public virtual cActor Spawn(cActor SPAWNED)
{
if (SPAWNED == null)
{
return(null);
}
cActor INSTANCE = Instantiate(SPAWNED);
SPAWNED.transform.position = transform.position;
return(INSTANCE);
}
// The Spawner passes a spawn command to actors listed as one of its spawnpoints.
// Spawnpoint availability for use is determined by checking if its spawn set availability ticker is down.
// From the available spawnpoint sets, the Spawner chooses a random set, and random spawnpoint within the set...
// And PASSES a spawn command to that spawnpoint.
// Afterwards, the spawn set's availability ticker is set and that set cannot be used until it is down.
public virtual cActor Generate(cActor SPAWNED)
{
if (SPAWNED == null)
{
return(null);
}
// Check for available columns. Note that a default list has a count of 1 with null or 0 entry.
bool bCOLUMN_AVAILABLE = false;
List <int> AVAILABLE_COLUMNS = new List <int>();
for (int i = 0; i < spawnpointSets.Count; i++)
{
if (spawnSetNextAvailableTick[i] <= 0)
{
AVAILABLE_COLUMNS.Add(i);
bCOLUMN_AVAILABLE = true;
}
}
if (!bCOLUMN_AVAILABLE)
{
return(null);
}
// Select a spawnpoint from any of the available columns
int SELECTED_COLUMN = AVAILABLE_COLUMNS[UnityEngine.Random.Range(0, AVAILABLE_COLUMNS.Count)];
int SELECTED_WINDOW = UnityEngine.Random.Range(0, spawnpointSets[SELECTED_COLUMN].spawnpoints.Count);
cActor CHOSEN_SPAWNPOINT = spawnpointSets[SELECTED_COLUMN].spawnpoints[SELECTED_WINDOW];
if (CHOSEN_SPAWNPOINT == null)
{
return(null);
}
// Tell the spawnpoint ot spawn instance of the given actor
// Set the column ticker to mark it as unavailable until ticked down
cActor INSTANCE = CHOSEN_SPAWNPOINT.Spawn(SPAWNED);
spawnSetNextAvailableTick[SELECTED_COLUMN] = spawnSetNextAvailableTimer;
return(INSTANCE);
}