Randomly spawning monsters.

ID:171262
 
Oct 19 2004, 1:07 pm
I'm interested in making random monsters appear randomly on the map, but not completely randomly. I only want them to appear if they are on a specific type of turf.

Could anyone help me figure out how this might be done? Thanks.
Oct 19 2004, 1:14 pm
Simple really:

Create an obj, "monster spawning area".
obj/MonsterSpawn
  var/list/Monsters=list()

In the Monsters list, you supply all the monsters that object will spawn. For example: var/list/Monsters=list(/mob/Monster/Beatle,/mob/Monster/ Nude_female). For each monster, you'll want to set a probability variable. The probability variable is the probability of that monster spawning in that spot. To do this, you use it as an associated list: var/list/Monsters=list(/mob/Monster/Beatle=50,/mob/Monster/ Nude_female=5). That's giving the probability of 50% (half) of it spawning, the nude_female will only have 5%.

Now, for "repoping" it.

obj/MonsterSpawn
   var/list/Monsters=list()
   proc/Spawn()
       if(Monsters.len>0)
           var/M=pick(Monsters)
           if(M&&prob(Monsters[M]))
                new M(src.loc)
        spawn(rand(250,500)) Spawn()
   New()
      ..()
      Spawn()


Easy peasy!
Oct 19 2004, 5:11 pm
In response to Crashed
Alright, thanks a lot.