How does /fade work? (1 Viewer)

[dustbunny]

Basically, I am asking how risky /fade is as opposed to /warp...I would like to understand exactly how it works tho if anyone would explain it please.

 

[majin1970]

Every bit as risky. Someone smarter than I will have to explain how it works though.

 

[EQManiac]

My understanding of fade is it zones you in (succor) then instantly warps you to your previous location.

 

[mrmath]

Since I'm bored here is a lesson, and I'm only gauranteeing 50% of this info is correct =b

VOID SimFade(PSPAWNINFO pChar, PCHAR szLine)
{
CHAR szMsg[MAX_STRING] = {0};
if (pChar->Instance != 0)
{
DestZone = *((int *)(&(pChar->Instance)-1));
}
else
{
DestZone = pChar->Zone;
}
sprintf(szMsg,"Fading...");
WriteChatColor(szMsg,USERCOLOR_DEFAULT);
DestType=0;
ZoneReason=0;
Y=pChar->Y;
X=pChar->X;
Z=pChar->Z;
HaveWarped=true;
Heading =(int)pChar->Heading;
ZoneChange=true;
return;
}

When you type /fade, it sets up variables for rezoning.

At the very top of mq2piggyzone.cpp there is a comment:
int DestType; // 0=use supplied coords 1=succorpoint
So if DestType = 0, it will evac you to the provided coordinates, otherwise you go to succor point.

Zonereason would be 0 if you're plain old zoning, 11 if you died, rest I don't know.

HaveWarped is so another function will block packets that try to detect warps (I think).

ZoneChange will set a variable that will call the zoning function inside of EQ itself.

From the looks of it, (this is my first time looking at this code), it looks like /fade just tells eq you zoned and you zone, while warp actually sends out packets that cause you to move. (note /fade does prevent detection type packets of some sort from being sent out, but not that it makes much of a diff).

 

[Cobalt]

/fade calls MoveToZone and sets the Zone ID to the current zone id and uses your character's XYZ locs as the zone to locs. ZoneType is set to 0 = specify coords and reason is set to 11 (teleport).

Here's the function and reason enum.

MoveToZone( int ZoneID, char *ReasonText, int ZoneType, int Reason, float Y, float X, float Z, int Heading)

enum ZoneReason
{
	ZoneTransfer = 0,
	ClickZone = 1,
	VehicleTransfer = 2,
	Summon = 3,
	GotoPlayer = 5,
	PortalSpell = 7,
	ZoneCommand = 8,
	Resurrect = 9,
	Death = 10,
	Teleport = 11
};

In terms of risk, /fade has the same risk factor as any zone. No warping is involved. However, if you are in a group and you fade to lose agro, people notice you zoning in and out at the same spot. Use with caution.

 

[BadPuss]

/succored the other day in Direwind (succor & fade) and ended up naked at my bind point! No messages about what killed me, nothing. Didn't think it a good idea to petition, anyone else had this happen?

 

[Cobalt]

It can take several seconds for the server to update your position, even though the client is at the succor point. So if you faded a low health, the mobs probably smacked you down.

 

[BadPuss]

Well I was at 100% health, but I guess that must have been it. Didn't see succor point at all, just straight to lobby.

 

[Cobalt]

Or... you succor'd then zoned so quickly that the server never updated your position at all. So you never made it to the succor point serverside before zoning and got plowed.