--lua locals local math, vector, minetest, mcl_mobs = math, vector, minetest, mcl_mobs local mob_class = mcl_mobs.mob_class local modern_lighting = minetest.settings:get_bool("mcl_mobs_modern_lighting", true) local nether_threshold = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mobs_nether_threshold")) or 11 local end_threshold = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mobs_end_threshold")) or 0 local overworld_threshold = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mobs_overworld_threshold")) or 0 local overworld_sky_threshold = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mobs_overworld_sky_threshold")) or 7 local overworld_passive_threshold = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mobs_overworld_passive_threshold")) or 7 local get_node = minetest.get_node local get_item_group = minetest.get_item_group local get_node_light = minetest.get_node_light local find_nodes_in_area_under_air = minetest.find_nodes_in_area_under_air local mt_get_biome_name = minetest.get_biome_name local get_objects_inside_radius = minetest.get_objects_inside_radius local get_connected_players = minetest.get_connected_players local math_random = math.random local math_floor = math.floor local math_ceil = math.ceil local math_cos = math.cos local math_sin = math.sin local math_round = function(x) return (x > 0) and math_floor(x + 0.5) or math_ceil(x - 0.5) end local vector_distance = vector.distance local vector_new = vector.new local vector_floor = vector.floor local table_copy = table.copy local table_remove = table.remove local pairs = pairs local LOGGING_ON = minetest.settings:get_bool("mcl_logging_mobs_spawning", false) local function mcl_log (message, property) if LOGGING_ON then if property then message = message .. ": " .. dump(property) end mcl_util.mcl_log (message, "[Mobs spawn]", true) end end local dbg_spawn_attempts = 0 local dbg_spawn_succ = 0 local dbg_spawn_counts = {} local remove_far = true local WAIT_FOR_SPAWN_ATTEMPT = 10 local FIND_SPAWN_POS_RETRIES = 16 local FIND_SPAWN_POS_RETRIES_SUCCESS_RESPIN = 8 local MOB_SPAWN_ZONE_INNER = 24 local MOB_SPAWN_ZONE_MIDDLE = 32 local MOB_SPAWN_ZONE_OUTER = 128 -- range for mob count local MOB_CAP_INNER_RADIUS = 32 local aoc_range = 136 local MISSING_CAP_DEFAULT = 15 local MOBS_CAP_CLOSE = 10 local SPAWN_MAPGEN_LIMIT = mcl_vars.mapgen_limit - 150 local mob_cap = { hostile = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_cap_monster")) or 70, passive = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_cap_animal")) or 10, ambient = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_cap_ambient")) or 15, water = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_cap_water")) or 8, water_ambient = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_cap_water_ambient")) or 20, water_underground = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_cap_water_underground")) or 5, axolotl = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_cap_axolotl")) or 2, -- TODO should be 5 when lush caves added player = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_cap_player")) or 75, global_hostile = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_cap_hostile")) or 300, global_non_hostile = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_cap_non_hostile")) or 300, total = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_cap_total")) or 500, } local peaceful_percentage_spawned = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_peaceful_percentage_spawned")) or 30 local peaceful_group_percentage_spawned = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_peaceful_group_percentage_spawned")) or 15 local hostile_group_percentage_spawned = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("mcl_mob_hostile_group_percentage_spawned")) or 20 mcl_log("Mob cap hostile: " .. mob_cap.hostile) mcl_log("Mob cap water: " .. mob_cap.water) mcl_log("Mob cap passive: " .. mob_cap.passive) mcl_log("Percentage of peacefuls spawned: " .. peaceful_percentage_spawned) mcl_log("Percentage of peaceful spawns are group: " .. peaceful_group_percentage_spawned) mcl_log("Percentage of hostile spawns are group: " .. hostile_group_percentage_spawned) --do mobs spawn? local mobs_spawn = minetest.settings:get_bool("mobs_spawn", true) ~= false local spawn_protected = minetest.settings:get_bool("mobs_spawn_protected") ~= false local logging = minetest.settings:get_bool("mcl_logging_mobs_spawn",true) -- THIS IS THE BIG LIST OF ALL BIOMES - used for programming/updating mobs -- Also used for missing parameter -- Please update the list when adding new biomes! local list_of_all_biomes = { -- underground: "FlowerForest_underground", "JungleEdge_underground", "ColdTaiga_underground", "IcePlains_underground", "IcePlainsSpikes_underground", "MegaTaiga_underground", "Taiga_underground", "ExtremeHills+_underground", "JungleM_underground", "ExtremeHillsM_underground", "JungleEdgeM_underground", "MangroveSwamp_underground", -- ocean: "RoofedForest_ocean", "JungleEdgeM_ocean", "BirchForestM_ocean", "BirchForest_ocean", "IcePlains_deep_ocean", "Jungle_deep_ocean", "Savanna_ocean", "MesaPlateauF_ocean", "ExtremeHillsM_deep_ocean", "Savanna_deep_ocean", "SunflowerPlains_ocean", "Swampland_deep_ocean", "Swampland_ocean", "MegaSpruceTaiga_deep_ocean", "ExtremeHillsM_ocean", "JungleEdgeM_deep_ocean", "SunflowerPlains_deep_ocean", "BirchForest_deep_ocean", "IcePlainsSpikes_ocean", "Mesa_ocean", "StoneBeach_ocean", "Plains_deep_ocean", "JungleEdge_deep_ocean", "SavannaM_deep_ocean", "Desert_deep_ocean", "Mesa_deep_ocean", "ColdTaiga_deep_ocean", "Plains_ocean", "MesaPlateauFM_ocean", "Forest_deep_ocean", "JungleM_deep_ocean", "FlowerForest_deep_ocean", "MushroomIsland_ocean", "MegaTaiga_ocean", "StoneBeach_deep_ocean", "IcePlainsSpikes_deep_ocean", "ColdTaiga_ocean", "SavannaM_ocean", "MesaPlateauF_deep_ocean", "MesaBryce_deep_ocean", "ExtremeHills+_deep_ocean", "ExtremeHills_ocean", "MushroomIsland_deep_ocean", "Forest_ocean", "MegaTaiga_deep_ocean", "JungleEdge_ocean", "MesaBryce_ocean", "MegaSpruceTaiga_ocean", "ExtremeHills+_ocean", "Jungle_ocean", "RoofedForest_deep_ocean", "IcePlains_ocean", "FlowerForest_ocean", "ExtremeHills_deep_ocean", "MesaPlateauFM_deep_ocean", "Desert_ocean", "Taiga_ocean", "BirchForestM_deep_ocean", "Taiga_deep_ocean", "JungleM_ocean", "MangroveSwamp_ocean", "MangroveSwamp_deep_ocean", -- water or beach? "MesaPlateauFM_sandlevel", "MesaPlateauF_sandlevel", "MesaBryce_sandlevel", "Mesa_sandlevel", -- beach: "FlowerForest_beach", "Forest_beach", "StoneBeach", "ColdTaiga_beach_water", "Taiga_beach", "Savanna_beach", "Plains_beach", "ExtremeHills_beach", "ColdTaiga_beach", "Swampland_shore", "MushroomIslandShore", "JungleM_shore", "Jungle_shore", "BambooJungleM_shore", "BambooJungle_shore", "MangroveSwamp_shore", -- dimension biome: "Nether", "BasaltDelta", "CrimsonForest", "WarpedForest", "SoulsandValley", "End", -- Overworld regular: "Mesa", "FlowerForest", "Swampland", "Taiga", "ExtremeHills", "ExtremeHillsM", "ExtremeHills+_snowtop", "Jungle", "Savanna", "BirchForest", "MegaSpruceTaiga", "MegaTaiga", "ExtremeHills+", "Forest", "Plains", "Desert", "ColdTaiga", "MushroomIsland", "IcePlainsSpikes", "SunflowerPlains", "IcePlains", "RoofedForest", "ExtremeHills+_snowtop", "MesaPlateauFM_grasstop", "JungleEdgeM", "JungleM", "BirchForestM", "MesaPlateauF", "MesaPlateauFM", "MesaPlateauF_grasstop", "MesaBryce", "JungleEdge", "SavannaM", "MangroveSwamp", "BambooJungle", "BambooJungleEdge", "BambooJungleEdgeM", "BambooJungleM", } -- count how many mobs are in an area local function count_mobs(pos,r,mob_type) local num = 0 for _,l in pairs(minetest.luaentities) do if l and l.is_mob and (mob_type == nil or l.type == mob_type) then local p = l.object:get_pos() if p and vector_distance(p,pos) < r then num = num + 1 end end end return num end local function count_mobs_total(mob_type) local num = 0 for _,l in pairs(minetest.luaentities) do if l.is_mob then if mob_type == nil or l.type == mob_type then num = num + 1 end end end return num end local function count_mobs_add_entry (mobs_list, mob_cat) if mobs_list[mob_cat] then mobs_list[mob_cat] = mobs_list[mob_cat] + 1 else mobs_list[mob_cat] = 1 end end --categorise_by can be name or type or spawn_class local function count_mobs_all(categorise_by, pos) local mobs_found_wide = {} local mobs_found_close = {} local num = 0 for _,entity in pairs(minetest.luaentities) do if entity and entity.is_mob then local add_entry = false --local mob_type = entity.type -- animal / monster / npc local mob_cat = entity[categorise_by] if pos then local mob_pos = entity.object:get_pos() if mob_pos then local distance = vector.distance(pos, mob_pos) --mcl_log("distance: ".. distance) if distance <= MOB_SPAWN_ZONE_MIDDLE then --mcl_log("distance is close") count_mobs_add_entry (mobs_found_close, mob_cat) count_mobs_add_entry (mobs_found_wide, mob_cat) add_entry = true elseif distance <= MOB_SPAWN_ZONE_OUTER then --mcl_log("distance is wide") count_mobs_add_entry (mobs_found_wide, mob_cat) add_entry = true else --mcl_log("mob_pos: " .. minetest.pos_to_string(mob_pos)) end end else count_mobs_add_entry (mobs_found_wide, mob_cat) add_entry = true end if add_entry then num = num + 1 end end end --mcl_log("num: ".. num) return mobs_found_close, mobs_found_wide, num end local function count_mobs_total_cap(mob_type) local total = 0 local num = 0 local hostile = 0 local non_hostile = 0 for _,l in pairs(minetest.luaentities) do if l.is_mob then total = total + 1 local nametagged = l.nametag and l.nametag ~= "" if ( mob_type == nil or l.type == mob_type ) and not nametagged then if l.spawn_class == "hostile" then hostile = hostile + 1 else non_hostile = non_hostile + 1 end num = num + 1 else mcl_log("l.name", l.name) mcl_log("l.nametag", l.nametag) end end end mcl_log("Total mobs", total) mcl_log("hostile", hostile) mcl_log("non_hostile", non_hostile) return num, non_hostile, hostile end local function output_mob_stats(mob_counts, total_mobs, chat_display) if (total_mobs) then local total_output = "Total mobs found: " .. total_mobs if chat_display then minetest.log(total_output) else minetest.log("action", total_output) end end local detailed = "" if mob_counts then for k, v1 in pairs(mob_counts) do detailed = detailed .. tostring(k) .. ": " .. tostring(v1) .. "; " end end if detailed and detailed ~= "" then if chat_display then minetest.log(detailed) else minetest.log("action", detailed) end end end -- global functions function mcl_mobs:spawn_abm_check(pos, node, name) -- global function to add additional spawn checks -- return true to stop spawning mob end --[[ Custom elements changed: name: the mobs name dimension: "overworld" "nether" "end" types of spawning: "water" "ground" "lava" biomes: tells the spawner to allow certain mobs to spawn in certain biomes {"this", "that", "grasslands", "whatever"} what is aoc??? objects in area WARNING: BIOME INTEGRATION NEEDED -> How to get biome through lua?? ]]-- --this is where all of the spawning information is kept local spawn_dictionary = {} --this is where all of the spawning information is kept for mobs that don't naturally spawn local non_spawn_dictionary = {} function mcl_mobs:spawn_setup(def) if not mobs_spawn then return end if not def then minetest.log("warning", "Empty mob spawn setup definition") return end local name = def.name if not name then minetest.log("warning", "Missing mob name") return end local dimension = def.dimension or "overworld" local type_of_spawning = def.type_of_spawning or "ground" local biomes = def.biomes or list_of_all_biomes local min_light = def.min_light or 0 local max_light = def.max_light or (minetest.LIGHT_MAX + 1) local chance = def.chance or 1000 local aoc = def.aoc or aoc_range local min_height = def.min_height or mcl_mapgen.overworld.min local max_height = def.max_height or mcl_mapgen.overworld.max local day_toggle = def.day_toggle local on_spawn = def.on_spawn local check_position = def.check_position -- chance/spawn number override in minetest.conf for registered mob local numbers = minetest.settings:get(name) if numbers then numbers = numbers:split(",") chance = tonumber(numbers[1]) or chance aoc = tonumber(numbers[2]) or aoc if chance == 0 then minetest.log("warning", string.format("[mcl_mobs] %s has spawning disabled", name)) return end minetest.log("action", string.format("[mcl_mobs] Chance setting for %s changed to %s (total: %s)", name, chance, aoc)) end if chance < 1 then chance = 1 minetest.log("warning", "Chance shouldn't be less than 1 (mob name: " .. name ..")") end spawn_dictionary[#spawn_dictionary + 1] = { name = name, dimension = dimension, type_of_spawning = type_of_spawning, biomes = biomes, min_light = min_light, max_light = max_light, chance = chance, aoc = aoc, min_height = min_height, max_height = max_height, day_toggle = day_toggle, check_position = check_position, on_spawn = on_spawn, } end function mcl_mobs:mob_light_lvl(mob_name, dimension) local spawn_dictionary_consolidated = {} if non_spawn_dictionary[mob_name] then local mob_dimension = non_spawn_dictionary[mob_name][dimension] if mob_dimension then --minetest.log("Found in non spawn dictionary for dimension") return mob_dimension.min_light, mob_dimension.max_light else --minetest.log("Found in non spawn dictionary but not for dimension") local overworld_non_spawn_def = non_spawn_dictionary[mob_name]["overworld"] if overworld_non_spawn_def then return overworld_non_spawn_def.min_light, overworld_non_spawn_def.max_light end end else --minetest.log("must be in spawning dictionary") for i,v in pairs(spawn_dictionary) do local current_mob_name = spawn_dictionary[i].name local current_mob_dim = spawn_dictionary[i].dimension if mob_name == current_mob_name then if not spawn_dictionary_consolidated[current_mob_name] then spawn_dictionary_consolidated[current_mob_name] = {} end spawn_dictionary_consolidated[current_mob_name][current_mob_dim] = { ["min_light"] = spawn_dictionary[i].min_light, ["max_light"] = spawn_dictionary[i].max_light } end end if spawn_dictionary_consolidated[mob_name] then --minetest.log("is in consolidated") local mob_dimension = spawn_dictionary_consolidated[mob_name][dimension] if mob_dimension then --minetest.log("found for dimension") return mob_dimension.min_light, mob_dimension.max_light else --minetest.log("not found for dimension, use overworld def") local mob_dimension_default = spawn_dictionary_consolidated[mob_name]["overworld"] if mob_dimension_default then return mob_dimension_default.min_light, mob_dimension_default.max_light end end else --minetest.log("not in consolidated") end end minetest.log("action", "There are no light levels for mob (" .. tostring(mob_name) .. ") in dimension (" .. tostring(dimension) .. "). Return defaults") return 0, minetest.LIGHT_MAX+1 end function mcl_mobs:non_spawn_specific(mob_name,dimension,min_light,max_light) table.insert(non_spawn_dictionary, mob_name) non_spawn_dictionary[mob_name] = { [dimension] = { min_light = min_light , max_light = max_light } } end function mcl_mobs:spawn_specific(name, dimension, type_of_spawning, biomes, min_light, max_light, interval, chance, aoc, min_height, max_height, day_toggle, on_spawn, check_position) -- Do mobs spawn at all? if not mobs_spawn then return end assert(min_height) assert(max_height) -- chance/spawn number override in minetest.conf for registered mob local numbers = minetest.settings:get(name) if numbers then numbers = numbers:split(",") chance = tonumber(numbers[1]) or chance aoc = tonumber(numbers[2]) or aoc if chance == 0 then minetest.log("warning", string.format("[mcl_mobs] %s has spawning disabled", name)) return end minetest.log("action", string.format("[mcl_mobs] Chance setting for %s changed to %s (total: %s)", name, chance, aoc)) end --load information into the spawn dictionary local key = #spawn_dictionary + 1 spawn_dictionary[key] = {} spawn_dictionary[key]["name"] = name spawn_dictionary[key]["dimension"] = dimension spawn_dictionary[key]["type_of_spawning"] = type_of_spawning spawn_dictionary[key]["biomes"] = biomes spawn_dictionary[key]["min_light"] = min_light spawn_dictionary[key]["max_light"] = max_light spawn_dictionary[key]["chance"] = chance spawn_dictionary[key]["aoc"] = aoc spawn_dictionary[key]["min_height"] = min_height spawn_dictionary[key]["max_height"] = max_height spawn_dictionary[key]["day_toggle"] = day_toggle spawn_dictionary[key]["check_position"] = check_position end local two_pi = 2 * math.pi local function get_next_mob_spawn_pos(pos) -- TODO We should consider spawning something a little further away sporadically. -- It would be good for sky farms and variance, rather than all being on the 24 - 32 block away radius local distance = math_random(MOB_SPAWN_ZONE_INNER, MOB_SPAWN_ZONE_MIDDLE) local angle = math_random() * two_pi -- TODO Floor xoff and zoff and add 0.5 so it tries to spawn in the middle of the square. Less failed attempts. local xoff = math_round(distance * math_cos(angle)) local zoff = math_round(distance * math_sin(angle)) return vector.offset(pos, xoff, 0, zoff) end local function decypher_limits(posy) posy = math_floor(posy) return posy - MOB_SPAWN_ZONE_MIDDLE, posy + MOB_SPAWN_ZONE_MIDDLE end --a simple helper function for mob_spawn local function biome_check(biome_list, biome_goal) for _, data in pairs(biome_list) do if data == biome_goal then return true end end return false end local function is_farm_animal(n) return n == "mobs_mc:pig" or n == "mobs_mc:cow" or n == "mobs_mc:sheep" or n == "mobs_mc:chicken" or n == "mobs_mc:horse" or n == "mobs_mc:donkey" end local function get_water_spawn(p) local nn = minetest.find_nodes_in_area(vector.offset(p,-2,-1,-2),vector.offset(p,2,-15,2),{"group:water"}) if nn and #nn > 0 then return nn[math.random(#nn)] end end local function has_room(self,pos) local cb = self.collisionbox local nodes = {} if self.fly_in then local t = type(self.fly_in) if t == "table" then nodes = table.copy(self.fly_in) elseif t == "string" then table.insert(nodes,self.fly_in) end end table.insert(nodes,"air") local x = cb[4] - cb[1] local y = cb[5] - cb[2] local z = cb[6] - cb[3] local r = math.ceil(x * y * z) local p1 = vector.offset(pos,cb[1],cb[2],cb[3]) local p2 = vector.offset(pos,cb[4],cb[5],cb[6]) local n = #minetest.find_nodes_in_area(p1,p2,nodes) or 0 if r > n then minetest.log("warning","[mcl_mobs] No room for mob "..self.name.." at "..minetest.pos_to_string(vector.round(pos))) return false end return true end mcl_mobs.custom_biomecheck = nil function mcl_mobs.register_custom_biomecheck(custom_biomecheck) mcl_mobs.custom_biomecheck = custom_biomecheck end local function get_biome_name(pos) if mcl_mobs.custom_biomecheck then return mcl_mobs.custom_biomecheck (pos) else local gotten_biome = minetest.get_biome_data(pos) if not gotten_biome then return end gotten_biome = mt_get_biome_name(gotten_biome.biome) --minetest.log ("biome: " .. dump(gotten_biome)) return gotten_biome end end local function spawn_check(pos, spawn_def) if not spawn_def or not pos then return end dbg_spawn_attempts = dbg_spawn_attempts + 1 local dimension = mcl_worlds.pos_to_dimension(pos) local mob_def = minetest.registered_entities[spawn_def.name] local mob_type = mob_def.type local gotten_node = get_node(pos).name if not gotten_node then return end local biome_name = get_biome_name(pos) if not biome_name then return end local is_ground = minetest.get_item_group(gotten_node,"solid") ~= 0 if not is_ground then pos.y = pos.y - 1 gotten_node = get_node(pos).name is_ground = minetest.get_item_group(gotten_node,"solid") ~= 0 end pos.y = pos.y + 1 local is_water = get_item_group(gotten_node, "water") ~= 0 local is_lava = get_item_group(gotten_node, "lava") ~= 0 local is_leaf = get_item_group(gotten_node, "leaves") ~= 0 local is_bedrock = gotten_node == "mcl_core:bedrock" local is_grass = minetest.get_item_group(gotten_node,"grass_block") ~= 0 if pos.y >= spawn_def.min_height and pos.y <= spawn_def.max_height and spawn_def.dimension == dimension and biome_check(spawn_def.biomes, biome_name) then mcl_log("Spawn level 1 check - Passed") if (is_ground or spawn_def.type_of_spawning ~= "ground") and (spawn_def.type_of_spawning ~= "ground" or not is_leaf) and (not is_farm_animal(spawn_def.name) or is_grass) and (spawn_def.type_of_spawning ~= "water" or is_water) and not is_bedrock and has_room(mob_def,pos) and (spawn_def.check_position and spawn_def.check_position(pos) or spawn_def.check_position == nil) and ( not spawn_protected or not minetest.is_protected(pos, "") ) then mcl_log("Spawn level 2 check - Passed") local gotten_light = get_node_light(pos) if modern_lighting then local my_node = get_node(pos) local sky_light = minetest.get_natural_light(pos) local art_light = minetest.get_artificial_light(my_node.param1) if mob_def.spawn_check then return mob_def.spawn_check(pos, gotten_light, art_light, sky_light) elseif mob_type == "monster" then if dimension == "nether" then if art_light <= nether_threshold then return true end elseif dimension == "end" then if art_light <= end_threshold then return true end elseif dimension == "overworld" then if art_light <= overworld_threshold and sky_light <= overworld_sky_threshold then return true end end else -- passive threshold is apparently the same in all dimensions ... if gotten_light > overworld_passive_threshold then return true end end else if gotten_light >= spawn_def.min_light and gotten_light <= spawn_def.max_light then return true end end end end return false end function mcl_mobs.spawn(pos,id) local def = minetest.registered_entities[id] or minetest.registered_entities["mobs_mc:"..id] or minetest.registered_entities["extra_mobs:"..id] if not def or (def.can_spawn and not def.can_spawn(pos)) or not def.is_mob then return false end if not dbg_spawn_counts[def.name] then dbg_spawn_counts[def.name] = 1 else dbg_spawn_counts[def.name] = dbg_spawn_counts[def.name] + 1 end return minetest.add_entity(pos, def.name) end local function spawn_group(p,mob,spawn_on,amount_to_spawn) local nn= minetest.find_nodes_in_area_under_air(vector.offset(p,-5,-3,-5),vector.offset(p,5,3,5),spawn_on) local o table.shuffle(nn) if not nn or #nn < 1 then nn = {} table.insert(nn,p) end for i = 1, amount_to_spawn do local sp = vector.offset(nn[math.random(#nn)],0,1,0) if spawn_check(nn[math.random(#nn)],mob) then if mob.type_of_spawning == "water" then sp = get_water_spawn(sp) end o = mcl_mobs.spawn(sp,mob.name) if o then dbg_spawn_succ = dbg_spawn_succ + 1 end end end return o end mcl_mobs.spawn_group = spawn_group local S = minetest.get_translator("mcl_mobs") minetest.register_chatcommand("spawn_mob",{ privs = { debug = true }, description=S("spawn_mob is a chatcommand that allows you to type in the name of a mob without 'typing mobs_mc:' all the time like so; 'spawn_mob spider'. however, there is more you can do with this special command, currently you can edit any number, boolean, and string variable you choose with this format: spawn_mob 'any_mob:var:'. any_mob being your mob of choice, mobs_variable being the variable, and variable value being the value of the chosen variable. and example of this format: \n spawn_mob skeleton:var:\n this would spawn a skeleton that wouldn't attack you. REMEMBER-THIS> when changing a number value always prefix it with 'NUM', example: \n spawn_mob skeleton:var:\n this setting the skelly's jump height to 10. if you want to make multiple changes to a mob, you can, example: \n spawn_mob skeleton:var::var::var::var:\n etc."), func = function(n,param) local pos = minetest.get_player_by_name(n):get_pos() local modifiers = {} for capture in string.gmatch(param, "%:(.-)%:") do table.insert(modifiers, ":"..capture) end local mod1 = string.find(param, ":") local mobname = param if mod1 then mobname = string.sub(param, 1, mod1-1) end local mob = mcl_mobs.spawn(pos,mobname) if mob then for c=1, #modifiers do modifs = modifiers[c] local mod1 = string.find(modifs, ":") local mod_start = string.find(modifs, "<") local mod_vals = string.find(modifs, "=") local mod_end = string.find(modifs, ">") local mob_entity = mob:get_luaentity() if string.sub(modifs, mod1+1, mod1+3) == "var" then if mod1 and mod_start and mod_vals and mod_end then local variable = string.sub(modifs, mod_start+1, mod_vals-1) local value = string.sub(modifs, mod_vals+1, mod_end-1) number_tag = string.find(value, "NUM") if number_tag then value = tonumber(string.sub(value, 4, -1)) end if value == "true" then value = true elseif value == "false" then value = false end if not mob_entity[variable] then minetest.log("warning", n.." mob variable "..variable.." previously unset") end mob_entity[variable] = value else minetest.log("warning", n.." couldn't modify "..mobname.." at "..minetest.pos_to_string(pos).. ", missing paramaters") end else minetest.log("warning", n.." couldn't modify "..mobname.." at "..minetest.pos_to_string(pos).. ", missing modification type") end end minetest.log("action", n.." spawned "..mobname.." at "..minetest.pos_to_string(pos)) return true, mobname.." spawned at "..minetest.pos_to_string(pos) else return false, "Couldn't spawn "..mobname end end }) if mobs_spawn then -- Get pos to spawn, x and z are randomised, y is range local function mob_cap_space (pos, mob_type, mob_counts_close, mob_counts_wide, cap_space_hostile, cap_space_non_hostile) -- Some mob examples --type = "monster", spawn_class = "hostile", --type = "animal", spawn_class = "passive", --local cod = { type = "animal", spawn_class = "water", local type_cap = mob_cap[mob_type] or MISSING_CAP_DEFAULT local close_zone_cap = MOBS_CAP_CLOSE local mob_total_wide = mob_counts_wide[mob_type] if not mob_total_wide then --mcl_log("none of type found. set as 0") mob_total_wide = 0 end local cap_space_wide = math.max(type_cap - mob_total_wide, 0) mcl_log("mob_type", mob_type) mcl_log("cap_space_wide", cap_space_wide) local cap_space_available = 0 if mob_type == "hostile" then mcl_log("cap_space_global", cap_space_hostile) cap_space_available = math.min(cap_space_hostile, cap_space_wide) else mcl_log("cap_space_global", cap_space_non_hostile) cap_space_available = math.min(cap_space_non_hostile, cap_space_wide) end local mob_total_close = mob_counts_close[mob_type] if not mob_total_close then --mcl_log("none of type found. set as 0") mob_total_close = 0 end local cap_space_close = math.max(close_zone_cap - mob_total_close, 0) cap_space_available = math.min(cap_space_available, cap_space_close) mcl_log("cap_space_close", cap_space_close) mcl_log("cap_space_available", cap_space_available) if false and mob_type == "water" then mcl_log("mob_type: " .. mob_type .. " and pos: " .. minetest.pos_to_string(pos)) mcl_log("wide: " .. mob_total_wide .. "/" .. type_cap) mcl_log("cap_space_wide: " .. cap_space_wide) mcl_log("close: " .. mob_total_close .. "/" .. close_zone_cap) mcl_log("cap_space_close: " .. cap_space_close) end return cap_space_available end local function find_spawning_position(pos, max_times) local spawning_position local max_loops = 1 if max_times then max_loops = max_times end local y_min, y_max = decypher_limits(pos.y) --mcl_log("mapgen_limit: " .. SPAWN_MAPGEN_LIMIT) local i = 0 repeat local goal_pos = get_next_mob_spawn_pos(pos) if math.abs(goal_pos.x) <= SPAWN_MAPGEN_LIMIT and math.abs(pos.y) <= SPAWN_MAPGEN_LIMIT and math.abs(goal_pos.z) <= SPAWN_MAPGEN_LIMIT then local spawning_position_list = find_nodes_in_area_under_air( {x = goal_pos.x, y = y_min, z = goal_pos.z}, {x = goal_pos.x, y = y_max, z = goal_pos.z}, {"group:solid", "group:water", "group:lava"} ) if #spawning_position_list > 0 then mcl_log("Spawning positions available: " .. minetest.pos_to_string(goal_pos)) spawning_position = spawning_position_list[math_random(1, #spawning_position_list)] else mcl_log("Spawning position isn't good. Do not spawn: " .. minetest.pos_to_string(goal_pos)) end else mcl_log("Pos outside mapgen limits: " .. minetest.pos_to_string(goal_pos)) end i = i + 1 if i >= max_loops then mcl_log("Cancel finding spawn positions at: " .. max_loops) break end until spawning_position return spawning_position end local cumulative_chance = nil local mob_library_worker_table = nil local function initialize_spawn_data() if not mob_library_worker_table then mob_library_worker_table = table_copy(spawn_dictionary) end if not cumulative_chance then cumulative_chance = 0 for k, v in pairs(mob_library_worker_table) do cumulative_chance = cumulative_chance + v.chance end end end local function spawn_a_mob(pos, cap_space_hostile, cap_space_non_hostile) local spawning_position = find_spawning_position(pos, FIND_SPAWN_POS_RETRIES) if not spawning_position then minetest.log("action", "[Mobs spawn] Cannot find a valid spawn position after retries: " .. FIND_SPAWN_POS_RETRIES) return end local mob_counts_close, mob_counts_wide, total_mobs = count_mobs_all("spawn_class", spawning_position) --output_mob_stats(mob_counts_close, total_mobs) --output_mob_stats(mob_counts_wide) --grab mob that fits into the spawning location --use random weighted choice with replacement to grab a mob, don't exclude any possibilities --shuffle table once every loop to provide equal inclusion probability to all mobs --repeat grabbing a mob to maintain existing spawn rates local spawn_loop_counter = #mob_library_worker_table while spawn_loop_counter > 0 do table.shuffle(mob_library_worker_table) local mob_chance_offset = math_random(1, cumulative_chance) local mob_index = 1 local mob_chance = mob_library_worker_table[mob_index].chance local step_chance = mob_chance while step_chance < mob_chance_offset do mob_index = mob_index + 1 if mob_index <= #mob_library_worker_table then mob_chance = mob_library_worker_table[mob_index].chance step_chance = step_chance + mob_chance else break end end --minetest.log(mob_def.name.." "..step_chance.. " "..mob_chance) local mob_def = mob_library_worker_table[mob_index] if mob_def and mob_def.name and minetest.registered_entities[mob_def.name] then local mob_def_ent = minetest.registered_entities[mob_def.name] local mob_spawn_class = mob_def_ent.spawn_class local cap_space_available = mob_cap_space (spawning_position, mob_spawn_class, mob_counts_close, mob_counts_wide, cap_space_hostile, cap_space_non_hostile) if cap_space_available > 0 then --mcl_log("Cap space available") -- Spawn caps for animals and water creatures fill up rapidly. Need to throttle this somewhat -- for performance and for early game challenge. We don't want to reduce hostiles though. local spawn_hostile = (mob_spawn_class == "hostile") local spawn_passive = (mob_spawn_class ~= "hostile") and math.random(100) < peaceful_percentage_spawned --mcl_log("Spawn_passive: " .. tostring(spawn_passive)) --mcl_log("Spawn_hostile: " .. tostring(spawn_hostile)) if (spawn_hostile or spawn_passive) and spawn_check(spawning_position,mob_def) then if mob_def.type_of_spawning == "water" then spawning_position = get_water_spawn(spawning_position) if not spawning_position then minetest.log("warning","[mcl_mobs] no water spawn for mob "..mob_def.name.." found at "..minetest.pos_to_string(vector.round(pos))) return end end if mob_def_ent.can_spawn and not mob_def_ent.can_spawn(spawning_position) then minetest.log("warning","[mcl_mobs] mob "..mob_def.name.." refused to spawn at "..minetest.pos_to_string(vector.round(spawning_position))) return end --everything is correct, spawn mob local spawn_in_group = mob_def_ent.spawn_in_group or 4 local spawn_group_hostile = (mob_spawn_class == "hostile") and (math.random(100) < hostile_group_percentage_spawned) local spawn_group_passive = (mob_spawn_class ~= "hostile") and (math.random(100) < peaceful_group_percentage_spawned) mcl_log("spawn_group_hostile: " .. tostring(spawn_group_hostile)) mcl_log("spawn_group_passive: " .. tostring(spawn_group_passive)) local spawned if spawn_in_group and (spawn_group_hostile or spawn_group_passive) then local group_min = mob_def_ent.spawn_in_group_min or 1 if not group_min then group_min = 1 end local amount_to_spawn = math.random(group_min, spawn_in_group) mcl_log("Spawning quantity: " .. amount_to_spawn) amount_to_spawn = math.min(amount_to_spawn, cap_space_available) mcl_log("throttled spawning quantity: " .. amount_to_spawn) if logging then minetest.log("action", "[mcl_mobs] A group of " ..amount_to_spawn .. " " .. mob_def.name .. " mob spawns on " ..minetest.get_node(vector.offset(spawning_position,0,-1,0)).name .." at " .. minetest.pos_to_string(spawning_position, 1)) end spawned = spawn_group(spawning_position,mob_def,{minetest.get_node(vector.offset(spawning_position,0,-1,0)).name}, amount_to_spawn) else if logging then minetest.log("action", "[mcl_mobs] Mob " .. mob_def.name .. " spawns on " ..minetest.get_node(vector.offset(spawning_position,0,-1,0)).name .." at ".. minetest.pos_to_string(spawning_position, 1)) end spawned = mcl_mobs.spawn(spawning_position, mob_def.name) end if spawned then --mcl_log("We have spawned") mob_counts_close, mob_counts_wide, total_mobs = count_mobs_all("spawn_class", pos) local new_spawning_position = find_spawning_position(pos, FIND_SPAWN_POS_RETRIES_SUCCESS_RESPIN) if new_spawning_position then mcl_log("Setting new spawning position") spawning_position = new_spawning_position else mcl_log("Cannot set new spawning position") end end else --mcl_log("Spawn check failed") end else --mcl_log("Cap space full") end end spawn_loop_counter = spawn_loop_counter - 1 end end --MAIN LOOP local timer = 0 minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime) timer = timer + dtime if timer < WAIT_FOR_SPAWN_ATTEMPT then return end initialize_spawn_data() timer = 0 local players = get_connected_players() local total_mobs, total_non_hostile, total_hostile = count_mobs_total_cap() local cap_space_hostile = math.max(mob_cap.global_hostile - total_hostile, 0) local cap_space_non_hostile = math.max(mob_cap.global_non_hostile - total_non_hostile, 0) mcl_log("global cap_space_hostile", cap_space_hostile) mcl_log("global cap_space_non_hostile", cap_space_non_hostile) if total_mobs > mob_cap.total or total_mobs > #players * mob_cap.player then minetest.log("action","[mcl_mobs] global mob cap reached. no cycle spawning.") return end --mob cap per player for _, player in pairs(players) do local pos = player:get_pos() local dimension = mcl_worlds.pos_to_dimension(pos) -- ignore void and unloaded area if dimension ~= "void" and dimension ~= "default" then spawn_a_mob(pos, cap_space_hostile, cap_space_non_hostile) end end end) end local function despawn_allowed(self) local nametag = self.nametag and self.nametag ~= "" local not_busy = self.state ~= "attack" and self.following == nil if self.can_despawn == true then if not nametag and not_busy and not self.tamed == true and not self.persistent == true then return true end end return false end function mob_class:despawn_allowed() despawn_allowed(self) end assert(despawn_allowed({can_despawn=false}) == false, "despawn_allowed - can_despawn false failed") assert(despawn_allowed({can_despawn=true}) == true, "despawn_allowed - can_despawn true failed") assert(despawn_allowed({can_despawn=true, nametag=""}) == true, "despawn_allowed - blank nametag failed") assert(despawn_allowed({can_despawn=true, nametag=nil}) == true, "despawn_allowed - nil nametag failed") assert(despawn_allowed({can_despawn=true, nametag="bob"}) == false, "despawn_allowed - nametag failed") assert(despawn_allowed({can_despawn=true, state="attack"}) == false, "despawn_allowed - attack state failed") assert(despawn_allowed({can_despawn=true, following="blah"}) == false, "despawn_allowed - following state failed") assert(despawn_allowed({can_despawn=true, tamed=false}) == true, "despawn_allowed - not tamed") assert(despawn_allowed({can_despawn=true, tamed=true}) == false, "despawn_allowed - tamed") assert(despawn_allowed({can_despawn=true, persistent=true}) == false, "despawn_allowed - persistent") assert(despawn_allowed({can_despawn=true, persistent=false}) == true, "despawn_allowed - not persistent") function mob_class:check_despawn(pos, dtime) self.lifetimer = self.lifetimer - dtime -- Despawning: when lifetimer expires, remove mob if remove_far and despawn_allowed(self) then if self.despawn_immediately or self.lifetimer <= 0 then if logging then minetest.log("action", "[mcl_mobs] Mob "..self.name.." despawns at "..minetest.pos_to_string(pos, 1) .. " lifetimer ran out") end mcl_burning.extinguish(self.object) self.object:remove() return true elseif self.lifetimer <= 10 then if math.random(10) < 4 then self.despawn_immediately = true else self.lifetimer = 20 end end end end minetest.register_chatcommand("mobstats",{ privs = { debug = true }, func = function(n,param) --minetest.chat_send_player(n,dump(dbg_spawn_counts)) local pos = minetest.get_player_by_name(n):get_pos() minetest.chat_send_player(n,"mobs: within 32 radius of player/total loaded :"..count_mobs(pos,MOB_CAP_INNER_RADIUS) .. "/" .. count_mobs_total()) minetest.chat_send_player(n,"spawning attempts since server start:" .. dbg_spawn_succ .. "/" .. dbg_spawn_attempts) local mob_counts_close, mob_counts_wide, total_mobs = count_mobs_all("name") -- Can use "type" output_mob_stats(mob_counts_wide, total_mobs, true) end })