Bird Spawning

[Faerendipitous]

I'm trying to add an increase of crows, but keep hitting the same stumbling block

I have the birdspawn code that I know I need to add to my character.lua in the MasterPostInIt

local birdspawner = TheWorld.components.birdspawner
    if not TheWorld.ismastersim then
            return inst
    end
    if birdspawner ~= nil then
            birdspawner:SetSpawnTimes({min=2, max=5})
            birdspawner:SetMaxBirds(15)
    end

but I don't know how to make it SPECIFICALLY crows 

And that being said, if I add this to spawn specifically crows, will other birds still spawn? They should, right?? 

Addendum: I ran it just like this and I didn't... really see an increase of birds... 
Addendum to the Addendum: like five seconds later I upped the values and ran it again and am now DROWNING in birds WHOOPS

 

[Ryuushu]

@Faerendipitous

I was messing around with the birdattractor and birdspawner for a while but I couldn't come up with a way to change the bird type rates for a specific character nicely, so I came up with the following:

local min_radius = 3
local max_radius = 15
local min_time = 1
local max_time = 5

local function SpawnCrowNearby(inst)
	local pos = inst:GetPosition()
	pos.x = pos.x + GetRandomMinMax(min_radius, max_radius) * (math.random() > 0.5 and 1 or -1)
	pos.z = pos.z + GetRandomMinMax(min_radius, max_radius) *  (math.random() > 0.5 and 1 or -1)
	
	local offset = FindWalkableOffset(pos, math.random() * 2 * GLOBAL.PI, 5, 3)
	
	if offset == nil then return end
	
	pos.x = pos.x + offset.x
	pos.z = pos.z + offset.z
	
    local bird = SpawnPrefab("crow")
	
    if math.random() > 0.5 then
        bird.Transform:SetRotation(180)
    end
	
    pos.y = 15
	
    bird.Physics:Teleport(pos:Get())
end

...

	if TheWorld.components.birdspawner then
		inst.spawncrowtask = inst:DoPeriodicTask(0, function(inst)
			SpawnCrowNearby(inst)
			inst.spawncrowtask.period = GetRandomMinMax(min_time,max_time)
		end)
	end

That spawns a crow near the player every 1-5 seconds. It's missing some checks for the day time and scarecrows, but they should be easy enough to implement. Maybe. Err, I'll help you with them if you want me to.

 

By the way, your current code will spawn tons of birds for everyone, not just your character, since you're changing a world's component.

[CarlZalph]

@Faerendipitous

And here's another way of doing it:

AddComponentPostInit(
    "birdspawner",
    function(inst)
        if GLOBAL.TheWorld.ismastersim
        then
            if inst.SpawnBird and inst.GetSpawnPoint
            then
                local shouldSpawnCrow = false
                local GetSpawnPoint_old = inst.GetSpawnPoint
                inst.GetSpawnPoint = function(self, pt, ...)
                    shouldSpawnCrow = false
                    local spawnpoint_calculated = GetSpawnPoint_old(self, pt, ...)
                    if spawnpoint_calculated
                    then
                        for _,v in pairs(GLOBAL.AllPlayers)
                        do
                            local pt_2 = v:GetPosition()
                            if pt==pt_2 and v.prefab=="wilson" -- We have the owner being our mod character, in this case 'wilson'
                            then
                                shouldSpawnCrow = true
                                break
                            end
                        end
                    end
                    if shouldSpawnCrow and (math.random() > .3) -- 30% chance to force a crow spawn, 70% of doing default behaviour.
                    then
                        shouldSpawnCrow = false
                    end
                    return spawnpoint_calculated
                end
                local SpawnBird_old = inst.SpawnBird
                inst.SpawnBird = function(self, spawnpoint, ignorebait, ...)
                    if shouldSpawnCrow
                    then
                        shouldSpawnCrow = false
                        local birdtype = "crow"
                        local x, y, z = spawnpoint:Get() -- Crow to canary checks
                        local canarylure = GLOBAL.TheSim:FindEntities(x, y, z, GLOBAL.TUNING.BIRD_CANARY_LURE_DISTANCE, { "scarecrow" })
                        if #canarylure ~= 0 then
                            birdtype = "canary"
                        end
                        local bird = GLOBAL.SpawnPrefab(birdtype)
                        if math.random() < .5 then
                            bird.Transform:SetRotation(180)
                        end
                        if bird:HasTag("bird")
                        then
                            spawnpoint.y = 15
                        end
                        -- Ignore traps and bait
                        bird.Physics:Teleport(spawnpoint:Get())
                        return bird
                    else
                        return SpawnBird_old(self, spawnpoint, ignorebait, ...)
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end
)

 

[Arlesienne]

@ImDaMisterL, could you please move this? Should fit better and get even more help.

http://forums.kleientertainment.com/forum/79-dont-starve-together-mods-and-tools/

EDIT:

Literally beaten as I hit submit. You're a marvel!

Edited January 23, 2017 by Arlesienne

[ImDaMisterL]

3 hours ago, Arlesienne said:

EDIT:

Literally beaten as I hit submit. You're a marvel!

I was going to give credit where credit is due and say who actually moved it, because I didn't, but... the moderation history doesn't say anything about this having been moved 0-0

[Arlesienne]

Just now, ImDaMisterL said:

I was going to give credit where credit is due and say who actually moved it, because I didn't, but... the moderation history doesn't say anything about this having been moved 0-0

Either way... PRRRAISE BEEE!!!

Literally. I saw this in the general area, went to get the nice scented candles to summon you, wrote the supplication and BAM.

[Faerendipitous]

5 hours ago, Arlesienne said:

Either way... PRRRAISE BEEE!!!

Literally. I saw this in the general area, went to get the nice scented candles to summon you, wrote the supplication and BAM.

Hey, sorry about that?? I could have sworn I placed this in Mods and Tools. Either a misclick or just a straight glitch. Sorry again!! 

and @CarlZalph the bird code works like  charm!! The way I was doing it before was just..... an overabundance of crows lmao This is much more balanced!!