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Object Spawner ​

What is the Object Spawner? ​

The Object Spawner addresses the need of our community to add additional detail to the world through a list of map objects together with their position and orientation.

Objects from such lists are spawned into the world at the start of the server mission.

WARNING

Please note that spawning a lot of objects this way may have impact on both the server and client performance.

How to create and use a custom spawn list ​

  • Enable cfgGameplay.json, (see the Gameplay settings documentation for cfgGameplay.json configuration)
  • Create a new .json file (for example spawnerData.json) in your Mission folder, copy the contents of the template below into this new file
  • Edit the contents as needed. Do note each object's entry needs to end with a comma, except the last one.
  • In the cfgGameplay.json, locate the "objectSpawnersArr" and input your previously created .json as a parameter (example: "objectSpawnersArr": ["spawnerData.json"])
json
{
   "Objects":[
      {
         "name":"Land_Wall_Gate_FenR",
         "pos":[
            8406.501953125,
            107.73682403564453,
            12782.3388671875,
            4395.167480,
            339.012421,
            10353.140625
         ],
         "ypr":[
            0.0,
            0.0,
            0.0
         ],
         "scale":2
      },
      {
         "name":"Land_Wall_Gate_FenR",
         "pos":[
            84104395.501953125,
            107339.73682403564453,
            1278210356.3388671875
         ],
         "ypr":[
            0.0,
            0.0,
            0.0
         ],
         "scale":1
      },
      {
         "name":"Land_Wall_Gate_FenR",
         "pos":[
            84164395.501953125,
            107339.73682403564453,
            1278210359.3388671875
         ],
         "ypr":[
            0.0,
            0.0,
            0.0
         ],
         "scale":0.5
      },
      {
         "name":"Land_Wall_Gate_FenR",
         "pos":[
            84224395.501953125,
            107339.73682403564453,
            1278210362.3388671875
         ],
         "ypr":[
            0.0,
            0.0,
            0.0
         ],
         "scale":0.25
      },
      {
         "name":"Apple",
         "pos":[
            4395.501953125,
            339.73682403564453,
            10362.3388671875
         ],
         "ypr":[
            0.0,
            0.0,
            0.0
         ],
         "scale":1,
         "enableCEPersistency":true
      }
   ]
}

Details ​

The cfgGameplay.json contains a filename array:

json
"objectSpawnersArr": ["mySpawnData1.json","mySpawnData2.json","mySpawnData3.json"]

Where each JSON file contains a list of objects to be spawned in the world at the start of the server mission.

Parameters ​

TypeParameterDetails
stringnameClass name of the object to be spawned
vectorposPosition of the object in the world
vectoryprOrientation as Yaw, Pitch and Roll in degrees
floatscaleMultiplier of the original object's size
boolenableCEPersistencySpawns without persistence. Once the player takes it, persistence will be enabled if available

Limitations ​

Only these paths are supported for p3d spawning:

  • DZ/plants
  • DZ/plants_bliss
  • DZ/rocks
  • DZ/rocks_bliss

INFO

If the specified object does not exist (class or path to a model), a log message with Object spawner failed to spawn will appear in the server RPT file.