From a220c861a76679f199d9075eafebd5519ab4f185 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: OrbisAnima <orbisanima@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 09:01:29 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Mobs Lazy Spawner

This is an upgrade of the current mob spawner, what it does is use a
process identical to that of the proximity scanner to check for people
nearby, and if found, it will spawn a mob using the usual rules of the
spawner to get a new mob.
- It wont scan for new users if its on the mob cooldown.
- It comes with a range var to set which tiles should be scanned.

The idea behind this was to prepare a map with the proof of concept, and
launch this lazy loader for the wilderness, since it would fix most of
the lag issues we had given that mobs would only show up when they are
needed.
---
 code/game/objects/mob_spawner_vr.dm | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/code/game/objects/mob_spawner_vr.dm b/code/game/objects/mob_spawner_vr.dm
index 70ab906a27..91f4216a40 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/mob_spawner_vr.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/mob_spawner_vr.dm
@@ -103,4 +103,44 @@
 		L_T = get_turf(L)
 		if(T.z == L_T.z)
 			return 0
-	return 1
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+	return 1
+
+
+/*
+This code is based on the mob spawner and the proximity sensor, the idea is to lazy load mobs to avoid having the server use mobs when they arent needed.
+It also makes it so a ghost wont know where all the goodies/mobs are.
+*/
+
+/obj/structure/mob_spawner/scanner
+	name ="Lazy Mob Spawner"
+	var/range = 3
+
+/obj/structure/mob_spawner/New()
+	..()
+	processing_objects.Add(src)
+	last_spawn = world.time
+
+/obj/structure/mob_spawner/scanner/process()
+	if(world.time > last_spawn + spawn_delay)
+		var/turf/mainloc = get_turf(src)
+		for(var/mob/living/A in range(range,mainloc))
+			if (A.move_speed < 12)
+				var/chosen_mob = choose_spawn()
+				if(chosen_mob)
+					do_spawn(chosen_mob)
+	return
+
+/obj/structure/mob_spawner/scanner/corgi
+	name = "Corgi Lazy Spawner"
+	desc = "This is a proof of concept, not sure why you would use this one"
+	spawn_delay = 1 MINUTE
+	spawn_types = list(
+	/mob/living/simple_animal/corgi = 75,
+	/mob/living/simple_animal/corgi/puppy = 50
+	)
+
+	simultaneous_spawns = 5
+	range = 3
+	destructible = 1
+	health = 200
+	total_spawns = 10
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