Data Storage: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:53, 27 April 2012

Data storage in Citizens2 is handled in one of two ways: YAML flatfile, or a SQL database.

saves.yml

saves.yml is used by default to store all data on created NPCs.

Structure

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# Citizens NPC Storage
npc:
  '0':
   name: My_First_NPC
   traits:
     age:
       age: 0
       locked: true
     spawned: true
     type: PLAYER
     owner: Steve
     look-close: true
     location:
       world: world
       x: '92.65002360423462'
       y: '3.0'
       z: '-264.5621058817138'
       yaw: '87.90003967285156'
       pitch: '21.14999008178711'
     text:
       talk-close: true
       random-talker: true
       0: Hello, there. I'm My_First_NPC.
     waypoints:
       waypoints:
         '0':
           location:
             world: MyWorld
             x: 60
             y: 64
             z: 80
             pitch: 90
             yaw: 0
         '1':
           location:
             world: MyWorld
             x: 65
             y: 64
             z: 82
             pitch: 45
             yaw: 0

Database

Database usage can be configured inside of the config.yml. Database usage requires more setup, but runs quicker when dealing with large numbers of NPCs.

Configuration

A quote from the config.yml (mouseover to view info):

database:
 password: 
 username: 
 url: 
 driver:

See also: Configuration

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      {{H:title|The name of the NPC. Displayed above head for regular NPCs.|name: My_First_NPC}}
      {{H:title|Traits block. All specifics about the NPC are located here.|traits:}}
+      {{H:title|Age block. Age specific settings are stored here.|age:}}
+        {{H:title|What is the NPC's current age?|age: 0}}
+        {{H:title|Will the NPC age over time?|locked: true}}
        {{H:title|Should the NPC be spawned on server startup?|spawned: true}}
        {{H:title|Type of NPC. Either PLAYER or the mob type|type: PLAYER}}
        {{H:title|Owner of the NPC. Can be set to "server".|owner: Steve}}
+      {{H:title|Should the NPC look at the player when he comes near it?|look-close: true}}
        {{H:title|Location block. Stores the location of the NPC|location:}}
          {{H:title|World that the NPC is located in|world: world}}
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          {{H:title|Yaw (direction the NPC is looking) of the NPC in degrees|yaw: '87.90003967285156'}}
          {{H:title|Pitch (height the NPC is looking) of the NPC in degrees|pitch: '21.14999008178711'}}
+      {{H:title|Text block. Stores information about the NPC's text.|text:}}
+        {{H:title|Should the NPC talk when a player gets near it?|talk-close: true}}
+        {{H:title|Should the NPC talk randomly?|random-talker: true}}
+        {{H:title|First line of the NPC's chat.|0: Hello, there. I'm My_First_NPC.}}
+      {{H:title|Waypoints block|waypoints:}}
+        {{H:title|Waypoints block (again, yes)|waypoints:}}
+          {{H:title|Waypoint number|'0':}}
+            {{H:title|Waypoint location block|location:}}
+              {{H:title|World of the waypoint|world: MyWorld}}
+              {{H:title|X coordinate of the waypoint|x: 60}}
+              {{H:title|Y coordinate of the waypoint|y: 64}}
+              {{H:title|Z coordinate of the waypoint|z: 80}}
+              {{H:title|Pitch of the waypoint|pitch: 90}}
+              {{H:title|Yaw of the waypoint|yaw: 0}}
+          {{H:title|Waypoint number|'1':}}
+            {{H:title|Waypoint location block|location:}}
+              {{H:title|World of the waypoint|world: MyWorld}}
+              {{H:title|X coordinate of the waypoint|x: 65}}
+              {{H:title|Y coordinate of the waypoint|y: 64}}
+              {{H:title|Z coordinate of the waypoint|z: 82}}
+              {{H:title|Pitch of the waypoint|pitch: 45}}
+              {{H:title|Yaw of the waypoint|yaw: 0}}
 ==Database==