MOB

From: Levork (fongj@helix.net)
Date: 12/18/95


> > In utils.h we have the lines:
> > #define IS_NPC(ch)              MOB_FLAGS(ch).isnpc
> > #define IS_MOB(ch)              (IS_NPC(ch) && ((ch)->nr >-1))
> 
> Note the ((ch)->nr > -1) part of IS_MOB?
> 
> That's the number that is automagically assigned to a character whenever 
> they are first created. That number will be -1 for a "real mob". If an 
> immortal is switched into an NPC, however, that number will be assigned 
> to whatever their number is. 
> 
> So, a MOB is an NPC that isn't switched into.

Hm, I was under the impression that a MOB meant prototyped mobile as 
opposed to a non-prototyped mobile (i.e. the product of an animate dead 
spell), and that the ->nr actually was the index into the mob_proto 
table. NPC covers both non-prototyped and prototyped.

Levork



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