[0.13.5] Quest NPC names collision

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[0.13.5] Quest NPC names collision

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Seen in foxen stream, doing Azimuthal Vectors quest, Barbara Copperham is the scholar expert in Barbara Copperham's work:
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Re: [0.13.5] Quest NPC names collision

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How?

I mean, it's theoretically possible but it feels like it should be a bug.
The code looks okay to me, so it could have been coincidence?

I created a chnage that prevents duplicate npc names in quests: https://github.com/Interkarma/daggerfal ... _npc_names
But that doesn't really fix a bug, just makes sure that edge cases like this can't happen.

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Re: [0.13.5] Quest NPC names collision

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JorisVanEijden wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 6:39 pm How?

I mean, it's theoretically possible but it feels like it should be a bug.
The code looks okay to me, so it could have been coincidence?

I created a chnage that prevents duplicate npc names in quests: https://github.com/Interkarma/daggerfal ... _npc_names
But that doesn't really fix a bug, just makes sure that edge cases like this can't happen.
Preventing the edge case like you did should be all one needs to do in this situation. The nature of random doesn't exclude sameness from ever happening, for some people meeting their namesake has been a reality even on our planet so while rare, it's not impossible. I wouldn't really consider this a bug but more an undesired result if anything.
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Re: [0.13.5] Quest NPC names collision

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Yeah, I meant more that it's probably something for after the 1.0 release (if ever). I don't want to distract anyone with too many minor fixes or changes before then.

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