One-time Raids

[Siegh]

Hello, I'm attempting to use the default raids as a rare spawn kind of thing. What I mean is that every X minutes, there is a small chance of some monster spawn at y location.

The problem is that since my desired intervals and chances aren't very hard to occur, it often causes the raid to trigger again and 2 or more of the rare spawn will happen, and that's not intended.

Is there some way to limit raid occurences to a one-time event?

This is my xml line:

<raid name="bloodskeleton1" file="bloodskeleton1.xml" interval2="60" margin="1" chance="7" enabled="yes"/>

Thanks in advance.

 

[Ninja]

What TFS version are you using? Let me guess, either 0.3 or 0.4?

As far as I can see, there is no 'repeat' attribute for raids in 0.3/4 but it does exist in the TFS 1.x series (raids are non-repeatable by default there).

So if you've got any C++ experience, you could easily add it to your own source by looking at the TFS 1.x implementation.

 

[Shadowsong]

What you want is probably better done by globalevents, since you have more control over what happens there than with xml-made raids, unless you want to edit sources like Ninja suggested.

 

[Xikini]

What you want is probably better done by globalevents, since you have more control over what happens there than with xml-made raids, unless you want to edit sources like Ninja suggested.

+1
If I were setting it up I'd create a timer in global events for every 30 minutes to activate the lua file

the script would probably include
- Chance to trigger each event
- Maximum chances before a forced trigger of each event (to ensure no stagnant events)
- Multiple locations for a particular event (if event triggers it will choose random location from pre-set list)
- Area spawn or singular
- continuous or static spawning
- Use global broadcasts (before/after/at start) (all/some/none)
- Flexibility for other events other then just simple monster spawning (walls/ladders/objects | appearing/disappearing - for a quick example)

 

[Siegh]

I'm currently using 0.2. But well, I guess I will stick to global events then.

Thanks for the support!