QUERY_HB_STATUS() MISC. REFERENCE MANUAL PAGES QUERY_HB_STATUS() NAME query_hb_status() - indicate whether a monster's heartbeat is on SYNOPSIS int query_hb_status() ; DESCRIPTION The query_hb_status() lfun is defined in /std/monster.c. In the TMI-2 mudlib, monsters who are not healing and not in combat turn off their heartbeats, in order to save CPU use. The query_hb_status() function returns 1 if a monster's heart is beating and 0 if not. The heart_beat is turned back on in the kill_ob function when combat begins, and is turned off when the monster is healed in the heal_up function. SEE ALSO heal_up(), kill_ob(), /std/monster.c AUTHOR Mobydick@TMI-2 TMI-2 Release 0.9 Last change: 4-2-93