Decorative NPCS (Game Mechanics)
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Decorative NpcsMost of these npcs are basically for decorative purposes to add atmosphere to each town. Each planet has its own unique set of npcs that are spawnable within a town. For example, gungan townsperson npcs only spawn on naboo as do Naboo RSF npcs and so on. Townsperson npcs have fixed spawn points and numbers per spawn. The number of townsperson npcs at a particular point will not change, however the composition changes at every server reboot. Following a server reboot, the type of npc at a particular spawn point will change although the quantity will not. As an example, at a fixed point near theed starport, there were two npcs ('a gungan hermit' and 'a farmer' )that spawn at a set location. At every server reboot these npcs are swapped with two different npc types ('a pathfinder' and 'a fringer'. All static townsperson npcs have names along with an occupation description (ex. Joe Blow (a Spacer) ). Static npc names follow the same guidelines and limitations that normal species and gender restrictions allow for. As a general rule, any kind of npc can be placed together as long as it is appropriate for that planet (an tatooine only npc cannot spawn on naboo as an example) and within a certain challenge level range. The game uses mob region lists even for npc towns to determine what kinds of npcs can be selected from. These mob lists include planet specific npcs (gungans for naboo as an example) and caps the challenge level of npcs on that list so that only npcs within a certain level range can be selected from out of the pool (probably to prevent occurances as an example, such as nightsisters being selected as random filler npcs at dathomir outpost). In some cases it has been observed where storm troopers are paired with other npcs, thus the spawn system here is very diverse and randomized. Resource tables and player traffic has no effect on static townsperson spawns as they are fixed in number and in their positions. Note: On the live servers, Decorative npcs remain non combative and lose their innate faction affiliations and normal NPC AI routines such as attacking hostile factions or issuing verbal responses to hostile/friendly factions in the vicinity. All base non-townsperson decorative and mission npcs are instead moved to townsperson faction and perform normal social interactions that other townsperson factioned npcs follow.
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