[1.8]Having Trouble Getting a Mob to Spawn In a Village

[TheExceptionist]

I been trying for a couple of days now to get a village guard-like mob to spawn in a village that generates in the game. I started by using a forge event "PopulateChunkEvent", but it doesn't seem to be working right.

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@SubscribeEvent

public void onPopulateChunk(PopulateChunkEvent.Populate event){

FMLLog.getLogger().info("Spawn Watch");

if(event.hasVillageGenerated){

EntityVillageWatch.spawnWatch(event.world);

}

}

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Registering the class into the forge EVENTBUS:

 

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    @EventHandler

public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event){

CivItems.init();

CivBlocks.init();

CivItems.register();

CivBlocks.register();

//EntityRegisterCiv.addSpawns();

 

MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(new spawnWatch());

}

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My spawnWatch function:

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    public EntityVillageWatch(World worldIn, int x, int y, int z)

    {

        super(worldIn);

        this.posX = x;

        this.posY = y;

        this.posZ = z;

        this.setSize(1.4F, 2.9F);

        ((PathNavigateGround)this.getNavigator()).func_179690_a(true);

        this.tasks.addTask(1, new EntityAIAttackOnCollide(this, 1.0D, true));

        this.tasks.addTask(2, new EntityAIMoveTowardsTarget(this, 0.9D, 32.0F));

        this.tasks.addTask(3, new EntityAIMoveThroughVillage(this, 0.6D, true));

        this.tasks.addTask(4, new EntityAIMoveTowardsRestriction(this, 1.0D));

        this.tasks.addTask(6, new EntityAIWander(this, 0.6D));

        this.tasks.addTask(7, new EntityAIWatchClosest(this, EntityPlayer.class, 6.0F));

        this.tasks.addTask(8, new EntityAILookIdle(this));

        this.targetTasks.addTask(1, new EntityAIGuardVillage(this));

        this.targetTasks.addTask(2, new EntityAIHurtByTarget(this, false, new Class[0]));

        this.targetTasks.addTask(3, new EntityVillageWatch.AINearestAttackableTargetNonCreeper(this, EntityLiving.class, 10, false, true, IMob.field_175450_e));

    }

   

   

    public static void spawnWatch(World worldIn){

        int i = 0;

        int numWatch = r.nextInt(20)+21;

        List villages = worldIn.getVillageCollection().getVillageList();

       

        while(villages.iterator().hasNext()){

        int numWatchSpawned = 0;

        Village village = (Village) villages.get(i);

       

        BlockPos center = village.getCenter();

        int radius = village.getVillageRadius();

       

        while(numWatchSpawned < numWatch){

        worldIn.spawnEntityInWorld(new EntityVillageWatch(worldIn, center.getX() + r.nextInt(radius), center.getY()+r.nextInt(radius), center.getZ()+r.nextInt(radius)));

        numWatchSpawned++;

        }

       

        i++;

        }

    }

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Any suggestions or problems you see with this code? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[larsgerrits]

PopulateChunkEvent is a Forge event. You have to register it to the

MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS

, but you are registering it to the FML event bus (FMLCommonHandler.instance().bus()).

[TheExceptionist]

PopulateChunkEvent is a Forge event. You have to register it to the

MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS

, but you are registering it to the FML event bus (FMLCommonHandler.instance().bus()).

 

I registered it into the "MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS", yet it still isn't working.

[jeffryfisher]

All of my bus registrations are in my post init handlers, but yours is in pre init. Try doing it in a later handler.

[coolAlias]

Registering it later shouldn't make any difference - you can generally register your Forge / FML event handlers at any time during the entire initialization process, as most of them aren't fired until after that has completed.

 

I'm guessing your issue is that you are not adjusting the Y position at all when trying to spawn, so the entities may be trying to spawn in the ground or in the air - try using getWorldHeight(x, z) + 1 as the y position.

 

Also, to be absolutely certain that your event is getting called properly, look in your console log - based on the code you posted, you should see "Spawn Watch" basically spammed all over in it; if not, then your event handler class is somehow set up incorrectly.