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Public Moongates

Moongate public moongates are a separate item flow from generic teleporters.

  • public_moongate opens a shared destination gump
  • destinations are authored once for the shard
  • players double click the moongate and choose where to go

This is different from the existing moongate template, which is still used by spell-created moongates such as Gate Travel.

Authoring Model

The shared destination list lives in:

  • moongate_data/scripts/moongates/data.lua

That file returns grouped destinations. The shipped defaults mirror the classic ModernUO public network for Felucca and Ilshenar. For example:

local data = {}

function data.load()
  return {
    {
      id = "felucca",
      name = "Felucca",
      destinations = {
        { id = "moonglow", name = "Moonglow", map = "felucca", x = 4467, y = 1283, z = 5 },
        { id = "britain", name = "Britain", map = "felucca", x = 1336, y = 1997, z = 5 }
      }
    }
  }
end

return data

Each destination entry uses:

  • id: stable destination key
  • name: player-facing label in the gump
  • map: map name or id-like value resolved through the map script module
  • x, y, z: world coordinates

Item Template

The public gump flow uses the public_moongate template:

{
  "id": "public_moongate",
  "base_item": "teleporter",
  "itemId": "0x0F6C",
  "scriptId": "items.public_moongate"
}

Use this when you want a shard-wide moongate network.

Use teleporter or other single-destination teleporter templates when the item should go to exactly one configured location.

Runtime Behavior

On double click:

  1. the item validates that the player is next to the moongate
  2. the shared gump opens
  3. the player chooses a destination
  4. the selection is revalidated against the live item, player range, and current destination dataset
  5. the player teleports

The current V1 flow is intentionally simple:

  • double click only
  • no move-over activation
  • no expansion-specific destination filtering
  • no special criminal or young-player rules

Spawning the Network

To regenerate the full public network from the shared Lua dataset, use:

.spawn_public_moongates

This command:

  • reads the current moongate_data/scripts/moongates/data.lua
  • removes existing world public_moongate items
  • recreates one public_moongate at every configured destination

This is the recommended way to refresh the network after editing the shared destination list.

Files Involved

  • moongate_data/scripts/items/public_moongate.lua
  • moongate_data/scripts/gumps/moongates/public_moongate.lua
  • moongate_data/scripts/gumps/moongates/constants.lua
  • moongate_data/scripts/gumps/moongates/state.lua
  • moongate_data/scripts/gumps/moongates/ui.lua
  • moongate_data/scripts/gumps/moongates/render.lua
  • moongate_data/scripts/moongates/data.lua

When you change the shared destinations:

  1. update moongate_data/scripts/moongates/data.lua
  2. run .spawn_public_moongates
  3. verify the gump still opens and the destinations still travel correctly
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