Thread: [Guide]The Ultimate GM compendium of Knowledge

Epic Guilds, and managing them

By this point, you are ready to be one of the better GMs, and be part of the Elites.
So naturally, you will forge your own epic guild, run by a great GM, you.
Here are a few things you should know about this:

1) GM run Guilds will always be the highlight of the server, being naturally better then player run ones.
Just because a GM is the leader of a guild, will make your guild in equal standing with the best raiding guild.

2) this play of power might corrupt the balance of power on the server, and lead to extinction good raiding guilds. Be warned.

3) this Guild option allows players to have one more goal, thereby increasing the end game value. People have one more reason to get to the top now. And one more reason to stick around your server longer.

Keep in mind however, the server's eye will watch carefully at who you let in. If you let one fool in, it will lower the standing of your guild by a slight amount. Let too many fools in and everyone will think "Why join Skype's Army? anyone can join that crappy guild just by saying "Hi!"."
And believe it or not, but most fools get into your guild without you allowing them to. If players can invite other, you guild will fill up with morons faster then you can say "Oops?" Never allow the option of player invitation. they have to get past you first to get in the guild, not by their friend.

This are two main things to having player get in your guild by seeing you first, for a challenge of some sort

1) People inside the guild wont like this
2) people Outside the guild will find it uber that they have to prove themselves in front of you to get in.

Always have some difficult task to get inside.
If your a good PvPer, get yourself the best gear, and challenge people in a duel, if they beat you, they get in, if not, they can try again, after everyone has had a turn. I used to do this myself, and there are a few flaws to it:
1) It will consume a lot of time, especially the pally duels where they will heal over and over.
2) You will have either too big a guild, or too small one. I ended up with 20 player who each were Spartans. Big guild eh? If you have too big a guild, that means you suck at PvP =P

Another thing i recommend, is making a large obstacle course where you can see everything from a place (to avoid flyhckers) and whoever gets to the top first, along with the second, and third will get an invite. then the obstacle course closes.
here are the flaws to that:

1) Fly hackers. They will fly ramp by ramp when they think you are not looking. Even if one part of the course is not big, it is still an advantage and if they keep doing it, it will stack up. So there will be cheaters in your guild.
2) It will require as much time as the duels, due to the fact that you have to set this up =P

The last thing i tried as well, was inviting all the players that were at endgame, and well known. This worked nice, as a large rumor spread about how to join, that invitations were sent to people who were exceptionally leet, and people did great things to get noticed, from helping each other, to single-handedly defeating an army of players in an event.
Some flaws still exist, as in everything

1) Very small player base in your guild. Again you will be stuck with the 20 Spartans. =P
2) Causes rivalry, and there may be some low blows and people trying to expose each other.

Any other challenges you issue are up to you! Be creative, and dont issue something only the really leet can complete. Because once again, you will end up with 20 or so players. granted, they will be LEET, but 20 awesome players vs 150 noobs will result in death. Spartans were strong, but they did lose the battle =D

Raiding guild promise Powerful endgame content, your guild promises ledgendary events, guild base, and fun. The perfect harmony between the raiding guilds, and your own guild, is a tier based ascension. Players have to acquire awesome gear, and to do that they join a normal guild. then advance to the Uber raiding guilds of the server, then finally they can advance into your guild.

Keep in mind, a guild requires upkeep, and time. So only create a guild when you find you have extra time between tickets. While in your guild, Be active! thats is why people joined it. Run special events, and challenge other GM guild to a war, or player guilds! For my guild, we had several events, from Giant snowball fights, to end game bosses spawned right in winterspring for practice, and 5 on 5 matches. We had also challenged a rival guild led by another GM, for a few competions, from who can down a boss faster, to an all out war!

Always make sure that you are on the "That guild is so cool!" list and not the "That guild sucks!" list, because then people will lose confidence in you. Making a guild is a gamble. If you succeed in a well made guild, people will think of you a better GM, and have something more to work for, and aid your server. If you fail, and let too many fools into your guild, you will shame yourself, and people will think of you less as a good GM, and more like a bad one, and if you do not balance your guild with player run raiding guilds, you will break out havoc on your server.

If your going to make a guild, Make sure you claim a spot on the hall of fame, or else don't take the gamble!
Good luck!

Full List of ArcEmu Commands

• commands (0) - [Shows Commands]
• help (0) - [Shows help for command]
• announce (u) - [Sends Msg To All]
• wannounce (u) - [Sends Widescreen Msg To All]
• appear (v) - [Teleports to x's position.]
• summon (v) - [Summons x to your position]
• kill (r) - [.kill - Kills selected unit.]
• killplr (r) - [.killplr - Kills specified player]
• revive (r) - [Revives you.]
• reviveplr (r) - [Revives player specified.]
• demorph (m) - [Demorphs from morphed model.]
• mount (m) - [Mounts into modelid x.]
• dismount (h) - [Dismounts.]
• gps (0) - [Shows Position]
• worldport (v) -
• start (m) - [Teleport's you to a starting location]
• invincible (j) - [.invincible - Toggles INVINCIBILITY (mobs won't attack you)]
• invisible (i) - [.invisible - Toggles INVINCIBILITY and INVISIBILITY (mobs won't attack you and nobody can see you, but they can see your chat messages)]
• playerinfo (m) - [.playerinfo - Displays informations about the selected character (account...)]
• levelup (m) - [Levelup x lvls]

• modify (m) -
  
  • hp (m) - [Health Points/HP]
  • gender (m) - [Changes gender 0=male / 1=female.]
  • mana (m) - [Mana Points/MP]
  • rage (m) - [Rage Points]
  • energy (m) - [Energy Points]
  • level (m) - [Level]
  • armor (m) - [Armor]
  • holy (m) - [Holy Resistance]
  • fire (m) - [Fire Resistance]
  • nature (m) - [Nature Resistance]
  • frost (m) - [Frost Resistance]
  • shadow (m) - [Shadow Resistance]
  • arcane (m) - [Arcane Resistance]
  • damage (m) - [Unit Damage Min/Max]
  • scale (m) - [Size/Scale]
  • gold (m) - [Gold/Money/Copper]
  • speed (m) - [Movement Speed]
  • nativedisplayid (m) - [Native Display ID]
  • displayid (m) - [Display ID]
  • flags (m) - [Unit Flags]
  • faction (m) - [Faction Template]
  • dynamicflags (m) - [Dynamic Flags]
  • talentpoints (m) - [Talent Points]
  • happiness (m) - [Happiness]
  • spirit (m) - [Spirit]
  • boundingraidius (m) - [Bounding Radius]
  • combatreach (m) - [Combat Reach]
  • emotestate (m) - [NPC Emote State]
  • bytes (m) - [Bytes]
  
  

• waypoint (w) -
  
  • add (w) - [Add wp at current pos]
  • show (w) - [Show wp's for creature]
  • hide (w) - [Hide wp's for creature]
  • delete (w) - [Delete selected wp]
  • movehere (w) - [Move to this wp]
  • flags (w) - [Wp flags]
  • waittime (w) - [Wait time at this wp]
  • emote (w) - [Emote at this wp]
  • skin (w) - [Skin at this wp]
  • change (w) - [Change at this wp]
  • info (w) - [Show info for wp]
  • movetype (w) - [Movement type at wp]
  • generate (w) - [Randomly generate wps]
  • save (w) - [Save all waypoints]
  • deleteall (w) - [Delete all waypoints]
  • addfly (w) - [Adds a flying waypoint]
  
  

• debug (d) -
  
  • infront (d) -
  • showreact (d) -
  • aimove (d) -
  • dist (d) -
  • face (d) -
  • moveinfo (d) -
  • setbytes (d) -
  • getbytes (d) -
  • unroot (d) -
  • root (d) -
  • landwalk (d) -
  • waterwalk (d) -
  • castspell (d) - [.castspell - Casts spell on target.]
  • castself (d) - [.castself - Target casts spell on itself.]
  • castspellne (d) - [.castspellne - Casts spell on target (only plays animations, doesnt handle effects or range/facing/etc.]
  • aggrorange (d) - [.aggrorange - Shows aggro Range of the selected Creature.]
  • knockback (d) - [.knockback - Knocks you back.]
  • fade (d) - [.fade - calls ModThreatModifyer().]
  • threatMod (d) - [.threatMod - calls ModGeneratedThreatModifyer().]
  • calcThreat (d) - [.calcThreat - calculates threat.]
  • threatList (d) - [.threatList - returns all AI_Targets of the selected Creature.]
  • gettptime (d) - [grabs transporter travel time]
  • itempushresult (d) - [sends item push result]
  • setbit (d) -
  • setvalue (d) -
  • aispelltestbegin (d) -
  • aispelltestcontinue (d) -
  • aispelltestskip (d) -
  • dumpcoords (d) -
  • sendpacket (d) - [, ]
  • sqlquery (d) - []
  • rangecheck (d) - [Checks the 'yard' range and internal range between the player and the target.]
  • setallratings (d) - [Sets rating values to incremental numbers based on their index.]
  • testlos (d) - [tests los]
  • testindoor (d) - [tests indoor]
  • getheight (d) - [Gets height]
  • getpos (d)
  
  

• gmTicket (c) -
  
  • get (c) - [Gets GM Ticket list.]
  • getId (c) - [Gets GM Ticket by player name.]
  • delId (c) - [Deletes GM Ticket by player name.]
  • list (c) -
    [Lists all active GM Tickets.]
  • get (c) - [Gets GM Ticket with ID x.]
  • remove (c) - [Removes GM Ticket with ID x.]
  • deletepermanent (z) - [Deletes GM Ticket with ID x permanently.]
  • assign (c) - [Assignes GM Ticket with id x to GM y (if empty to your self).]
  • release (c) - [Releases assigned GM Ticket with ID x.]
  • comment (c) - [Sets comment x to GM Ticket with ID y.]
  
  

• gobject (o) -
  
  • select (o) - [Selects the nearest GameObject to you]
  • delete (o) - [Deletes selected GameObject]
  • spawn (o) - [Spawns a GameObject by ID]
  • info (o) - [Gives you informations about selected GO]
  • activate (o) - [Activates/Opens the selected GO.]
  • enable (o) - [Enables the selected GO for use.]
  • scale (o) - [Sets scale of selected GO]
  • animprogress (o) - [Sets anim progress]
  • export (o) - [Exports the current GO selected]
  • move (g) - [Moves gameobject to player xyz]
  • rotate (g) - [Rotates gameobject x degrees]
  
  

• battleground (e) -
  
  • setbgscore (e) - [ - Sets battleground score. 2 Arguments.]
  • startbg (e) - [Starts current battleground match.]
  • pausebg (e) - [Pauses current battleground match.]
  • bginfo (e) - [Displays information about current battleground.]
  • battleground (e) - [Shows BG Menu]
  • setworldstate (e) - [ - Var can be in hex. WS Value.]
  • playsound (e) - [. Val can be in hex.]
  • setbfstatus (e) - [.setbfstatus - NYI.]
  • leave (e) - [Leaves the current battleground.]
  • getqueue (z) - [Gets common battleground queue information.]
  • forcestart (z) - [Forces initialitation of all battlegrounds with active queue.]
  
  

• npc (n) -
  
  • vendoradditem (n) - [Adds to vendor]
  • vendorremoveitem (n) - [Removes from vendor.]
  • flags (n) - [Changes NPC flags]
  • emote (n) - [.emote - Sets emote state]
  • delete (n) - [Deletes mob from db and world.]
  • info (n) - [Displays NPC information]
  • addAgent (n) - [.npc addAgent ]
  • listAgent (n) - [.npc listAgent]
  • say (n) - [.npc say - Makes selected mob say text .]
  • yell (n) - [.npc yell - Makes selected mob yell text .]
  • come (n) - [.npc come - Makes npc move to your position]
  • return (n) - [.npc return - Returns ncp to spawnpoint.]
  • spawn (n) - [.npc spawn - Spawns npc of entry ]
  • spawnlink (n) - [.spawnlink sqlentry]
  • possess (n) - [.npc possess - Possess an npc (mind control)]
  • unpossess (n) - [.npc unpossess - Unposses any currently possessed npc.]
  • select (n) - [.npc select - selects npc closest]
  • npcfollow (m) - [Sets npc to follow you]
  • nullfollow (m) - [Sets npc to not follow anything]
  • formationlink1 (m) - [Sets formation master.]
  • formationlink2 (m) - [Sets formation slave with distance and angle]
  • formationclear (m) - [Removes formation from creature]
  
  

• cheat (m) -
  
  • status (m) - [Shows active cheats.]
  • taxi (m) - [Enables all taxi nodes.]
  • cooldown (m) - [Enables no cooldown cheat.]
  • casttime (m) - [Enables no cast time cheat.]
  • power (m) - [Disables mana consumption etc.]
  • god (m) - [Sets god mode, prevents you from taking damage.]
  • fly (m) - [Sets fly mode]
  • land (m) - [Unsets fly mode]
  • explore (m) - [Reveals the unexplored parts of the map.]
  • flyspeed (m) - [Modifies fly speed.]
  • stack (m) - [Enables aura stacking cheat.]
  • triggerpass (m) - [Ignores area trigger prerequisites.]
  
  

• account (a) -
  
  • level (z) - [Sets gm level on account. Pass it username and 0,1,2,3,az, etc.]
  • mute (a) - [Mutes account for .]
  • unmute (a) - [Unmutes account ]
  
  

• quest (q) -
  
  • addboth (2) - [Add quest to the targeted NPC as start & finish]
  • addfinish (2) - [Add quest to the targeted NPC as finisher]
  • addstart (2) - [Add quest to the targeted NPC as starter]
  • delboth (2) - [Delete quest from the targeted NPC as start & finish]
  • delfinish (2) - [Delete quest from the targeted NPC as finisher]
  • delstart (2) - [Delete quest from the targeted NPC as starter]
  • complete (2) - [Complete/Finish quest ]
  • finisher (2) - [Lookup quest finisher for quest ]
  • item (2) - [Lookup itemid necessary for quest ]
  • list (2) -
    [Lists the quests for the npc ]
  • load (2) - [Loads quests from database]
  • lookup (2) - [Looks up quest string x]
  • giver (2) - [Lookup quest giver for quest ]
  • remove (2) - [Removes the quest from the targeted player]
  • reward (2) - [Shows reward for quest ]
  • status (2) -
    [Lists the status of quest ]
  • spawn (2) - [Port to spawn location for quest ]
  • start (2) - [Starts quest ]
  
  

• pet (m) -
  
  • createpet (m) - [Creates a pet with .]
  • renamepet (m) - [Renames a pet to .]
  • addspell (m) - [Teaches pet .]
  • removespell (m) - [Removes pet spell .]
  • spawnbot (a) - [.pet spawnbot - spawn a helper bot for your aid]
  
  

• recall (q) -
  
  • list (q) -
    [List recall locations]
  • port (q) - [Port to recalled location]
  • add (q) - [Add recall location]
  • del (q) - [Remove a recall location]
  • portplayer (m) - [recall ports player]
  
  

• guild (m) -
  
  • create (m) - [Creates a guild.]
  • rename (m) - [Renames a guild.]
  • members (m) -
    [Lists guildmembers and their ranks.]
  • removeplayer (m) - [Removes a player from a guild.]
  • disband (m) - [Disbands the guild of your target.]
  
  
• gm (0) -
  
  • list (0) - [Shows active GM's]
  • off (t) - [Sets GM tag off]
  • on (t) - [Sets GM tag on]
  • whisperblock (g) - [Blocks like .gmon except without the tag]
  • allowwhispers (c) - [Allows whispers from player while in gmon mode.]
  • blockwhispers (c) - [Blocks whispers from player while in gmon mode.]
  
  

• server (0) -
  
  • setmotd (m) - [Sets MOTD]
  • rehash (z) - [Reloads config file.]
  • reloadtable (m) - [Reloads some of the database tables]
  • save (s) - [Save's your character]
  • saveall (s) - [Save's all playing characters]
  • info (0) - [Server info]
  
  

• character (0) -
  
  • learn (m) - [Learns spell]
  • unlearn (m) - [Unlearns spell]
  • getskillinfo (m) - [Gets all the skills from a player]
  • learnskill (m) - [.learnskill (optional) - Learns skill id skillid.]
  • advanceskill (m) - [advanceskill - Advances skill line x times..]
  • removeskill (m) - [.removeskill - Removes skill]
  • increaseweaponskill (m) - [.increaseweaponskill - Increase eqipped weapon skill x times (defaults to 1).]
  • resetreputation (n) - [.resetreputation - Resets reputation to start levels. (use on characters that were made before reputation fixes.)]
  • resetspells (n) - [.resetspells - Resets all spells to starting spells of targeted player. DANGEROUS.]
  • resettalents (n) - [.resettalents - Resets all talents of targeted player to that of their current level. DANGEROUS.]
  • resetskills (n) - [.resetskills - Resets all skills.]
  • additem (m) -
  • removeitem (m) - [Removes item %u count %u.]
  • additemset (m) - [Adds item set to inv.]
  • advanceallskills (m) - [Advances all skills points.]
  • getstanding (m) - [Gets standing of faction %u.]
  • setstanding (m) - [Sets stanging of faction %u.]
  • showitems (m) - [Shows items of selected Player]
  • showskills (m) - [Shows skills of selected Player]
  • rename (m) - [Renames character x to y.]
  • forcerename (m) - [Forces character x to rename his char next login]
  
  

• lookup (l) -
  
  • item (l) - [Looks up item string x.]
  • quest (l) - [Looks up quest string x.]
  • creature (l) - [Looks up item string x.]
  
  

• admin (z) -
  
  • castall (z) - [Makes all players online cast spell .]
  • dispelall (z) - [Dispels all negative (or positive w/ 1) auras on all players.]
  • renameallinvalidchars (z) - [Renames all invalid character names]
  • masssummon (z) - [.masssummon - Summons all players.]
  • playall (z) - [Plays a sound to the entire server.]
  
  

• kick (m) -
  
  • byplayer (f) - [Disconnects the player with name .]
  • byaccount (f) - [Disconnects the session with account name .]
  • byip (f) - [Disconnects the session with the ip .]
  
  

• ban (m) -
  
  • ip (m) - [Adds an address to the IP ban table: [duration]\nDuration must be a number optionally followed by a character representing the calendar subdivision to use (h>hours, d>days, w>weeks, m>months, y>years, default minutes)\nLack of duration results in a permanent ban.]
  • character (b) - [Bans character x with or without reason]
  • account (a) - [Ban account. .account ban name timeperiod]
  
  

• unban (m) -
  
  • ip (m) - [Deletes an address from the IP ban table: ]
  • character (b) - [Unbans character x]
  • account (z) - [Unbans account x.]
  
  

• kickplayer (b) - [Kicks player from server]
• gmannounce (u) - [Sends Msg to all online GMs]
• clearcooldowns (m) - [Clears all cooldowns for your class.]
• removeauras (m) - [Removes all auras from target]
• paralyze (b) - [Roots/Paralyzes the target.]
• unparalyze (b) - [Unroots/Unparalyzes the target.]
• gotrig (v) - [Warps to areatrigger ]
• exitinstance (m) - [Exits current instance, return to entry point.]
• modperiod (m) - [Changes period of current transporter.]
• createarenateam (g) - [Creates arena team]
• logcomment (1) - [Adds a comment to the GM log for the admins to read.]
• removesickness (m) - [Removes ressurrection sickness from the target]
• fixscale (m) -
• addtrainerspell (m) -

change font color maby cant see anything

Lol, let me change the text color...