how to parse npc from media.pk2 files

[fakeheader]

Hello
I am working on a nice project but I neee help parsing npc data from the text files

I want to
get npc of each town from text files
get type of npc ... like blacksmith and etc
Get npc shop content


so can anyone help?

[magicanoo]

Check Zbot's source code. It grabs information from text files after being extracted from the media.pk2.

[fakeheader]

i did but its not working i need to make it generic for all servers and because some server has custom npc so i need to find a way to extract the content and the shop type

[Devsome]

Originally Posted by fakeheader

i did but its not working i need to make it generic for all servers and because some server has custom npc so i need to find a way to extract the content and the shop type

Then just loop them all with the Method of zBot , otherwise rewrite it du avoid the errors

[fakeheader]

well .... zbot has its static values for each town ... and it doesnt have alex npc ... anyway i solved the problem using the the expression ... like npc_wc_ so wc is western china then if the string have _smith then its black smith and thanks to fox564 for this solution, thanks for your time

[zeteris]

Originally Posted by fakeheader

well .... zbot has its static values for each town ... and it doesnt have alex npc ... anyway i solved the problem using the the expression ... like npc_wc_ so wc is western china then if the string have _smith then its black smith and thanks to fox564 for this solution, thanks for your time

Just load them from the client textdata it's not that hard.

Hint: don't use CodeName128 to parse anything.

[fakeheader]

Thank you for your answer but here is my problem
in zbot there is no alex npc in the parse and also you made other npc static
so what if the client have custom npc names how would I auto buy pots for example
thats why I need to make it generic

[Royalblade*]

Originally Posted by fakeheader

Thank you for your answer but here is my problem
in zbot there is no alex npc in the parse and also you made other npc static
so what if the client have custom npc names how would I auto buy pots for example
thats why I need to make it generic

GGWP; You just wasted a lot of time.

1st: Parse SingleSpawn & GroupSpawn
You get, NPCObjectID, XYZ from them.

Then you need to load up a few txt files, get the item locations via this.

Originally Posted by Royalblade*

This won't be useful for the general people here. However, when somebody else goes n makes a bot in future, this will save up tons of brainfuck.

However, if you do find a better way to do this, go ahead and post it.

This is strictly speaking only for Type 8 @ 0xB034, since the rest is entirely different.
All those people making alchemy bots etc.. this is highly useful for you

EDIT: For shit like this:

 Spoiler

First create this function

PHP Code:

CREATE FUNCTION _getTabIndex(@NPCID INT, @TabCodename VARCHAR(128))
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @Index INT;

    SELECT    @Index = tabindex
    FROM    (
            SELECT    ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY tab.RefTabGroupCodeName ASC, tab.ID ASC)-1 tabindex, tab.CodeName128
            FROM    _RefShopTab tab
            JOIN    _RefMappingShopWithTab maptab ON tab.RefTabGroupCodeName = maptab.RefTabGroupCodeName
            JOIN    _RefShop shop ON maptab.RefShopCodeName = shop.CodeName128
            JOIN    _RefMappingShopGroup mapshop ON shop.CodeName128 = mapshop.RefShopCodeName
            JOIN    _RefShopGroup shopgroup ON mapshop.RefShopGroupCodeName = shopgroup.CodeName128
            JOIN    _Refobjcommon R ON shopgroup.RefNPCCodeName = R.CodeName128
            WHERE    R.ID = @NPCID
            ) q
    WHERE    q.CodeName128 = @TabCodename
    RETURN @Index
END 


Then run this and create your npcshoplist. You need to parse NPCs via single/groupspawn beforehand though, otherwise you cant get the NPC ID.

PHP Code:


SELECT    npc.ID as NPCID,.dbo._getTabIndex(npc.ID,goods.RefTabCodeName) TabID, Item.id as ItemID, goods.SlotIndex  ,scrap.Data
FROM    _RefShopGoods goods
JOIN    _RefShopTab tab ON goods.RefTabCodeName = tab.CodeName128
JOIN    _RefMappingShopWithTab maptab ON tab.RefTabGroupCodeName = maptab.RefTabGroupCodeName
JOIN    _RefShop shop ON maptab.RefShopCodeName = shop.CodeName128
JOIN    _RefMappingShopGroup mapgroup ON shop.CodeName128 = mapgroup.RefShopCodeName
JOIN    _RefShopGroup shopgroup ON mapgroup.RefShopGroupCodeName = shopgroup.CodeName128
JOIN    _Refobjcommon npc ON shopgroup.RefNPCCodeName = npc.CodeName128
JOIN    _RefPackageItem package ON goods.RefPackageItemCodeName = package.CodeName128
JOIN    _RefScrapOfPackageItem scrap ON package.CodeName128 = scrap.RefPackageItemCodeName
JOIN    _Refobjcommon item ON scrap.RefItemCodeName = item.CodeName128
WHERE npc.ID = 2073
ORDER BY tab.RefTabGroupCodeName  ASC, tab.ID ASC 


THEN it would be properly dynamic. But you don't need anything like XYZ from CharData.txt

[Devsome]

You can also use like royalblade says ParseSingleSpawn and if type is a NPC then build a function e.g ParseNPC
Old sro-r ParseNPC stuff

public static int ParseNPC(object opacket, object xresult, bool groupspawn)
{
	Packet packet = (Packet)opacket;
	SpawnData result = (SpawnData)xresult;
	int startpos = (int)packet.data.pointer - 4; 
	//try
	//{
		result.UniqueId = packet.data.ReadDWORD();

		result.xSec = packet.data.ReadBYTE();
		result.ySec = packet.data.ReadBYTE();
		result.X = packet.data.ReadSINGLE();
		result.Z = packet.data.ReadSINGLE();
		result.Y = packet.data.ReadSINGLE();
		packet.data.ReadWORD(); //angle

		result.XCoord = Functions.GetXCoord((int)result.X, result.xSec);
		result.YCoord = Functions.GetYCoord((int)result.Y, result.ySec);

		result.distance = Functions.CalcDistance(result.XCoord, result.YCoord);

		byte haveDest = packet.data.ReadBYTE();
		byte movingType = packet.data.ReadBYTE();
		if (haveDest == 0x01)
		{
			result.DestXSec = packet.data.ReadBYTE();
			result.DestYSec = packet.data.ReadBYTE();

			if (result.DestYSec == 0x80)
			{
				packet.data.ReadSignedDWORD();
				packet.data.ReadSignedDWORD();
				packet.data.ReadSignedDWORD();
			}
			else
			{
				result.DestX = packet.data.ReadSignedWORD();
				result.DestZ = packet.data.ReadSignedWORD();
				result.DestY = packet.data.ReadSignedWORD();
			}
		}
		else
		{
			packet.data.ReadBYTE();
			packet.data.ReadWORD();
		}


		result.DeathFlag = packet.data.ReadBYTE();
		packet.data.ReadBYTE(); //movement flag
		packet.data.ReadBYTE(); //berserk gauge
		packet.data.ReadBYTE(12); //walk speeds

		byte skillcount = packet.data.ReadBYTE();
		for (int s = 0; s < skillcount; s++)
		{
			uint skillid = Functions.ReverseNumber(packet.data.ReadDWORD()); // ID
			packet.data.ReadDWORD(); // SKILL UNIQUE ID

			foreach (SkillData sd in Main.Skills)
			{
				if (sd.ID == skillid)
				{
					if (Functions.extraByte(sd.pk2name) == true)
						packet.data.ReadBYTE();
					break;
				}
			}
		}

		byte action = packet.data.ReadBYTE();

		if (action == 2)
			packet.data.ReadDWORD();
		else if (action != 0x00)
			packet.data.ReadBYTE(packet.data.ReadBYTE());

		Main.UpdateSpawns(result, true);
	//}

	//catch
	//{
	//    string packetasstring = "S->C(" + packet.Opc.ToString("X4") + ") ";
	//    foreach (byte b in packet.ToByteArray())
	//    {
	//        packetasstring += b.ToString("X2");
	//    }


	//    System.IO.File.AppendAllText(System.Environment.CurrentDirectory + "\\err_npc.txt", packetasstring + "\r\n" + "Pos:" + packet.data.pointer.ToString() + " LEN:" + packet.data.len.ToString() + " START POS:" + startpos.ToString() + " MODEL:" + result.model.ToString("X8") + "\r\n");

	//}

	return packet.data.pointer;

}

Update 00:29
You can also parse it with the Media.pk2

[fakeheader]

Thanks alot

[Devsome]

Just check my Update.
You're welcome, just don't copy & paste.
Try it on your own

[fakeheader]

I have already made my single/group spawn parser functions
I will just try to modify your function and make it more dynamic
thanks again