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MOAR - Ultra lite spawn mod 1.2.2

The "Quinnemineminem"s request Update...
You're welcome yah dirty animal.


Boss Spawning/Config Behaviour Change:

• The "bossInvasion" now contains only foreign bosses in the invasion group. Leaving all original bosses untouched.
• One can now have bossOpenZones off, and bossInvasion on, so that only invading bosses will spawn everywhere.
• This also allows separate spawnChance control with the invading bosses via the bossInvasionSpawnOverride and original bosses via mapSettings bossChances.

Enjoy!

DewardianDev

Mar 12th 2023

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The "Quinnemineminem"s request Update... You're welcome yah dirt animal.

Boss Spawning/Config Behaviour Change:

• The "bossInvasion" now contains only foreign bosses in the invasion group. Leaving all original bosses untouched.
• One can now have bossOpenZones off, and bossInvasion on, so that only invading bosses will spawn everywhere.
• This also allows separate spawnChance control with the invading bosses via the bossInvasionSpawnOverride and original bosses via mapSettings bossChances.
  

Enjoy!

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MOAR - Ultra lite spawn mod 1.2.1

The "I forgot one thing" Update....

Bug fix:

• Small bug fix that was reducing sniper spawns on some maps.

DewardianDev

Mar 12th 2023

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The "I forgot one thing" Update....

Bug fix:

• Small bug fix that was reducing sniper spawns on some maps.

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MOAR - Ultra lite spawn mod 1.2.0

Config Change

• Added sniper difficulty settings that work the same as the pmc/scav difficulty settings:
  
  "sniperDifficulty": 1,
  
  The current setting of 1 means you will have around 50% normal, 30% hard, 20% Impossible snipers.
  Feel free to lower/higher it if you'd prefer.
• "bossInvasionSpawnOverride" can now be set to 0 to turn off.
  
  

Bug fixes:

• Major bug fix that was effecting all spawning limits, namely marksman/rogue/raider spawning.
  All of these bot types shouldn't have issues spawning again.
• Major bug

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DewardianDev

Mar 12th 2023

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Config Change

• Added two sniper diffulty settings that work the same the pmc/scav difficulty settings:
  "sniperDifficulty": 1,
  The current setting of 1 mean the you will have around 50% normal, 30% hard, 20% Impossible snipers.
  I find this difficulty most interesting, but do feel free to lower/higher it if you'd prefer.

Bug fixes:

• Major bug fix that was effecting all spawning limits, namely marksman/rogue/raider spawning.
  All of these bot types shouldn't have issues spawning again.
  
• Major bug fix around setting BossChance and the bossInvasionSpawnOverride being applied when invasions weren't active.
  All should be well now in the bossSpawn setting department.
  
  

A NOTE ON RAIDER/ROGUE SPAWNING CHANCE:
This has been requested a lot.

IF you want to adjust the VANILLA raiders/rogues spawn chance.
Add the following to the config.json "defaultBossSettings" for any map that has either raiders or rogues:

For rogues add this:

        "exUsec": {
          "BossChance": 100
},

For raiders add this:

        "pmcBot": {
          "BossChance": 100
}

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Okay I've nailed down what was causing a lot of issues around spawn limits.

Working on that now.

Thanks for the well written response, I went back and looked at the difference between 1.1.2 and now and the code is largely that same with a few exceptions that wouldn't appear to make any kind of difference..

YET, I reverted the section of code surrounding snipers back to 1.1.2 and voila, they have returned.

... I'm learning more now, but the only thing I can think is that I was touching the difficulty settings of marksman?

If I set difficulties other than vanilla it appears it borks their spawns?
I'm quite confused there.

Yup, that was the cause.

I've fixing that variables logic now. It was applying whether or not bossInvasion was turned on.
That will be fixed in the latest patch.

Right now I'm trying to figure out why I don't have any snipers.

Cough

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Since downloading version 1.1.4 I've completely stopped seeing bosses. I decided to set reshala's spawn chance to 99 and ran a few raids to see if I could find him in his spawns but he never appeared (bossOpenZones is set to false). If the value is indeed working I suspect the spawns are probably being eaten up by other spawns? I've attached my config settings as a text file if you'd like to take a look.

config.txt

I'm investigating now. I think something with a recent update either my mod or maybe others (SVM) has stopped sniper spawning from working as well.

Ill look into bosses too.

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MOAR - Ultra lite spawn mod 1.1.4

Bug fix:

• Fixes an issue with setting mapSettings - BossChance on some maps, all maps now working as expected.
  Kudos to @TheWreck for identifying this!

DewardianDev

Mar 11th 2023

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Bug fix:

• Fixes an issue with setting mapSettings - BossChance on some maps, all maps now working as expected.
  Kudos to @TheWreck for identifying this!

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MOAR - Ultra lite spawn mod 1.1.3

Config Changes

• Added two mapSetting configs that control special POI spawns:
  
  "scavSpecialZones": [
          "ZoneDormitory"
  ],
     "pmcSpecialZones": [
          "ZoneDormitory"
  ],
  
  A preset similar to vanilla is included with the default configs.
  Basically these values guarantee at least one wave at some point during the map at these locations.
  These waves will also have +1 allowable bot chance.
  Keep the "maxBotPerZone" in mind when playing with these if you are wanting massive gunfights.
  Though

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DewardianDev

Mar 11th 2023

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Config Changes

• Added two mapSetting configs that control special POI spawns:
  
  

  "scavSpecialZones": [
          "ZoneDormitory"
  ],
     "pmcSpecialZones": [
          "ZoneDormitory"
  ],

  
  A preset similar to vanilla is included with the default configs.
  Basically these values guarantee at least one wave at some point during the map at these locations.
  These waves will also have +1 allowable bot chance.
  Keep the "maxBotPerZone" in mind when playing with these if you are wanting massive gunfights.
  Though in my testing that value isn't a strict rule, I'm not sure how it's counted.
  Yes repeating these values, adds more waves, so [ "ZoneDormitory", "ZoneDormitory","ZoneDormitory" ] will work, but if the zone is already saturated, the wave will simply not spawn any further bots, so don't go too ham here.
  
  How do I add my own???
  Easy, here's a map of the zones.
  And, here's a List of the zoneNames for each map to add to your config
  
  
  

Difficulty balance improvements

• The following settings now work as intended, and should result in a much more familiar feel.
  
    "scavDifficulty": 0.5,
    "pmcDifficulty": 0.5,
  
  Basically there was a bug previously that made this difficulty scale terribly.
  How it now works...
  
  Setting 0: Will get you 60% easy bots
  Setting 0.5: Will get you 90% medium bots << this is recommended for POOP
  Setting 1: Will get you a mix of 45% medium, 35% hard bots, 20% impossible
  Setting 2>: All Impossible (just for you sociopaths, )

Bug fixes:

• Small bug fix around "smarterPmcs": true, where pmcs would spawn with rogue brains and not shoot usec players at distance.
• Changed a setting around starting time that should allow waves to start a bit earlier instead of having the 20~ second lull at the beginning of some maps.
  

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that's kind of why it's a semihidden variable. It's configurable but hard to explain.

It is the PMC wave count before multiplier

dushaoan added a new version:

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MOAR - Ultra lite spawn mod 1.1.2

Config Changes

• Added two configs that control max PMC/Scav wave sizes.
  "defaultGroupMaxPMC": 4,
  "defaultGroupMaxScav": 3,
• Changed the name of defaultMinBotPerZone to defaultMaxBotPerZone

Performance improvements

• Changed spawn mechanics so spawns shouldn't overlap.
• Reduced the allowable time each spawn has to produce bots.

DewardianDev

Mar 10th 2023

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Config Changes

• Added two configs that control max PMC/Scav wave sizes.
  "defaultGroupMaxPMC": 4,
  "defaultGroupMaxScav": 3,
• Changed the name of defaultMinBotPerZone to defaultMaxBotPerZone

Performance improvements

• Changed spawn mechanics so spawns shouldn't overlap.
• Reduced the allowable time each spawn has to produce bots.

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Bot is pmc or scav.
Scav spawns are dictated by waves.

Pmcs are dictated by number.

dushaoan added a new version:

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MOAR - Ultra lite spawn mod 1.1.1

FIXES defaultMinBotCap/maxBotCap not working!

This is actually a major change.

DewardianDev

Mar 10th 2023

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FIXES defaultMinBotCap/maxBotCap not working!

This is actually a major change.

Neat.

I'll have to tinker.

Feel free to yoink any code from the MOAR BSP config code if you'd like.

I'm likely going to abandon that now that you've made this update.

Most of of the configs added are no longer needed with this version.

I'll continue to develop my standalone wave mod and maybe compare how this feels next to that.

I'm interested to see how we coded the same thing differently. Lol

This is awesome.

I kind of wish this was a thing two weeks ago.

Lol.

The custom router, is that something that causes any kind of performance hit?

I was considering using it, but wasn't sure if rebuilding my waves (lots of inefficient code on my side) at the start or end of each raid would be a noticeable hit.

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MOAR - Ultra lite spawn mod 1.1.0

NEW minor version release 1.1.0
This was a large rewrite!


Do not use your old config!!

New config.json instead of config.js.


Many bugs were fixed, hopefully less introduced!


Bosses/Boss spawning/Boss Locations should now work correctly!!
(A major bug around incorrect zones was fixed).


New configuration options:

  "scavDifficulty": 0.3,
  "pmcDifficulty": 0.3,
  "defaultScavStartWaveRatio": 0.5,
  "defaultScavWaveMultiplier": 0.7,
  "defaultPmcStartWaveRatio": 0.9,
  "defaultPmcWaveMultiplier": 0.5,

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DewardianDev

Mar 9th 2023

NEW minor version release 1.1.0

This was a large rewrite!

Do not use your old config!!

New config.json instead of config.js.

Many bugs were fixed, hopefully less introduced!

Bosses/Boss spawning/Boss Locations should now work correctly!!

(A major bug around incorrect zones was fixed).

New configuration options:

  "scavDifficulty": 0.3,

  "pmcDifficulty": 0.3,

  "defaultScavStartWaveRatio": 0.5,

  "defaultScavWaveMultiplier": 0.7,

  "defaultPmcStartWaveRatio": 0.9,

  "defaultPmcWaveMultiplier": 0.5,

New difficulty wave settings, I'd recommend to try the defaults above before tweaking!!

Internal values are high, so I will tune this from feedback.

"additionalScavsPerWave" has been removed for now!

This was causing dead areas on the map, and preventing pmc and other slots from being filled in my testing, to balance this I have given all waves a small chance to have higher numbers.

I need testing around balance here.

PMCS will likely be in groups now, it's now random from 1 - 4 when they spawn.

Usec/Bear balanced spawning

PMCS now spawn by default mostly at the beginning of the raid

  "defaultPmcStartWaveRatio": 0.9,

FEEDBACK NEEDED FOR BALANCE!

Cheers all for your feedback thus far!

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MOAR - Ultra lite spawn mod 1.0.2

Fixed a potential issue with boss spawns.

DewardianDev

Mar 8th 2023

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Fixed a potential issue with boss spawns.

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MOAR - Ultra lite spawn mod 1.0.1

Fixed aki version!

DewardianDev

Mar 8th 2023

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Fixed aki version!