Changelog

1.7.1

• Fixed .npcs list (and other long replies) failing: the game chat is limited to 512 bytes, while VCF truncates replies by characters, so long lists of groups — especially with Cyrillic names — blew the limit and threw an error. Long replies are now split into several chat messages and truncated by bytes.
• Every command is now wrapped in a safe handler: instead of a raw error you get a readable message and the full details go to the server log.

1.7.0

• Fixed: NPCs could spawn on upper castle floors — castle blocking now also uses castle hearts ([Spawn] CastleHeartRadius, default 30 m, ignores height) in addition to castle tiles.
• Fixed: commands could fail to find the sender's character.
• Fixed: chat messages could silently fail when a message exceeded the chat limit — messages are now truncated and failures are logged as warnings.
• Added .npcs spawnme <group> — explicit "spawn next to yourself" command (same as .npcs spawn).
• Added .npcs debug — diagnostics: players, who is in combat, how many castles and groups are found.
• Group names and player names now match even with different case, extra spaces, Cyrillic encodings from chat, or a unique prefix.
• Combat buff list is validated against the game's prefab database at startup; unknown buff ids are skipped with a warning, so the "in combat" check can no longer block every spawn.
• docs/GUIDE-RU.md updated for the new settings and commands.

1.6.0

• Added [Spawn] SkipPlayersInCombat — NPCs no longer spawn around players who are in combat.
• Added [Spawn] CombatBuffGuids so the combat buff ids can be adjusted without rebuilding.
• Added a detailed usage guide: docs/GUIDE-RU.md (installation, every setting, every command, troubleshooting).

1.5.0

• NPCs no longer spawn inside player castles or under roofs.
• Added [Spawn] BlockNearCastles and [Spawn] CastleBlockRadius.

1.4.0

• Chat commands are now admin-only (VCF does not enforce adminOnly by itself — the middleware is installed and every command re-checks the admin flag).
• Fixed random spawns never happening and no loot/success messages: the mod tick now runs on ServerBootstrapSystem.OnUpdate and the timer uses real time.
• NPC tracking now works by scanning nearby entities instead of relying on an internal game system.
• Added [Messages] GlobalAnnounce / GlobalSpawnMessage — a message to everyone about a random spawn.

1.3.0

• All chat commands restricted to admins.
• Coloured chat messages; added the "task completed" broadcast.
• Removed SpawnPoints from the config — NPCs always spawn around a random player.

1.2.0

• Chat commands via Vampire Command Framework.
• Configuration file (NpcSpawner.cfg) is now created inside BepInEx/config/NpcSpawner/.

1.1.0

• Removed the Bloody.Core dependency — the mod talks to the game API directly.

1.0.0

• First working version: random NPC groups around a random player with configurable loot.