Generate Lag

[Unfaithful]

There is a way to generate lag on concrete player?

[Yukiko]

Do you mean generating a log file when players are created?

If that is your question, yes.

Just include:
use file;
in your "use" statements at the beginning of the oncreate script and then use the function call LogToFile passing the info you wish to the function.

[Unfaithful]

no i mean

function generatelag(who)
var tgt := Target(who)
makelag(tgt);
endfunction

sth like this ... dont u know what lag mean?

[Tritan]

Do you just want to slow them down or make it harder for them to move?

[Xenawar]

There's a secret key combo to do it but it only works while you are a GM or higher in game. Just press Alt-F4, then target the player.

[OldnGrey]

I'd suggest an external utility that uses cpu cycles. Running winrar to compress a directory is a good one. It will nicely lag all players on the shard.

It's easy enough to script in something that takes 100% cput - just about anything with a foreach loop searching the world will do it if you put in the sleeps you want.

These lag everyone, but I've no idea how to do it for one player though.

[mr bubbles]

Would bombarding him with an update packet do the job?

[Unfaithful]

wich packet ;d

[Yukiko]

I thought maybe you had mis-typed your question. Yes unfaithful, I do know what lag is but usually lag is something we want to eliminate, not create!!!

Anyway, enjoy.

[tekproxy]

You could probably do it but it may lag the server. You'd also have to be very careful of crashing the client. If you do packet hooks, you know what I'm talking about. If you want to just be nasty, it would be easy to write a function like CrashClient().

If you could find out a client process that is resource intensive for the client but not the server. I know whenever a client has to select where to place a multi it's fairly CPU intensive. But newer CPUs can handle that with no problem. You -could- hook some packets, and delay them, but that's a really weird way to go about an even weirder idea.

[Unfaithful]

;]]
thx Tekproxy

[Pierce]

Maybee a dumb question. But why will you create lag on a player? If you don't like him, simply delete his account.

[Gnafu]

Simply write a script that freeze and unfreeze the player very often.
(Useless to delay speach and stand-still-actions..)

[runtest]

Scary People, but try to write a script like.

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Program lagloop( Chr )

var Chry := GetObjProperty( Chr,"#Chr.y" )
var Chrx := GetObjProperty( Chr,"#Chr.x" )
var WaitTime := GetObjProperty( Chr,"#WaitTime" )
var Timer := ReadGameClock()

If( Timer > WaitTime )
Chry := Chry - 1
Chrx := Chrx - 10
SetObjProperty( Chr,"#WaitTime", ReadGameClock()+RandomDiceRoll(6)
Endif

Endprogram

Would this work?

[ncrsn]

I thought something like this (~pseudo).

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// Launch with Start_Script("lagwarp", who) on logon

use os;
use uo;
use util;

program lagwarp( who )
	
	while (who.connected)
		
		var lastx := who.x;
		var lasty := who.y;
		var lastz := who.z;
		
		SleepMS(200 + RandomInt(200));
		
		MoveObjectToLocation(who, lastx, lasty, lastz, who.realm, MOVEOBJECT_FORCELOCATION);
		
	endwhile
	
endprogram

[Unfaithful]

funny script but could work ;]

[runtest]

I figure you want to use this a punishment, lag is simply when the player performs actions and every once and a bit it reverses becauses signal can not be sent fast enough. So, have the script sleep for say six seconds then reverse actions back a recorded step. Hard to explain.

[Justae]

To the Author of this thread :

I would question your motives.

1. Is the lag on player to be caused as an effect to a custom spell ?
2. Is it to gain an advantage over the player during a PvP session ?

#1 is Doable in a proper manner.
#2 - shut your shard down.