Spawners

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Spawners allow you to define specific points in your worlds at which your custom mob creations can spawn. They can be used with a variety of useful options such as; conditions, built-in timers, cooldowns, and warmups.

Note that Spawners use the old conditions system. You can find them here: Legacy Conditions

You can create spawners directly ingame by using Commands or by creating the a configuration file in the folder /MythicMobs/Spawners. Note that once a spawner-configuration file has been loaded onto a running server, it can only be edited by ingame commands. If you want to edit an already loaded spawner-configuration file in a text-editor, you have to stop the server while you do so.

Pros of Spawners

Doesn't require natural mob spawning to be enabled to work.
Allows for much more control over your spawning implementation as you can specify exactly where and how each mob spawn.
Support timers, leashing and other features.
Great for populating small arenas or dungeons.

Cons of Spawners

Setup can be time consuming, especially for larger implementations.
Can become very difficult to manage if not planned out correctly.
Mobs need to be configured appropriately.

Example Config

SpawnerName:
  MobName: mobTypeName 
  World: worldname
  SpawnerGroup: GroupName
  X: 0 
  Y: 0 
  Z: 0 
  Radius: 0 
  RadiusY: 0 
  UseTimer: true  
  MaxMobs: 1
  MobLevel: 1
  MobsPerSpawn: 1
  Cooldown: 0
  CooldownTimer: 0
  Warmup: 0
  WarmupTimer: 0
  CheckForPlayers: true
  ActivationRange: 40
  LeashRange: 32
  HealOnLeash: false
  ResetThreatOnLeash: false
  ShowFlames: false
  Breakable: false
  Conditions: []
  ActiveMobs: 1

Options

Option	Description	Usage	Default
mobtype: <mobtype> or mobname: <mobtype>:	This is mob type that the spawner will spawn. Can only be set to an internal MythicMobs mob. Allows for an array of mobs with weightings.	/mm s set [name] mobtype 25%Mob1,25%Mob2,50%mMob2	N/A
world: <worldname>:	This is the filename of the world where the spawner is located	/mm s set world	Creation World
spawnergroup: <group name>	This sets the group name for the spawn. For larger configurations, such as if you are populating a dungeon, you can group all spawners and then change the settings for them all at the same time.	/mm s set g:	N/A
X: / Y: / Z:	Coordinates of the spawner		Creation Location
radius: <number>	This is the radius around the spawner at which the mob can spawn.	/mm s set radius	0
radiusY: <number>	This is the vertical radius around the spawner at which the mob can spawn	/mm s set radiusy	0
usetimer: <true/false>	Whether or not the spawner activates on a timer.	/mm s set usetimer <true/false>	True
maxmobs: <number>	This is the max number of mobs that can be spawned and existing in the world for this spawner. Must be equal to or greater than mobsperspawn	/mm s set maxmobs	1
moblevel: <number>	This is the level of the mob that should spawn from this spawner. Mob must have level configuration for this to work.	/mm s set moblevel	1
mobsperspawn: <number>	This is the number of mobs spawned each time the spawner spawns a mob.	/mm s set mobsperspawn	1
cooldown: <number>	This the amount of time in seconds that the spawner waits after a mob has been spawned before another mob is spawned.	/mm s set cooldown	0
cooldowntimer: <number>	This option is set automatically by the spawner. Used to bridge cooldowns over server reboots.	does not require any user setting
warmup: <number>	The amount of time in seconds before the spawner starts cooldown. Warmup starts on activation and if maxmobs is reached and a mob dies.	/mm s set warmup	0
warmuptimer: <number>	This option is set automatically by the spawner, used to bridge warmups over server reboots.	does not require any user setting.
checkforplayers: <true/false>	Whether or not players must be near the spawner for it to "activate"		true (recommended for performance)
activationrange: <number>	What radius must players be within for the spawner to activate.		40 blocks
leashrange: <number>	This is the max distance that a mob can move from its spawn location before it is teleported back.	/mm s set leashrange	-1(none)
healonleash: <true/false>	Whether the mob should heal to full health when it leashes back to its spawner	/mm s set healonleash <true/false>	false
resetthreatonleash: <true/false>	Resets ThreatTables (if enabled) when a mob teleports back to its spawner.		false
showflames: <true/false>	Set this to true to show flames around the spawner.	/mm s set showflames <true/false>	false
breakable: <true/false>	Determines if the spawner is broken with the block it is placed on		false
conditions:	et conditions to be met for the spawner to activate.	/mm s addcondition	None
activemobs: <number>	Used to keep track of mobs connected to (spawned by) the spawner.	it does not require any user setting.

Note on timing of spawns: Timing: warmup-> mob spawns-> cooldown-> mob spawns*>