Staff Orb

[davidmohara]

This is a little staff tool that I put together for our shard. I thought I'd go ahead and share it in case anyone is interested. I'm still adding functionality to it so expect another version or two. Feel free to request any additional things you might like to see on it - ideas are welcome.

Summary:
The orb assists staff in various tasks such as access level switching and in-game movement.

Description:
Double-clicking the orb initially will assign it to that staff member so that only they can use it. Once this is done, it's irreversible. After that, a double click will alternate between player level access and their staff level access. The context menu allows for setting a specific point (map and 3D) and going to that location. This will be helpful for the staff to get back to GA (or where ever you meet) at the end of the day.

Version 3.0: Added auto-res functionality - when staff dies in player mode, the mode is switched back to their staff level and they are automagically resurrected.

Installation:
As easy as throwing it in your custom scripts folder.

Current Version:
3.0

[davidmohara]

Added new autores functionality.

[Fluesopp]

Whoa... Cool item. Going to download it at once.

[Tyran]

great script but is there a way to make it so that when you switch from member to staff it doesnt make you immortal?

[UOLadyClaudia]

Great script david ...

Tyran, to make this to where your staff member isn't immortal... change this

				// return to staff status
				from.AccessLevel = m_StaffLevel;
				from.Blessed = true;

to this...

				// return to staff status
				from.AccessLevel = m_StaffLevel;
				from.Blessed = false;

[davidmohara]

Originally Posted by Tyran

great script but is there a way to make it so that when you switch from member to staff it doesnt make you immortal?

I suppose that you can (thanks for the help, UOLadyClaudia) but I don't why you wouldn't want that. Aren't the staff on your shard always immortal??

[Tyran]

Originally Posted by davidmohara

I suppose that you can (thanks for the help, UOLadyClaudia) but I don't why you wouldn't want that. Aren't the staff on your shard always immortal??

no they arent

[davidmohara]

Hmmm...does this ever lead to any "issues" between staff and players?? (i.e. smart asses attempting to kill staff, etc) I know that you could then ban the offender but I'm intrigued by the idea and to know if it "works" well.

[Karavoc]

i love the idea of this script, but i was also wondering if its posible to make it sothat you can not only change the access level of the staff member but also the name and title of the staff member (having it ediable with eather a gump or in the [props area

[jjarmis]

Originally Posted by davidmohara

Hmmm...does this ever lead to any "issues" between staff and players?? (i.e. smart asses attempting to kill staff, etc) I know that you could then ban the offender but I'm intrigued by the idea and to know if it "works" well.

My players that try to attack the staff find that they can only do 1 damage to the staff and we do 255 to them. Needless to say, they only try it once.

[davidmohara]

Karavoc, that's doable thru the standard name gump or thru props of the player. Unless I'm not understanding what you're looking for.

[Nine_Coronas]

this script casuses my shard to crash everytime i try to change back to staff..
error log:

System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
   at Server.Mobile.set_AccessLevel(AccessLevel value)
   at Server.Items.Staff.StaffOrb.SwitchAccessLevels(Mobile from)
   at Server.Items.Staff.StaffOrb.OnDoubleClick(Mobile from)
   at Server.Mobile.Use(Item item)
   at Server.Network.PacketHandlers.UseReq(NetState state, PacketReader pvSrc)
   at Server.Network.MessagePump.HandleReceive(NetState ns)
   at Server.Network.MessagePump.Slice()
   at Server.Core.Main(String[] args)

[daat99]

Originally Posted by Nine_Coronas

this script casuses my shard to crash everytime i try to change back to staff..
error log:

System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
   at Server.Mobile.set_AccessLevel(AccessLevel value)
   at Server.Items.Staff.StaffOrb.SwitchAccessLevels(Mobile from)
   at Server.Items.Staff.StaffOrb.OnDoubleClick(Mobile from)
   at Server.Mobile.Use(Item item)
   at Server.Network.PacketHandlers.UseReq(NetState state, PacketReader pvSrc)
   at Server.Network.MessagePump.HandleReceive(NetState ns)
   at Server.Network.MessagePump.Slice()
   at Server.Core.Main(String[] args)

I wouldn't count on it being updated.
The scripts in the archive aren't supported in RunUO 1.0.0.
If you want this script to work either look for it in the custom script releases (where all the RunUO 1.0.0 fully compatible scripts are) or try to fix it yourself.