Killing Paragon Ridgebacks and taming

[dreamzcaster]

I am using the following sub for killing ridgebacks after I tame them but am having a little problem.  I can get it to attack the paragons after it realizes it can't tame it but I want for it to check if it is dead or to repeat the kill if not dead but am unsure how to do that.  Can anyone help?

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sub kill
msg all follow me $ ; pet kill
msg all follow me $ ; pet kill
wait 5
set #ltargetid %1
;msg all kill $  ; pet kill
event macro 15 42
target 6s
event macro 22 0
wait 2s
event macro 15 41
target 6s
event macro 22 0
wait 2s ; 2s magery, 8s pet kill
;msg all follow me $ ; pet kill
return

[Superslayer]

One way I'd think to try would be to find it's ID after fighting it for a while. If it's not found, you certainly may have killed it, but, it could also have re-targeted something else. For that, before I'd go and kill the para-ridge, I'd count the existing corpses in the area, so that if that number increased after the ID had not been found, I'd be willing to that it's dead.

You could even go as far as getting the #pixcol of the corpse to confirm that it is a dead gold (para) ridgeback. Reason being, not everyone may have the ability to hunt alone killing the same things.

[Cerveza]

You could check PRIOR to taming if it's a paragon.

An event property on each one you find and if "paragon" is in the property then gosub and do your killing.

[dreamzcaster]

I am so newb at scripting you really need to tone it down for me guys I don't fully understand what you are saying.  Sorry I am trying but it is still a whole bunch of confusing for me.

[dreamzcaster]

You could check PRIOR to taming if it's a paragon.

An event property on each one you find and if "paragon" is in the property then gosub and do your killing.

Problem is if a paragon savage shows up wont I be attacking it?

[Cerveza]

Start at the beginning. Step by Step what do you want to accomplish?

Your not using a script to tame are you?

[Xclio]

No you won't attack it because you are just scanning the item types for the ridgebacks.

[dreamzcaster]

What i am doing is using a script to tame ridgebacks.  What it does is find a ridgeback follow it tame it and then kill it.  Then it moves on to the next one.  The problem is that the script walks up to pargagon ones sees that it can't tame it and inititates its kill cycle.  The kill cycle is a combo of explosion and ebolt only problem is one of these combos is not enough to kill a paragon.

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sub kill
msg all follow me $ ; pet kill
msg all follow me $ ; pet kill
wait 5
set #ltargetid %1
;msg all kill $  ; pet kill
event macro 15 42
target 6s
event macro 22 0
wait 2s
event macro 15 41
target 6s
event macro 22 0 * i think somewhere in here I want to check to see if it is dead and then run the kill sub again if not but I have no idea how to do this*

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wait 2s ; 2s magery, 8s pet kill
;msg all follow me $ ; pet kill
return

[Cerveza]

You seem focused only on the sub to kill them, that's not the issue. The problem is that your taming script is trying to tame a paragon, failing, THEN realizing it's a paragon and going to the kill sub.

You need to find the ridge and immediately check to see if it is a paragon (using event property). If it is a paragon then you need to use a different killing sub routing specifically designed to handle paragons.

[UOMaddog]

I'd agree with Cerveza. You want to notice whether it's a paragon or not BEFORE it becomes an issue for you! Add in a small check and you're all set. Like Cerveza said, you can even insert a different killing method as well!

[dreamzcaster]

would it be something like this

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if paragon in #property
    {
     gosub here I would create the new sub?

[Cerveza]

Thats the ticket. And you could do all your work inside the {} without using a gosub if you wanted to.

Me, I prefer gosubs. I like to keep my mainloops small.

[dreamzcaster]

just waiting for my first paragon to pop in and see if it works

Seems to work ok but I will need to tweak it a little later thanks for the help.  SCRIPTUO RULES!

[dreamzcaster]

Here is what I used to kill off the paragons.  Now I am new at this so don't rip me apart but I found it to work so please take a look and see what you think.

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;paragon kill
sub paragon
  set #ltargetid %1
  ;msg all kill $  ; pet kill
  event macro 15 42
  target 6s
  event macro 22 0
  wait 2s
  event macro 15 41
  target 6s
  event macro 22 0
  wait 2s
  event macro 15 42
  target 6s
  event macro 22 0
  wait 2s
  event macro 15 41
  target 6s
  event macro 22 0
  wait 2s
  event macro 15 42
  target 6s
  event macro 22 0
  wait 2s
  event macro 15 41
  target 6s
  event macro 22 0
 return
I know it is not super efficient but it does the job even though the last spell may not be needed as the paragons always seem to be dead at that point.  Of course my tamer is 106 magery and 100 eval so that helps with quite a bit od SDI in his gear so I figured the extra couple of spells may not hurt for other tamers using this.

[TrailMyx]

I see a loop in there as well as a check to see if your target is gone.    Might as well make it kill ANYTHING.  heh