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Why can you...



Asked: 2000.10.31
Name: Daca
Question Title: Why can you...
Category: Character
Question: Why is it if you try and create a character with the same name as another player-character it says that name already exists, but if you try to create a character with the same name as a NPC you can (provided of course nobody hasn't already done this) ?


Answered: 2000.10.31
Name: devilmouse
Answer: Player names are all registered in the SQL database and are therefore "easy" to check for conflicts. NPC names are held elsewhere and not readily available to do lookups on.