scripting and all.spawn

[ket]

Couple questions, I'll start with the scripting. If I wanted to make it so certain mutants only spawned at night would this script code work;

function chktime( clktime )
local level = level.name()
if clktime == true then
if level == "l01_escape" then
<spawn code here>
return true
end
end
return true
end

My other question is about spawns and respawns in all.spawn. If I was to set up spawns and respawns as follows, would it work? For example, I want to spawn 3 zombies, I put in the spawn code for a zombie, then use respawn code to spawn 3 zombies.

[873]
; cse_abstract properties
section_name = zombie_normal
name = esc_zombie
position = -166.77, -18.39, -128.83
direction = 0,0,0

; cse_alife_object properties
game_vertex_id = 138
distance = 5
level_vertex_id = 524001
object_flags = 0xffffffbf
custom_data = <<END
[smart_terrains]
esc_small_home3 = false
END

; cse_visual properties
visual_name = monsters\zombi\zombi_1

; cse_alife_creature_abstract properties
g_team = 0
g_squad = 1
g_group = 22
health = 1
dynamic_out_restrictions =
dynamic_in_restrictions =

upd:health = 1
upd:timestamp = 0
upd:creature_flags = 0
upd:position = -166.77, -18.39, -128.83
upd:o_model = 0
upd:o_torso = 0,0,0
upd:g_team = 0
upd:g_squad = 1
upd:g_group = 22

; cse_alife_monster_abstract properties

upd:next_game_vertex_id = 65535
upd:prev_game_vertex_id = 65535
upd:distance_from_point = 0
upd:distance_to_point = 0

; cse_ph_skeleton properties

; cse_alife_monster_base properties

; se_monster properties

[874]
; cse_abstract properties
section_name = respawn
name = esc_zombie
position = -166.77, -18.39, -128.83
direction = 0,0,0

; cse_alife_object properties
game_vertex_id = 167
distance = 4.90000009536743
level_vertex_id = 109559
object_flags = 0xffffff3e
custom_data = <<END
[respawn]
respawn_section = zombie_normal,3
;max_count = 8
;min_count = 3
max_spawn = 3
idle_spawn = medium
;conditions = {+agroprom_military_case_done} 80, 0
END

; cse_shape properties
shapes = shape0
shape0:type = sphere
shape0:offset = 0,0,0
shape0:radius = 1

; cse_alife_space_restrictor properties
restrictor_type = 0

; se_respawn properties

Just want to check before I go doing this for all the extra mutants I'm adding

[Nightwatch]

Hmm, I see someone is planning some mischief there, to scare the ...ehm.. out of the players, hah?

1- Well, through my mobile phone's screen and over the second pint of lager in a pub, evidently established in 1649, that sounds fine enough. However, later in the evening, I'll have another look.

Where do you plan to implement this script?


2- In my opinion, all.spawn in STALKER was a bad idea, not friendly and making changes on it very impractical (e.g. you can't do it on the fly) and also response rather tricky sometimes. Therefore, in my approach, I tend to respawn things seperately, though your approach should work in theory, though I haven't tried it like this: <<respawn_section = zombie_normal,3>> like ordering 3 after the initial respawn.
As another way, you may also try ordering as in this example:

I remember it, it was somewhere in pripyat.ltx (all.spawn)

respawn_section = m_controller_normal,m_controller_normal_fat,m_controller_old,m_controller_old_fat

(using zombie types instead, of course.)

However, all should work.
(From the practicality point of view, it's better to test all new all.spawn things in escape as you can see and change things before playing halfway into the game.)

[ket]

Indeed there will be a lot of holy crap moments, probably followed by players hitting pause to go take a whizz I've done most of the spawn code in Cordon so I will test it in a bit along with the script stuff. The script I plan to put that code in is escape_tasks. Using the clktime function stuff should only spawn at night as defined in the mutant files, but thats only theory. If you know a better way I can implement it I'm all for it and 1649... would that be a cronenburg?

[VINTAR]

Just to revive an old queston,

you can add to custom_data like this :

[spawner]
cond = {!is_day} --check it is not day
check_distance = true --check if actor is nearby
min_distance = 100 --distance player must be from the spawn point

EDIT: for scripting, just add a condition :

if not is_day() then
--spawn_my_mutants

[ket]

Thanks Vintar thats some real useful info Hopefully I can use it to spawn the Paltergeists at night. Spent quite a while rebuilding the necessary files to make them in-game friendy some time ago. Crazy how all the coolest mutants never even got used or only used once or twice in the entire game