How to count the number of an item in the world?

[goatt]

I know you can use c_countprefab() in console. Can you also use it in mod file?

What is "prefab" short for?

[_zwb]

Prefab is short for prefabricated.

I think TheSim:FindEntities(...) might work for counting prefabs, butI'm not sure. I'll check it later.

[_zwb]

Spoiler

local function count_prefab(prefab)

if not prefab then return end

local count = 0

for _, v in pairs(GLOBAL.Ents) do

if v.prefab == prefab then count= count+1 end

end

return count

end

This function should work for counting the number of prefabs. Note that if not used in modmain.lua then change GLOBAL.Ents to Ents.