NPC without members

[Deleted member 392097]

It makes no real sense for you to need to add someone as the founder of an NPC faction. Using the admin command you should be able to make an NPC faction without a founder. Or maybe even have an NPC one.

 

[Zeno9141]

You can add an unused name as founder, that works. It doesn't even have to be an actual player.

 

[Deleted member 392097]

You can add an unused name as founder, that works. It doesn't even have to be an actual player.

But what if someone then joins that server with that same name?

 

[Zeno9141]

But what if someone then joins that server with that same name?

You can log in as that name and it will be protected.

You could also literally make it an endless alphanumeric string of characters. Minimizing the chance someone has the same name.

 

[Megacrafter127]

Factions with negative IDs are automatically NPC factions and thus can't have player members. They can only be created using admin commands though.

 

[therimmer96]

Factions with negative IDs are automatically NPC factions and thus can't have player members. They can only be created using admin commands though.

I'm not sure if it got fixed, but it used to be possible to admin enter a negative ID'd faction. I tested it awhile back on havoc, and when you leave, it deletes the faction, which caused all kinds of quirks with AI facs from then on out.

 

[Master1398]

But what if someone then joins that server with that same name?

The login name of a player has to be at least the characters long.
If the fake faction founder name is shorter than three characters no one can join as the faction founder.

Factions with negative IDs are automatically NPC factions and thus can't have player members. They can only be created using admin commands though.

They can't join using the faction tab but with some tinkering you can create a external (php/js/etc. scripts from websites) or internal* (plugins for server scripts as example) system that allows players to join your npc factions.

*example using php:

exec('java -jar StarNet.jar the.ser.ver.ip:andPort SuperAdminPassword /faction_join_id $player $faction');

 

[Megacrafter127]

The login name of a player has to be at least the characters long.
If the fake faction founder name is shorter than three characters no one can join as the faction founder.


They can't join using the faction tab but with some tinkering you can create a external (php/js/etc. scripts from websites) or internal (plugins for server scripts as example) system that allows players to join your npc factions.

True, but which server, that uses NPC factions as NPC only factions won't use such a script.