Spawn That!

This is an advanced tool for configuring all world spawners.

With this, it is possible to change almost all of the default settings for the way spawners work in Valheim. Want to have a world without trolls? Possible! (probably) Want to have a world with ONLY trolls? Possible! (almost) Want to have a world where greydwarves only spawn at night? Possible! Just want to have more/less of a mob type? Simple modifiers exist!

Features

• Change spawning rates of specific mobs
• Replace existing spawn configurations throughout the world
• Set almost any of the default parameters the game uses
• Add your own spawn configuration to the world
• Modify the localized spawners by mob type and location
• Dump existing game templates as files using the same format as the mod configs.
  • Easy to copy-paste and change the parts you want.
  • Investigate what the world throws at you.
• Server-side configs
• Modify the spawners in camps, villages and dungeons
• Support for Creature Level and Loot Control
• Support for MobAILib

FAQ

Why are the config files empty?

• All configs but spawn_that.cfg and spawn_that.simple.cfg are intended empty initially. This is so that the game will behave as normal, until you start adding configurations to it.
• Enable any of the "WriteX" in spawn_that.cfg, and files containing the default values will be created in the <GameDirectory>/BepInEx/plugins folder.
  • I also have a pre-generated version here, if you just cannot find the files.

Where do I find the prefab names?

• Multiple pages have long lists, you can check out this one here, or the valheim wiki

How does it all work?

Valheim's main way of managing spawns work by having two types of spawners spread throughout the world. The world spawners, for which the world has them spread out in a grid fashion, each using the same list of templates to check if something should spawn. These are the general spawners and all currently use the same 44 templates. The local spawners, which are intended for fine-tuned spawning. Local spawners only spawn one specific mob type, and only has one alive at a time. These are bound to specific world locations, such as the surtling firehole.

For world spawners, you can either replace existing templates based on their index, or add to the list of possible templates to spawn from.

For local spawners, since these are more custom, you describe a location and the prefab name of the mob you what you want to override.

The mod modification happens at run-time, once for each spawner. Reloading the world resets all changes. As the player moves through the world, the game loads in the various spawners, and the mod applies its own settings.

Client / Server

Spawn That needs to be installed on all clients (and server) to work.

From v0.3.0 clients will request the configurations currently loaded by the server, and use those without affecting the clients config files. This means you should be able to have server-specific configurations, and the client can have its own setup for singleplayer. For this to work, the mod needs to be installed on the server, and have configs set up properly there. When players join with Spawn That v0.3.0, their mod will use the servers configs.

Simple spawning

All of this might be more complicated than what you need or want. Therefore, "spawn_that.simple.cfg" exists to provide simpler modifiers to world spawner mobs. These will simply scale the number of mobs up or down.

Be aware, these will be applied after any other configurations to world spawners have been set. Meaning if you have 10 times spawning in your "spawn_that.world_spawners_advanced.cfg", and the same in the simple config, you are going to end up with 100x spawning.

[YourUniqueNameHere]

## Prefab name of entity to modify.
# Setting type: String
PrefabName = Greydwarf

## Enable/Disable this set of modifiers.
# Setting type: Boolean
Enable = true

## Change maximum of total spawned entities. 2 means twice as many.
# Setting type: Single
SpawnMaxMultiplier = 1

## Change min number of entities that will spawn at once. 2 means twice as many.
# Setting type: Single
GroupSizeMinMultiplier = 1

## Change max number of entities that will spawn at once. 2 means twice as many.
# Setting type: Single
GroupSizeMaxMultiplier = 1

## Change how often the game will try to spawn in new creatures.
## Higher means more often. 2 is twice as often, 0.5 is double the time between spawn checks.
# Setting type: Single
SpawnFrequencyMultiplier = 1

World Spawners

World spawner templates are managed through the "spawn_that.world_spawners_advanced.cfg" file. There are currently 44 default templates, which can be overriden by setting a matching index (starting from 0).

The general config contains debugging options, which can be toggled to create a file containing all templates before the mod applies its changes, and after.

Example:

[WorldSpawner.0]
Name=deer
Enabled=True
Biomes=Meadows,BlackForest,
PrefabName=Deer
HuntPlayer=False
MaxSpawned=4
SpawnInterval=100
SpawnChance=50
LevelMin=1
LevelMax=3
LevelUpMinCenterDistance=0
SpawnDistance=64
SpawnRadiusMin=0
SpawnRadiusMax=0
RequiredGlobalKey=
RequiredEnvironments=
GroupSizeMin=1
GroupSizeMax=3
GroupRadius=5
GroundOffset=0.5
SpawnDuringDay=True
SpawnDuringNight=True
ConditionAltitudeMin=0
ConditionAltitudeMax=1000
ConditionTiltMin=0
ConditionTiltMax=35
SpawnInForest=True
SpawnOutsideForest=False
OceanDepthMin=0
OceanDepthMax=0
ConditionDistanceToCenterMin=0
ConditionDistanceToCenterMax=0
ConditionWorldAgeDaysMin=0
ConditionWorldAgeDaysMax=0

Local spawners

Local spawners are customly set up in the world, based on pre-defined location setups. This means they are each customized to the location at which they are placed, and are not as easily "targetted" as the world spawners templates are. To modify a local spawner, you must specify a location and mob prefab name you want to apply a configuration to. You can also use a room name, if more fine control is necessary for villages, dungeons and camps.

Every combination of Location and PrefabName must be unique.

The general config contains debugging options, which can be toggled to create a file containing all default local spawner configs before the mod applies its changes.

Example

Replaces all boars usually spawning at boar runestones, with trolls.

[Runestone_Boars.Boar]
PrefabName=Troll
Enabled=True
SpawnAtDay=True
SpawnAtNight=True
LevelMin=1
LevelMax=3
LevelUpChance=10
RespawnTime=0
TriggerDistance=60
TriggerNoise=0
SpawnInPlayerBase=False
SetPatrolPoint=True

Example 2

Replaces spawning of blobs in a specific dungeon room with a treasure chest that can respawn every 60 minutes (need to be destroyed for a new one to spawn).

[sunkencrypt_Corridor3.Blob]
PrefabName = TreasureChest_sunkencrypt
RespawnTime = 60

Supplemental

Spawn That will load additional configurations from configs with names prefixed with "spawn_that.world_spawners." and "spawn_that.local_spawners.".

This allows for adding your own custom templates to Spawn That, or simply separate your configs into more manageable pieces. Eg. "spawn_that.world_spawners.my_custom_configuration.cfg" and "spawn_that.local_spawners.my_custom_configuration.cfg"

The configurations loaded will be merged with the one loaded from the main files.

World Spawners - Details

[WorldSpawner.0]

## Technical setting intended for cross-mod identification of mobs spawned by this template. Sets a custom identifier which will be assigned to the spawned mobs ZDO as 'ZDO.Set("spawn_template_id", TemplateIdentifier)'.
# Setting type: String
TemplateId = 

## Just a field for naming the configuration entry.
# Setting type: String
Name = deer

## Enable/disable this entry.
# Setting type: Boolean
Enabled = true

## Biomes in which entity can spawn. Leave empty for all.
# Setting type: String
Biomes = Meadows,BlackForest,

## Prefab name of the entity to spawn.
# Setting type: String
PrefabName = Deer

## Sets AI to hunt a player target.
# Setting type: Boolean
HuntPlayer = false

## Assign a specific faction to spawn. If empty uses default.
SetFaction = 

## Maximum entities of type spawned in area.
# Setting type: Int32
MaxSpawned = 4

## Seconds between spawn checks.
# Setting type: Single
SpawnInterval = 100

## Chance to spawn per check. Range 0 to 100.
# Setting type: Single
SpawnChance = 50

## Minimum level to spawn.
# Setting type: Int32
LevelMin = 1

## Maximum level to spawn.
# Setting type: Int32
LevelMax = 3

## Minimum distance from world center, to allow higher than min level.
# Setting type: Single
LevelUpMinCenterDistance = 0

## Minimum distance to another entity.
# Setting type: Single
SpawnDistance = 64

## Minimum spawn radius.
# Setting type: Single
SpawnRadiusMin = 0

## Maximum spawn radius.
# Setting type: Single
SpawnRadiusMax = 0

## Required global key to spawn.	Eg. defeated_bonemass
# Setting type: String
RequiredGlobalKey = 

## Array of global keys which disable the spawning of this entity if any are detected.
# Setting type: String
RequiredNotGlobalKey = 

## Array (separate by comma) of environments required to spawn in.	Eg. Misty, Thunderstorm. Leave empty to allow all.
# Setting type: String
RequiredEnvironments = 

## Minimum count to spawn at per check.
# Setting type: Int32
GroupSizeMin = 1

## Maximum count to spawn at per check.
# Setting type: Int32
GroupSizeMax = 3

## Size of circle to spawn group inside.
# Setting type: Single
GroupRadius = 5

## Offset to ground to spawn at.
# Setting type: Single
GroundOffset = 0.5

## Toggles spawning at day.
# Setting type: Boolean
SpawnDuringDay = true

## Toggles spawning at night.
# Setting type: Boolean
SpawnDuringNight = true

## Minimum altitude (distance to water surface) to spawn in.
# Setting type: Single
ConditionAltitudeMin = 0

## Maximum altitude (distance to water surface) to spawn in.
# Setting type: Single
ConditionAltitudeMax = 1000

## Minium tilt of terrain to spawn in.
# Setting type: Single
ConditionTiltMin = 0

## Maximum tilt of terrain to spawn in.
# Setting type: Single
ConditionTiltMax = 35

## Toggles spawning in forest.
# Setting type: Boolean
SpawnInForest = true

## Toggles spawning outside of forest.
# Setting type: Boolean
SpawnOutsideForest = false

## Minimum ocean depth to spawn in. Ignored if min == max.
# Setting type: Single
OceanDepthMin = 0

## Maximum ocean depth to spawn in. Ignored if min == max.
# Setting type: Single
OceanDepthMax = 0

## Minimum distance to center for configuration to apply.
# Setting type: Single
ConditionDistanceToCenterMin = 0

## Maximum distance to center for configuration to apply. 0 means limitless.
# Setting type: Single
ConditionDistanceToCenterMax = 0

## Minimum world age in in-game days for this configuration to apply.
# Setting type: Single
ConditionWorldAgeDaysMin = 0

## Maximum world age in in-game days for this configuration to apply. 0 means no max.
# Setting type: Single
ConditionWorldAgeDaysMax = 0

## Distance of player to spawner, for player to be included in player based checks such as ConditionNearbyPlayersCarryValue.
# Setting type: Single
DistanceToTriggerPlayerConditions = 100

## Checks if nearby players have a combined value in inventory above this condition.
## Eg. If set to 100, entry will only activate if nearby players have more than 100 worth of values combined.
# Setting type: Int32
ConditionNearbyPlayersCarryValue = 0

## Checks if nearby players have any of the listed item prefab names in inventory.
## Eg. IronScrap, DragonEgg
# Setting type: String
ConditionNearbyPlayerCarriesItem = 

## When true, forces mob AI to always be alerted.
# Setting type: Boolean
SetRelentless = false

## When true, mob will try to run away and despawn when spawn conditions become invalid. Eg. if spawning only during night, it will run away and despawn at night. Currently this only take into account conditions for daytime and environment.
# Setting type: Boolean
SetTryDespawnOnConditionsInvalid = false

## When true, mob will try to run away and despawn when alerted.
# Setting type: Boolean
SetTryDespawnOnAlert = false

## Checks if any nearby players have accumulated noise at or above the threshold.
# Setting type: Single
ConditionNearbyPlayersNoiseThreshold = 0

## When true, mob will be set to tamed status on spawn.
# Setting type: Boolean
SetTamed =  false

## Experimental. When true, will set mob as commandable when tamed. When false, whatever was default for the creature is used. Does not always seem to work for creatures not tameable in vanilla.
# Setting type: Boolean
SetTamedCommandable = false

## Checks if any nearbly players have any of the listed status effects.
## Eg. Wet, Burning
# Setting type: String
ConditionNearbyPlayersStatus =

Local Spawners - Details

[Location.PrefabName]

## PrefabName of entity to spawn.
# Setting type: String
PrefabName = Troll

## Enable/disable this configuration.
# Setting type: Boolean
Enabled = true

## Enable spawning during day.
# Setting type: Boolean
SpawnAtDay = true

## Enable spawning during night.
# Setting type: Boolean
SpawnAtNight = true

## Minimum level of spawn.
# Setting type: Int32
LevelMin = 1

## Maximum level of spawn.
# Setting type: Int32
LevelMax = 1

## Chance to level up, starting at minimum level and rolling again for each level gained. Range is 0 to 100.
# Setting type: Single
LevelUpChance = 10

## Minutes between checks for respawn. Only one mob can be spawned at time per spawner.
# Setting type: Single
RespawnTime = 20

## Distance to trigger spawning.
# Setting type: Single
TriggerDistance = 60

## If not 0, adds a minimum noise required for spawning, on top of distance requirement.
# Setting type: Single
TriggerNoise = 0

## Allow spawning inside player base boundaries.
# Setting type: Boolean
SpawnInPlayerBase = true

## Sets position of spawn as patrol point.
# Setting type: Boolean
SetPatrolPoint = true

## Assign a specific faction to spawn. If empty uses default.
# Setting type: String
SetFaction = 

## When true, mob will be set to tamed status on spawn.
# Setting type: Boolean
SetTamed =  false

## Experimental. When true, will set mob as commandable when tamed. When false, whatever was default for the creature is used. Does not always seem to work for creatures not tameable in vanilla.
# Setting type: Boolean
SetTamedCommandable = false

Mod specific configuration

These are implemented soft-dependant, meaning if the mod is not present, the configuration will simply do nothing.

MobAILib

Options for setting MobAILib ai's and configuration. See the mod page for more in-depth documentation of the options. By default, only the built-in AI's will be available, but should support any customly registered by other mods.

Note, MobAI will most likely completely take over any AI related features, so don't expect things like SetTryDespawnOnAlert to work when assigning a custom ai.

World Spawners

Mod-specific configs can be added to each world spawner as [WorldSpawner.Index.MobAI]

## Name of MobAI to register for spawn. Eg. the defaults 'Fixer' and 'Worker'.
SetAI = 

## Configuration file to use for the SetAI. Eg. 'MyFixerConfig.json', can include path, but will always start searching from config folder. See MobAI documentation for file setup.
AIConfigFile = 

Example of a repair boar.

[WorldSpawner.321]
Name = My fixing boar
PrefabName = Boar

[WorldSpawner.321.MobAI]
SetAI = Fixer
AIConfigFile=MyFixerConfig.json

Local Spawners

Mod-specific configs can be added to each local spawner as [Location.PrefabName.MobAI]

## Name of MobAI to register for spawn. Eg. the defaults 'Fixer' and 'Worker'.
SetAI = 

## Configuration file to use for the SetAI. Eg. 'MyFixerConfig.json', can include path, but will always start searching from config folder. See MobAI documentation for file setup.
AIConfigFile = 

Example of a boar repairman spawning at boar runestones.

[Runestone_Boars.Boar]
Name = Repair Boar
PrefabName = Boar

[Runestone_Boars.Boar.MobAI]
SetAI = Fixer
AIConfigFile=MyFixerConfig.json

Creature Level and Loot Control

Additional options for Creature Level and Loot Control. See the mod page for more in-depth documentation for the options.

World Spawners

Mod-specific configs can be added to each world spawner as [WorldSpawner.Index.CreatureLevelAndLootControl]

## Minimum CLLC world level for spawn to activate. Negative value disables this condition.
ConditionWorldLevelMin = -1

## Maximum CLLC world level for spawn to active. Negative value disables this condition.
ConditionWorldLevelMax = -1

## Assigns the specified infusion to creature spawned. Ignored if empty.
SetInfusion = Fire

## Assigns the specified effect to creature spawned. Ignored if empty.
SetExtraEffect = 

## Assigns the specified boss affix to creature spawned. Only works for the default 5 bosses. Ignored if empty.
SetBossAffix = 

## Use the default LevelMin and LevelMax for level assignment, ignoring the usual CLLC level control.
UseDefaultLevels = true

Example of a world spawner template, for a boar that will spawn with a fire infusion, when the CLLC world level is high enough.

[WorldSpawner.1]
Name = FireBoar
PrefabName = Boar

[WorldSpawner.1.CreatureLevelAndLootControl]
ConditionWorldLevelMin = 3
SetInfusion = Fire

Local Spawners

Mod-specific configs can be added to each local spawner as [Location.PrefabName.CreatureLevelAndLootControl]

## Minimum CLLC world level for spawn to activate. Negative value disables this condition.
ConditionWorldLevelMin = -1

## Maximum CLLC world level for spawn to active. Negative value disables this condition.
ConditionWorldLevelMax = -1

## Assigns the specified infusion to creature spawned. Ignored if empty.
SetInfusion = Fire

## Assigns the specified effect to creature spawned. Ignored if empty.
SetExtraEffect = 

## Assigns the specified boss affix to creature spawned. Only works for the default 5 bosses. Ignored if empty.
SetBossAffix = 

## Use the default LevelMin and LevelMax for level assignment, ignoring the usual CLLC level control.
UseDefaultLevels = true

Example of local spawners around the boar runestone, which will always spawn with a fire infusion.

[Runestone_Boars.Boar]
PrefabName = Boar
Enabled = true

[Runestone_Boars.Boar.CreatureLevelAndLootControl]
SetInfusion = Fire

Boss Affixes

• None
• Reflective
• Shielded
• Mending
• Summoner
• Elementalist
• Enraged
• Twin

Extra Effects

• None
• Aggressive
• Quick
• Regenerating
• Curious
• Splitting
• Armored

Infusions

• None
• Lightning
• Fire
• Frost
• Poison
• Chaos
• Spirit

Field options

Biomes

• Meadows
• Swamp
• Mountain
• BlackForest
• Plains
• AshLands
• DeepNorth
• Ocean
• Mistlands

Global Keys

• defeated_eikthyr
• defeated_gdking
• defeated_bonemass
• defeated_dragon
• defeated_goblinking
• KilledTroll
• killed_surtling

Additional keys can be created manually through console commands, or by a mod like Enhanced Progress Tracker.

Environments

• Clear
• Twilight_Clear
• Misty
• Darklands_dark
• Heath clear
• DeepForest Mist
• GDKing
• Rain
• LightRain
• ThunderStorm
• Eikthyr
• GoblinKing
• nofogts
• SwampRain
• Bonemass
• Snow
• Twilight_Snow
• Twilight_SnowStorm
• SnowStorm
• Moder
• Ashrain
• Crypt
• SunkenCrypt

Factions

• Players
• AnimalsVeg
• ForestMonsters
• Undead
• Demon
• MountainMonsters
• SeaMonsters
• PlainsMonsters
• Boss

Status Effects

Valheim status effect options are not easily identified. But this is a list of at least some of the possibilities.

• Burning
• Spirit
• Poison
• Frost
• Lightning
• Smoked
• Wet
• Rested
• Shelter
• CampFire
• Resting
• Cold
• Freezing
• Encumbered
• SoftDeath

Noise

Noise is set on each player based on certain activities they perform. It is set directly, and does not accumulate, meaning a player chopping trees will have the same noise of 100 for each chop and not increasingly higher.

Certain creatures will treat the noise as a "sound range". This means if the noise is greater than their "hearing" setting, and "noise" is within range of the creature (100 noise is 100 meters), they will react.

Noise constantly decays if no action is performed. Known causes of noise:

• Dodge: 5
• Punching: 5
• Walking: 15
• Running: 30
• Jumping: 30
• Chopping / Pickaxing: 40
• Remove building piece: 50
• Chopping trees: 100
• Breaking rocks: 100

Apart from that, every attack will have a hit-noise and swing noise. By default this is 30 and 10, but this could be different for each attack type.

For those who got this far: An additional "feature" hint. The game does not care what prefab you give it, it does NOT need to be a mob. Do with this knowledge what you will.

Changelog:

• v0.10.1:
  • Fixed issue with world-spawner mobs not spawning in mountains.
• v0.10.0:
  • Optimized network package sizes.
  • Added initial support for MobAILib.
  • Added setting "SetTamed" for local- and world spawners.
  • Added setting "SetTamedCommandable" for local- and world spawners.
  • Added world spawner condition "" for nearby players having status effect.
• v0.9.1:
  • Fixed issue with too early access of location info. Should resolve issue with local spawners not spawning creatures.
• v0.9.0:
  • Added setting "UseDefaultLevels" to CLLC integraiton, to let Spawn That set levels.
  • Added setting "SetRelentless".
  • Added setting "SetTryDespawnOnConditionsInvalid".
  • Added setting "SetTryDespawnOnAlert".
  • Added setting "TemplateId", for assigning a specific identifier to mobs spawned by a template, for other mods to use (intended for future Drop That setting).
  • Added condition "ConditionNearbyPlayersNoiseThreshold".
• v0.8.2:
  • Added more helpful warning- and error messages for when configurations are incorrectly set up.
  • Changed StopTouchingMyConfigs to be set to true by default when spawn_that.cfg is created. Due to the massive loading time impact of large config files.
• v0.8.1:
  • Additional error handling for conditions. Should help fix potential errors coming out of the newly added player conditions.
• v0.8.0:
  • Added world spawner condition for nearby players carried items.
  • Added world spawner condition for nearby players carried valuables.
  • Added option for assigning faction for world- and local spawner entries.
  • Added faction to pre-change debug files.
  • Changed when configs are applied to spawners, for increased compatibility with mods adding prefabs.
  • Additional error checks.
• v0.7.1:
  • Fixed simple config being generated with wrong prefab-names.
  • Additional error handling.
  • Changed location info from server to client slightly, to hopefully stop issues with local spawners.
• v0.7.0:
  • Added support for Creature Level and Loot Control (CLLC)
  • Added CLLC creature effect options for world- and local spawners.
  • Added CLLC world level condition to world spawners.
• v0.6.0:
  • Added world spawner condition - RequiredNotGlobalKey
  • Added support for supplemental world- and local spawner config files.
  • Local spawner configs now work in multiplayer.
• v0.5.1:
  • Added a (probably temporary) config to not run local spawner configs, due to issues with multiplayer.
  • Fixed error message from local spawners.
  • Removed a couple of pointless warnings.
• v0.5.0:
  • Added new local spawner defaults to file dumps.
  • Added condition for world spawners. World age in days.
  • Added console command for getting current room in which player is standing.
  • Added configuration for Dungeons, Camps and Villages. All are considered local spawners.
  • Lots of bug fixes. Spawners should have an easier time having configuration "stick" now.
• v0.4.0:
  • New condition for world spawners. Distance to center min/max.
  • Simple config initialized with creatures on file creation by default.
  • Various attempts at stabilizing and guarding code.
• v0.3.0:
  • Server-to-client config sync added
• v0.2.0:
  • Initial release

Changelog:

• v1.2.15:
  • Compatibility: Valheim v0.219.13.
• v1.2.14:
  • Updates for room identification, old code did not properly take into account dungeons with multiple layers, as well as the room rotation itself.
  • World Spawner: Fixed templates for vanilla creatures sometimes getting assigned to modded creatures, caused by the changes to ID assignment in v1.2.12.
• v1.2.13:
  • Fixed: Room detection for dungeons. This affected spawner configs using specific rooms as their requirement.
• v1.2.12:
  • World Spawner: Assigning ID's to vanilla spawners earlier in startup, to help avoid modded creatures being given ID's that would otherwise belong to said vanilla spawners.
• v1.2.11:
  • Compatibility: Valheim v0.218.15.
• v1.2.10:
  • Compatibility: Valheim v0.217.46.
• v1.2.9:
  • SpawnArea: Fixed SpawnInterval not being set correctly, sometimes causing intervals to be too quick.
• v1.2.8:
  • Changed console commands into proper terminal commands with autocompletion.
  • Added soft-dependency for LocalizationCache, to help it get loaded earlier.
  • World Spawner: Additional checks for nulls while counting non-creature entities.
• v1.2.7:
  • Fixed: SetFaction was only applying the faction on creature spawn, it now correctly re-applies on creature load.
  • API: Updated GlobalKey enum with new known keys.
• v1.2.6:
  • Fixed: Compatibility for Valheim v0.216.9
• v1.2.5:
  • Local Spawner: Fixed day-night conditions being swapped.
• v1.2.4:
  • Fixed: Compatibility with Valheim v0.215.2.
• v1.2.3:
  • Fixed error for prefab nearness position conditions (eg., MustBeNearAllPrefabs) when condition was empty in config file.
  • Fixed PrintFantasticBeastsAndWhereToKillThem only printing maps for spawns in file configs. Should now correctly pick up spawns added by API.
  • Fixed null-reference error while generating spawn biome maps.
• v1.2.2:
  • Compatibility: Epic Loot v0.9.5.
• v1.2.1:
  • Compatibility: Allowing : in section headers for compatibility with Expand World.
• v1.2.0:
  • World Spawner: Fixed LevelUpChance only being properly applied to new entries.
  • SpawnArea: Fixed modifiers not being applied properly.
  • Local Spawner & SpawnArea: Fixed LevelUpChance not being properly applied when using setting UseDefaultLevel.
  • World Spawner: Added support for vanilla field BiomeArea.
  • World Spawner & SpawnArea: Added ConditionPositionMustBeNearAllPrefabs
  • World Spawner & SpawnArea: Added ConditionPositionMustBeNearPrefabs
  • World Spawner & SpawnArea: Added ConditionPositionMustNotBeNearPrefabs
  • Compatibility: Moved all applications of spawn modifier settings to happen slightly later. This should solve issues with settings like CLLC UseDefaultLevels.
• v1.1.7:
  • World Spawner: Added support for new LevelUpChance field.
  • Fixes for v0.212.6
• v1.1.6:
  • Fixed patch compatibility with v0.212.6
• v1.1.5:
  • For all spawners: Fixed config sync for fields Enabled, TemplateEnabled being ignored when false.
  • Local Spawner: Fixed potential config sync issue for fields SpawnAtDay and SpawnAtNight defaulting to true when not set.
  • SpawnArea Spawner: Fixed potential error when syncing custom identifiers.
  • Streamlined logs of successful config sync a bit.
• v1.1.4:
  • Fixed mapping of settings, where SpawnThat would throw an error when processing certain settings defined as empty in cfg file. Primarily affected WorldSpawner configs.
• v1.1.3:
  • Fixed world spawner ConditionWorldAgeDaysMax being set to ConditionWorldAgeDaysMin.
  • Fixed world spawner ConditionDistanceToCenterMin and Max settings being set incorrectly.
  • Fixed MobAILib settings spitting out errors when SetAI was set, but not AIConfigFile.
  • Disabled world spawner configs being applied server-side on dedicated servers. This should avoid a potential harmless but confusing warning.
  • Added SetTryDespawnOnConditionsInvalid to world spawner loaded configs debug file.
  • Added internal tests for mapping of all types of spawner configs.
• v1.1.2:
  • Fixed default values getting assigned to empty settings (eg., SetFaction = ). Caused by last patch. Note to self, dont be lazy.
• v1.1.1:
  • Fixed spawn_that.simple.cfg not being populated on file creation, when InitializeWithCreatures=true was set in spawn_that.cfg. Introduced in v1.1.0.
  • Fixed GroundOffset for world spawner file configs not being used. Introduced in v1.1.0.
• v1.1.0:
  • Added support for new SpawnArea spawner type (eg., greydwarf nests).
  • Added custom config file reader. This should hopefully make things more intuitive and less volatile. It does however mean that comments are longer added automatically.
  • Swapped file load and merge order, to make default files override supplemental, as was originally intended (eg., spawn_that.world_spawners_advanced.cfg gets loaded after spawn_that.world_spawners.something.cfg now).
  • Added datamining for locations, as an option in general config.
  • Removed setting "StopTouchingMyConfigs" from general config, as it has become irrellevant.
  • Fixed bug with attempting to load files as configs if they fit the expected name pattern, even though they didn't end with '.cfg'.
  • Fixed bug where disabling world spawner with Enabled disabled the config instead.
  • Fixed potential error when adding a new world spawner without specifying a prefab name.
  • A LOT of boring internal changes, logging and documentation that noone will probably ever see or care about.
• v1.0.6:
  • Fixed config sync for expanded enums. This should resolves an issue when using biomes from Expand World on servers.
  • Fixed level calculcation used when using the CLLC integration setting UseDefaultLevels.
• v1.0.5:
  • Improved world spawner debug file output. Now tries to output not just the default settings, but the custom too. Including integrations.
  • Fixed world spawner post change debug file not showing the configuration ID's, but instead the internal index they were added at.
  • Fixed world spawner cfg load adding unnecessary option.
  • Fixed faction, biome and cllc setting parsing being case-sensitive. Eg., setting biome as Blackforest would fail to parse as biome BlackForest.
  • Added installation check for YamlDotNet dll, to ensure it is present.
• v1.0.4:
  • Fixed dungeon room names not being cleaned before registration, causing issues with local spawners matching.
• v1.0.3:
  • Fixed local spawner file-configs not being properly matched with spawners.
  • Fixed error when printing world spawners with missing prefab to debug file.
  • Fixed error when having file-configurations with integrations not installed.
  • Added robustness to API when setting up configurations for uninstalled integrations.
  • Added robustness for v0.207.15
• v1.0.2:
  • Fixed error spawn from world spawners, when joining a server with no world spawner configurations.
• v1.0.1:
  • Fixed broken config sync.
• v1.0.0:
  • WorldSpawner config Enabled now toggles the actual spawn entry on/off.
  • Added WorldSpawner option TemplateEnabled to replace Enabled.
  • LocalSpawner config Enabled now toggles the spawner itself on/off.
  • Added LocalSpawner option TemplateEnabled to replace Enabled.
  • Added API for using Spawn That by code.
  • Debug files are now printed to BepInEx/Debug by default. Output folder is configurable.
  • A ton of internal work and improvements.
  • Moved documentation to https://asharppen.github.io/Valheim.SpawnThat/. Documentation will be updated here from now on.
• v0.11.6:
  • It's the season of bugs! World spawner templates are now instantiated on entering world, meaning changes applied are no longer carried between worlds / re-entering. This is hopefully getting changed by IG in the future.
  • Fixed local spawners not honouring "Enabled=false". Configs were still attempted applied.
  • Fixed leftover optimizations causing spawners to get disabled in biomes outside the one player logged into.
• v0.11.5:
  • More v0.205.5 fixes. World spawners were changed from no longer being per zone, but properly global, meaning Spawn That was reapplying its changes more than once.
• v0.11.4:
  • Fixes for Valheim v0.205.5
• v0.11.3:
  • Fixes for Valheim v0.202.14
• v0.11.2:
  • Fixed the setting SpawnInPlayerBase not being assigned to local spawners.
• v0.11.1:
  • Fixed issue with local spawners being disabled due to missing location info.
  • Made local spawners less demanding of config application. Should revert to default spawn if Spawn That fails to apply its changes.
• v0.11.0:
  • Added region labelling for map biomes. Will now scan for connected biome zones, and assign an id for that whole area.
  • Added condition for spawning only in specified areas. Intended as a world specific setting. For those who have been waiting, this is the option to use for designated monster islands.
  • Added condition for spawning in an area, chance is pr area and only rolled once, to allow for variety in spawning across the world.
  • Added console commands for areas.
  • Added conditions for epic loot based items on nearby players.
  • Added support for spawning non-ai entities. MaxSpawned and SpawnDistance should now work properly for any prefab. SpawnDistance should work for any distance now, be aware this may cause performance issues if set too high.
  • Documentation moved to mod wiki.
• v0.10.1:
  • Fixed issue with world-spawner mobs not spawning in mountains.
• v0.10.0:
  • Optimized network package sizes.
  • Added initial support for MobAILib.
  • Added setting "SetTamed" for local- and world spawners.
  • Added setting "SetTamedCommandable" for local- and world spawners.
  • Added world spawner condition "" for nearby players having status effect.
• v0.9.1:
  • Fixed issue with too early access of location info. Should resolve issue with local spawners not spawning creatures.
• v0.9.0:
  • Added setting "UseDefaultLevels" to CLLC integraiton, to let Spawn That set levels.
  • Added setting "SetRelentless".
  • Added setting "SetTryDespawnOnConditionsInvalid".
  • Added setting "SetTryDespawnOnAlert".
  • Added setting "TemplateId", for assigning a specific identifier to mobs spawned by a template, for other mods to use (intended for future Drop That setting).
  • Added condition "ConditionNearbyPlayersNoiseThreshold".
• v0.8.2:
  • Added more helpful warning- and error messages for when configurations are incorrectly set up.
  • Changed StopTouchingMyConfigs to be set to true by default when spawn_that.cfg is created. Due to the massive loading time impact of large config files.
• v0.8.1:
  • Additional error handling for conditions. Should help fix potential errors coming out of the newly added player conditions.
• v0.8.0:
  • Added world spawner condition for nearby players carried items.
  • Added world spawner condition for nearby players carried valuables.
  • Added option for assigning faction for world- and local spawner entries.
  • Added faction to pre-change debug files.
  • Changed when configs are applied to spawners, for increased compatibility with mods adding prefabs.
  • Additional error checks.
• v0.7.1:
  • Fixed simple config being generated with wrong prefab-names.
  • Additional error handling.
  • Changed location info from server to client slightly, to hopefully stop issues with local spawners.
• v0.7.0:
  • Added support for Creature Level and Loot Control (CLLC)
  • Added CLLC creature effect options for world- and local spawners.
  • Added CLLC world level condition to world spawners.
• v0.6.0:
  • Added world spawner condition - RequiredNotGlobalKey
  • Added support for supplemental world- and local spawner config files.
  • Local spawner configs now work in multiplayer.
• v0.5.1:
  • Added a (probably temporary) config to not run local spawner configs, due to issues with multiplayer.
  • Fixed error message from local spawners.
  • Removed a couple of pointless warnings.
• v0.5.0:
  • Added new local spawner defaults to file dumps.
  • Added condition for world spawners. World age in days.
  • Added console command for getting current room in which player is standing.
  • Added configuration for Dungeons, Camps and Villages. All are considered local spawners.
  • Lots of bug fixes. Spawners should have an easier time having configuration "stick" now.
• v0.4.0:
  • New condition for world spawners. Distance to center min/max.
  • Simple config initialized with creatures on file creation by default.
  • Various attempts at stabilizing and guarding code.
• v0.3.0:
  • Server-to-client config sync added
• v0.2.0:
  • Initial release