Vanilla DayZ spawns x amount of zombies for EACH player within a certain distance of a spawnable building. So, if the building was set to spawn one zombie, if three players closed within the spawning distance of the building, three zombies would spawn. I hate any kind of difficulty scaling, and would like to remove this. It appears that adding an additional check would do this. I was thinking that if the check found more than one player within spawning distance of that building, it would not spawn zombies or loot. This would fit perfectly with my goals of eliminating loot farming, having many more zombies, and allowing a location to be "cleared" of zombies for an extended period of time.
From what my very unqualified understanding tells me of player_spawnCheck.sqf in dayz_code\compile, vanilla DayZ combines the initial check for spawning loot and zombies by checking if the player is within 200 of any "building":
Now, if there are any _nearby, I want to add a count to determine how many alive players are within 200 of that "building" (my true purpose is to discover if more than 1 alive player is within 200 of the "building"). If there is more than one player within 200 of the _nearby, don't run the spawning code (maybe an if/then that stops it).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Here is the entire player_spawnCheck.sqf"
Here are some snippets of code I found that might relate, and maybe can be pieced together:
From what my very unqualified understanding tells me of player_spawnCheck.sqf in dayz_code\compile, vanilla DayZ combines the initial check for spawning loot and zombies by checking if the player is within 200 of any "building":
Code:
_nearby = _position nearObjects ["building",200];Now, if there are any _nearby, I want to add a count to determine how many alive players are within 200 of that "building" (my true purpose is to discover if more than 1 alive player is within 200 of the "building"). If there is more than one player within 200 of the _nearby, don't run the spawning code (maybe an if/then that stops it).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Here is the entire player_spawnCheck.sqf"
Code:
_isAir = vehicle player iskindof "Air";
_inVehicle = (vehicle player != player);
_fastRun = _this select 0;
_dateNow = (DateToNumber date);
_age = -1;
if (!_inVehicle) then {
_position = getPosATL player;
//waitUntil{_position nearObjectsReady 200};
_nearby = _position nearObjects ["building",200]; //nearestObjects [player, ["building"], 200];
_tooManyZs = {alive _x} count (_position nearEntities ["zZombie_Base",400]) > dayz_maxLocalZombies;
{
_type = typeOf _x;
_config = configFile >> "CfgBuildingLoot" >> _type;
_canLoot = isClass (_config);
if (_canLoot) then {
_dis = _x distance player;
if ((_dis < 120) and (_dis > 30)) then {
_looted = (_x getVariable ["looted",-0.1]);
_cleared = (_x getVariable ["cleared",true]);
/*
if(isServer) then {
_dateNow = (DateToNumber date);
_age = (_dateNow - _looted) * 525948;
} else {
_dateNow = serverTime;
_age = (_dateNow * 60) - _looted;
};
*/
_dateNow = (DateToNumber date);
_age = (_dateNow - _looted) * 525948;
//diag_log ("SPAWN LOOT: " + _type + " Building is " + str(_age) + " old" );
if ((_age > 10) and (!_cleared) and !_inVehicle) then {
_nearByObj = nearestObjects [(getPosATL _x), ["WeaponHolder","WeaponHolderBase"],((sizeOf _type)+5)];
{deleteVehicle _x} forEach _nearByObj;
_x setVariable ["cleared",true,true];
_x setVariable ["looted",_dateNow,true];
};
if ((_age > 10) and (_cleared) and !_inVehicle) then {
//Register
_x setVariable ["looted",_dateNow,true];
//cleanup
_handle = [_x,_fastRun] spawn building_spawnLoot;
waitUntil{scriptDone _handle};
};
};
if ((time - dayz_spawnWait) > dayz_spawnDelay) then {
if (dayz_spawnZombies < dayz_maxLocalZombies) then {
if (!_tooManyZs) then {
private["_zombied"];
_zombied = (_x getVariable ["zombieSpawn",-0.1]);
_dateNow = (DateToNumber date);
_age = (_dateNow - _zombied) * 525948;
if (_age > 5) then {
_bPos = getPosATL _x;
_zombiesNum = {alive _x} count (_bPos nearEntities ["zZombie_Base",(((sizeOf _type) * 2) + 10)]);
if (_zombiesNum == 0) then {
//Randomize Zombies
_x setVariable ["zombieSpawn",_dateNow,true];
_handle = [_x,_fastRun] spawn building_spawnZombies;
waitUntil{scriptDone _handle};
//} else {
//_x setVariable ["zombieSpawn",_dateNow,true];
};
};
};
} else {
dayz_spawnWait = time;
dayz_spawnZombies = 0;
};
};
};
if (!_fastRun) then {
sleep 0.1;
};
} forEach _nearby;
};Here are some snippets of code I found that might relate, and maybe can be pieced together:
Code:
if (count _nearby > 0) then {
_nearby = (getPosATL _dog) nearEntities ["CAAnimalBase",_senseSkill];
if (count _nearBy == 0) then {
_nearby = _position nearObjects ["building",200]; //nearestObjects [player, ["building"], 200];
if (alive _projectile && !(isNull _projectile)) then {_currentNear = (Position _projectile) nearEntities [["CAManBase","AllVehicles"],15];};
_nearMen = (position _spot) nearEntities [["Man"],50];
_nearby = (getPosATL _dog) nearEntities ["CAAnimalBase",_senseSkill];
if (!_nearByPlayer and !_nearBy) then {
_nearByPlayer = ({isPlayer _x} count (_position nearEntities ["CAManBase",30])) > 0;
_nearby = {isPlayer _x} count (_x nearEntities [[""CAManBase""], 100]);" \n