Could not find quest giver

[benkoren]

Hiya folks.

How do I go about submitting an NPC to the HB devs to get added to the internal database? As an example, people who do a fresh install of HB and run my profile get the following error:

Could not find quest giver NPC with ID 34841 in database.
Could not create current in quest bot!

Once HB adds this NPC to the internal db on the fly the problem no longer occurs, but I've come across this before and would like to know who I can send NPC info to so that these can get added to the internal db.

Thanks,

Ben

 

[bdragon122]

i get this when i use a profile with checkpoints and i'v done a bit of pvp or IB befor starting, so for example i load a 60-70 profile but have pvp'd to 63 the profile will try to start from the lvl 63 section but then cant find a questgiver as it only spawns after compleating a quest in the block before the checkpoint, i'd then get this error.

 

[striker408]

This is because you have not gotten close enough to the NPC to download the mesh information that contains his location. In the profile add the xyz coordinates or add a RunTo for problem NPCs

 

[CodenameG]

actually ive seen this when dealing with quest givers that are WoWObjects. like Wanted Posters, or sign posts. or boxes.
heres what i replaced the pickup with, and it then was able to pickup the quest giver without issue.

[B]< PickUp QuestName="No Accounting for Taste" QuestId="13527" GiverType="Object" GiverName="Buzzbox 413" GiverId="194105" X="7374.859" Y="-423.0133" Z="3.421314" />[/B]

</pickup>

 

[Kickazz006]

also, take note that some npc's / objects that are like "spirit of X, ghost of X, etc" are only avail while you're on that quest, or shortly after doing something / turnin in something, so you'll want to put XYZ's there, too.

I had major issues on my hyjal profile with stuff like this

 

[benkoren]

actually ive seen this when dealing with quest givers that are WoWObjects. like Wanted Posters, or sign posts. or boxes.
heres what i replaced the pickup with, and it then was able to pickup the quest giver without issue.

[B]< PickUp QuestName="No Accounting for Taste" QuestId="13527" GiverType="Object" GiverName="Buzzbox 413" GiverId="194105" X="7374.859" Y="-423.0133" Z="3.421314" />[/B]

</pickup>

Does anyone happen to know if HB still takes a look XYZ attributes if the GiverType is an NPC? If so, this would be the perfect way to force HB to download/load the mesh in that area.

Edit: @Kickazz - I think this NPC is there regardless of any quests completed, but I'll check this next time I run a char though the profile

 

[striker408]

Looking at the Wiki it still claims to use the XYZ on GiverType NPC so I assume it works.

• You do not need to specify an X-Y-Z coordinate for the NPC. HonorBuddy knows where the NPC is in the game world from the <tt>GiverId</tt> or <tt>TurninId</tt> attribute you specify. Not specifying the X-Y-Z is incredibly convenient for profile writes, but more importantly, if the NPC moves, the profile should continue to work.

<dl><dd>However, if Honorbuddy is having trouble locating the NPC with the values in its internal database, specifying the X-Y-Z coordinates will override the database information. </dd></dl>