Object Spawner – DayZ
What is the Object Spawner?
The Object Spawner addresses the need of our community to add additional detail to the world through a list of map objects together with their position and orientation.
Objects from such lists are spawned into the world at the start of the server mission.
How to create and use a custom spawn list
- Enable cfgGameplay.json, (see the Gameplay settings documentation for cfgGameplay.json configuration)
- Create a new .json file (for example spawnerData.json) in your Mission folder, copy the contents of the template below into this new file
{
"Objects": [
{
"name": "Land_Wall_Gate_FenR",
"pos": [
8406.501953125,
107.73682403564453,
12782.3388671875
4395.167480,
339.012421,
10353.140625
],
"ypr": [
0.0,
0.0,
0.0
],
"scale": 2
},
{
"name": "Land_Wall_Gate_FenR",
"pos": [
84104395.501953125,
107339.73682403564453,
1278210356.3388671875
],
"ypr": [
0.0,
0.0,
0.0
],
"scale": 1
},
{
"name": "Land_Wall_Gate_FenR",
"pos": [
84164395.501953125,
107339.73682403564453,
1278210359.3388671875
],
"ypr": [
0.0,
0.0,
0.0
],
"scale": 0.5
},
{
"name": "Land_Wall_Gate_FenR",
"pos": [
84224395.501953125,
107339.73682403564453,
1278210362.3388671875
],
"ypr": [
0.0,
0.0,
0.0
],
"scale": 0.25
},
{
"name": "Apple",
"pos": [
4395.501953125,
339.73682403564453,
10362.3388671875
],
"ypr": [
0.0,
0.0,
0.0
],
"scale": 1,
"enableCEPersistency": true
}
]
}
- Edit the contents as needed. Do note each object's entry needs to end with a comma, except the last one.
- In the cfgGameplay.json file, locate the "objectSpawnersArr" and input your previously created .json as a parameter (example:
"objectSpawnersArr": ["spawnerData.json" ])
Details
The cfgGameplay.json contains a filename array:
"objectSpawnersArr": ["mySpawnData1.json","mySpawnData2.json","mySpawnData3.json"]
Where each JSON file contains a list of objects to be spawned in the world at the start of the server mission.
Parameters
| Type | Parameter | Details |
|---|---|---|
| string | name | Supports 2 types of input:
|
| vector | pos | Position of the object in the world |
| vector | ypr | Orientation as Yaw, Pitch and Roll in degrees |
| float | scale | Multiplayer of the original object's size |
| bool | enableCEPersistency | Spawns without persistence. Once the player takes it, persistence will be enabled if available. |
| string | customString | Custom user data that can be handled on spawned item through OnSpawnByObjectSpawner method override |
Custom user data handling
If you are passing some data through customString , you have to override OnSpawnByObjectSpawner on script class of spawned item to handle that data and implement the logic. See example of use in scripts - StaticFlagPole - where you can pass name of the flag that will be spawned on it, when the StaticFlagPole is spawned by ObjectSpawner.
Limitations
Only these paths are supported for p3d spawning:
- DZ/plants
- DZ/plants_bliss
- DZ/plants_sakhal
- DZ/rocks
- DZ/rocks_bliss
- DZ/rocks_sakhal