Scripting Guides

Useful Scripting Guides

• Shuffle Algorithm
• Sorting Algorithm
• What is the difference between .@i++ and ++.@i ?
• A simple walking npc script
• Bitmask
• How to compare a value within an array
• classchange - npc shown only to certain players
• How to create your own WOE castle map 
• The importance of *gettimestr
• Daily Quest - use gettimetick(2) or gettimestr ?
• showdigit
• Allow OnNPCKillEvent to increase kill counter for party members

Goals towards a complete featured battleground script (incomplete)

Other Less Popular Scripting Guides

• Display Item description inside npc dialog
• The meaning behind the value of movement speed
• Ragnarok Online use number of Squares to count distance
• Units move diagonally then move in straight line
• What is dynamic_mob and how it affects scripts  
• List pet eggs in your inventory

Difference between rAthena and Hercules scripting

• Basic script command comparison between rAthena & Hercules
• Compare *getunitdata on rAthena & Hercules
• A simple comparison between rAthena & Hercules battleground script
• Compare Instance script between rAthena & Hercules
• Compare dynamic shop between rathena & hercules 
• Hercules script engine is case-sensitive, rAthena isn't

Some thoughts about scripting

• Another approach to write PVP ladder
• The reason why *checkwall exist
• Mathematics - Pythagorean theorem
• The reason why *getmapxy uses UNITTYPE constants 

Miscellaneous Guides

• How to install a plugin
• How to add a custom map
• Run a macro in Notepad++
• Regular Expression Replace in Notepad++