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Spawn Object Bug (Engine Code Fix Inside)

by Matthew Hoesterey · in Torque X 2D · 12/03/2009 (12:26 am) · 3 replies

Their is a bug in the spawner object. It will ignore minSpawnTime the first time it spawns an object.

To fix modify the OnRegister() in the T2DSpawnObject class as follows

public override bool OnRegister()
        {
            if (!base.OnRegister())
                return false;

            if (_spawnOnce)
            {
                if (_spawnEnabled)
                {

                    DoSpawn();
                    MarkForDelete = true;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Assert.Fatal(_maxSpawnTime >= _minSpawnTime, "T2DSpawnObject::ProcessTick: MaxSpawnTime is less than MinSpawnTime!");
                if (_maxSpawnTime < _minSpawnTime)
                    _maxSpawnTime = _minSpawnTime;

                // generate a new spawn time
                _nextSpawn = TorqueUtil.GetRandomFloat(_minSpawnTime, _maxSpawnTime);

                SetTicking();
            }

            return true;
        }
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Torque Owner Darthuvius
#1
02/20/2010 (2:13 am)
is there a way to fix this without having access to the source code?

Torque 3D Owner Henry Shilling
Smokin Skull
#2
02/20/2010 (6:30 am)
I created my own spawner, its in my game kit, it works correctly and has a CC version for those of you who are using the CC freebie.

It also has the advantage of being attached to an object that will keep spawning until destroyed, like in Gauntlet.

Torque Owner Darthuvius
#3
02/20/2010 (3:00 pm)
yeah i checked out your spawner, I couldn't get it to work for a template but maybe I was doing something wrong. I'll try attaching it to an object though lol.