Monster Spawner Script.

[Aeddes]

Hello.

I'm trying to create a spawner.
Looking for a spawner that spawn a few monsters and stop at monster count = X. Then, when a monster get killed, restart spawn until monster count reach X again.

First tryed this:

script "Demon spawner" (void)
{
Thing_Spawn (1, 8, 64, 0);
delay (700);
Restart;
}

With this, spawning don't stop.

This:
script "Demon spawner" (int demoncount)
{
demoncount = 0;

if (demoncount < 3);
{
Thing_Spawn (1, 8, 64, 0);
demoncount = demoncount + 1;
}
}

This:
script "Demon spawner" (void)
{
int demoncount;
demoncount = 0;

if (demoncount < 3);
{
Thing_Spawn (1, 8, 64, 0);
demoncount = demoncount + 1;
}
}


Have tryed variations with: Integers, Booleans, If's, Else's, While's, all dictionary and no sucess...

Sometimes, monsters spawn the right quantity but no restart after get killed; sometimes spawn the right quantity, but disapear and spawn again.
Two days burning my small brain and nothing works.

Could someone explain me how (IF) can i do this?

Thanks in advance.

[Jarewill]

You are resetting the demoncount variable to 0 right before doing the check, so it will always pass.
For what you need, I recommend using ThingCount instead.
For example:

Code: Select all

Script "Demon spawner" (void){
	Thing_Spawn(1,8,64,100); //Spawn a single monster when the script starts
	While(true){ //Start a loop
		If(ThingCount(T_NONE,100)<3){ //Check for all monsters with the TID 100
			Delay(700);
			Thing_Spawn(1,8,64,100); //Spawn a new monster with the TID 100
		}Else{Delay(1);} //If monster limit has been reached, delay the loop
	}
}

[Aeddes]

Tried this, but after a few seconds, the spawned monster disappear.
No idea what is happening.

[Jarewill]

That sounds weird, it shouldn't be caused by that code.
What monster are you trying to spawn?
If it's a custom one, could you send code for it?

[Aeddes]

I'm using Blood Demon (from Realm667). But tested with Demon and Spectre, and result is the same.
After a few seconds, the spawned monster vanish.

---

ACTOR BloodDemonClone 3110
{
//$Category Monsters
Health 300
Speed 12
Height 56
Radius 30
Mass 400
PainChance 180
Meleedamage 5
REACTIONTIME 8
MONSTER
+FLOORCLIP
SeeSound "blooddemon/sight"
PainSound "blooddemon/pain"
DeathSound "blooddemon/death"
ActiveSound "blooddemon/active"
//MeleeSound "blooddemon/melee"
HitObituary "%o Was chewed up and spat out by a Mech-demon."
States
{
Spawn:
SRG2 AB 10 A_Look
Loop
See:
SRG2 A 0 A_PlaySound("blooddemon/walk")
SRG2 AABB 2 A_Chase
SRG2 C 0 A_PlaySound("blooddemon/walk")
SRG2 CCDD 2 A_Chase
Loop
Melee:
SRG2 E 0 A_PlaySound("blooddemon/melee")
SRG2 EF 8 A_FaceTarget
SRG2 G 8 A_MeleeAttack
Goto See
Pain:
SRG2 H 2
SRG2 H 2 A_Pain
Goto See
Death:
SRG2 I 8
SRG2 I 0 A_FaceTarget
SRG2 J 0 A_SpawnItemEx("BloodDemonArm", 10, 0, 32, 0, 8, 0, 0, 128)
SRG2 J 8 A_Scream
SRG2 K 4
SRG2 L 4 A_NoBlocking
SRG2 M 4
SRG2 N -1
Stop
Raise:
SRG2 NMLKJI 5
Goto See
}
}

ACTOR BloodDemonArm
{
Radius 8
Height 8
Speed 8
+DOOMBOUNCE
+DROPOFF
+Missile
States
{
Spawn:
SG2A ABCDEFGH 2
Loop
Death:
SG2A I -1
Loop
}
}

[Aeddes]

Tested on a new map, without any other scripts, and worked great.
Probably any of my scripts are conflicting.

Really thanks for the help!

Edit. Another script was using Thing tag 100. Working fine now!