More Spawns

[FiftyTifty]

Are there any conflicts with the quest, "Those!"? I've been looking for a way to spawn fire ants after the quest; I really enjoy using fire ant nectar.

There should be no conflicts with any quests. If there are, give me the FormID of the problematic NPC and I'll rectify it.

[RastaFari]

Hey there,

thanks for this mod.

I got a question because I didn't find a clear answer in this thread for it:

I want to use x2 Spawns which are randomized.

Does that mean that I need to run the script on the esp or is the x2 esp already randomized and I can use it as is?

greetings

[FiftyTifty]

If you are using vanilla TTW, the .esps are fine. But if you're using mods, create a blank mod, change the file index in the script to it, and then run it.

[RastaFari]

alright gotcha.

Thank you!

[FiftyTifty]

Updated the script. MatorTheEternal made a large list of library functions a couple years back, and one of them is pretty nifty; it abstracts away the nitty gritty involved in making a file selector GUI. So now you can pick the destination (or new) file directly, without having to adjust the file index in the script whenever your load order changes.

Edit: Disregard, the function doesn't like to play nicely with my script, for some reason. Reverted back to the previous version.

[1ercru]

Going to start using this. Is the variable spawn rate ( 1-2 or 1-3 ) part of the esp you included ?

Also is it possible to have ghouls spawns at 4x and everything else at 2x or 3x ?

Someone mentioned this earlier and I’ve looked through the script but am unclear what to tinker with.

[FiftyTifty]

Going to start using this. Is the variable spawn rate ( 1-2 or 1-3 ) part of the esp you included ?

Also is it possible to have ghouls spawns at 4x and everything else at 2x or 3x ?

Someone mentioned this earlier and I’ve looked through the script but am unclear what to tinker with.

Yeah the variable spawn rate is included in the .esp files, but unless you're playing bog standard vanilla, I highly recommend using the script.

There are a list of booleans at the beginning of the script, allowing you to choose which spawns will be duplicated. If you want, say, 3x spawns of everything but 4x spawns ghouls, run the script twice with all the booleans set to true, then run it once more with all the booleans disabled except the ghouls variable. Bam.

[1ercru]

Thanks for you help. I seem to have it working.

Am I correct to assume that 2x spawns is the default setting for your script ?

Towards the bottom of the script it seems like 3x spawns is commented out with //

Thanks

Thanks again

[FiftyTifty]

Thanks for you help. I seem to have it working.

Am I correct to assume that 2x spawns is the default setting for your script ?

Towards the bottom of the script it seems like 3x spawns is commented out with //

Thanks

Thanks again

To make the script triple the spawns in one go, look for this block of code:

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	Randomize;
	iRand := Random(2); // Double spawns
	//iRand := Random(3); //  Triple Spawns

And swap the comment (//) so it becomes:

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	Randomize;
	//iRand := Random(2); // Double spawns
	iRand := Random(3); //  Triple Spawns

If you're at all interested, the Random() function generates a value that is always below the passed number. So if we have Random(2), it will only generate a number that is either 0, or 1, as those are the only numbers below 2. If we do Random(3), the possible values are 0, 1, and 2.

So in the following code block:

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	if iRand = 1 then
		SpawnNPC(e, strNAME);
	
	if iRand = 2 then begin
		SpawnNPC(e, strNAME);
		SpawnNPC(e, strNAME);
	end;

With iRand := Random(2), only iRand = 1 will be processed on average half the time (50% chance iRand will be 0, another 50% chance that it will be 1). The iRand = 2 condition will never return true, since iRand will always be a value below 2.

[1ercru]

Yeah I think I ran the script correctly. Thank you. Also thanks for getting this script over to Skyrim. A spawn mid that’s simple and works has been elusive for a decade !