Hooks

Module-specific events raised by the Npcdrop module.

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NPCDropCheck

Purpose

First hook called when an NPC dies to determine drops.

Parameters

• ent (NPC): The killed NPC entity.

Realm

Server

Returns

void — None

Example

hook.Add("NPCDropCheck", "LogDeath", function(ent)
    print("Checking drops for", ent:GetClass())
end)

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NPCDropNoTable

Purpose

Runs when the NPC has no drop table defined.

Parameters

• ent (NPC): The NPC without a table.

Realm

Server

Returns

void — None

Example

hook.Add("NPCDropNoTable", "NoLoot", function(ent)
    -- maybe handle default drops
end)

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NPCDropNoItems

Purpose

Called when the drop table exists but all weights sum to zero.

Parameters

• ent (NPC): NPC that will drop nothing.

Realm

Server

Returns

void — None

Example

hook.Add("NPCDropNoItems", "Log", function(ent)
    print(ent:GetClass(), "had no items to drop")
end)

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NPCDropRoll

Purpose

Notifies the roll used to pick which item will drop.

Parameters

• ent (NPC): The NPC that died.

• choice (number): Random number selected.

• total (number): Total weight of all items.

Realm

Server

Returns

void — None

Example

hook.Add("NPCDropRoll", "Debug", function(ent, choice, total)
    print("Rolled", choice, "out of", total)
end)

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NPCDroppedItem

Purpose

Runs when an item is successfully spawned from the NPC.

Parameters

• ent (NPC): The NPC that dropped the item.

• itemName (string): Name of the spawned item.

Realm

Server

Returns

void — None

Example

hook.Add("NPCDroppedItem", "Celebrate", function(ent, itemName)
    print(ent:GetClass(), "dropped", itemName)
end)

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NPCDropFailed

Purpose

Called if no item matched the random roll.

Parameters

• ent (NPC): The NPC whose drop failed.

Realm

Server

Returns

void — None

Example

hook.Add("NPCDropFailed", "Failure", function(ent)
    print("No item chosen for", ent:GetClass())
end)

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