Add monster spawner mod init.lua

mods/monster_spawner/init.lua

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+-- Monster Spawner Mod for Minetest/Luanti
+
+-- Namespace
+local modname = "monster_spawner"
+local modpath = minetest.get_modpath(modname)
+
+-- Config
+local config = {
+    spawn_radius = 20,
+    spawn_interval = 10,
+    max_monsters = 10,
+    monster_types = {
+        "mobs_monster:spider",
+        "mobs_monster:oerkki",
+        "mobs_monster:dungeon_master"
+    }
+}
+
+-- Global table to track spawned monsters
+local spawned_monsters = {}
+
+-- Function to spawn monsters around a player
+local function spawn_monsters_around_player(player)
+    local player_pos = player:get_pos()
+    local player_name = player:get_player_name()
+
+    -- Count existing monsters spawned by this mod
+    local monster_count = 0
+    for _, monster in ipairs(spawned_monsters) do
+        if monster.player == player_name then
+            monster_count = monster_count + 1
+        end
+    end
+
+    -- Spawn new monsters if below max
+    if monster_count < config.max_monsters then
+        for i = 1, config.max_monsters - monster_count do
+            local pos = {
+                x = player_pos.x + math.random(-config.spawn_radius, config.spawn_radius),
+                y = player_pos.y,
+                z = player_pos.z + math.random(-config.spawn_radius, config.spawn_radius)
+            }
+
+            local monster_type = config.monster_types[math.random(#config.monster_types)]
+            local monster = minetest.add_entity(pos, monster_type)
+
+            if monster then
+                table.insert(spawned_monsters, {
+                    entity = monster,
+                    player = player_name,
+                    time = minetest.get_gametime()
+                })
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+-- Global step function to check players and spawn monsters
+minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
+    for _, player in ipairs(minetest.get_connected_players()) do
+        local player_name = player:get_player_name()
+        local last_spawn_time = 0
+
+        -- Find last spawn time for this player
+        for _, monster in ipairs(spawned_monsters) do
+            if monster.player == player_name then
+                last_spawn_time = math.max(last_spawn_time, monster.time)
+            end
+        end
+
+        -- Spawn monsters if enough time has passed
+        if minetest.get_gametime() - last_spawn_time > config.spawn_interval then
+            spawn_monsters_around_player(player)
+        end
+    end
+
+    -- Clean up dead monsters
+    for i = #spawned_monsters, 1, -1 do
+        if spawned_monsters[i].entity:get_luaentity() == nil then
+            table.remove(spawned_monsters, i)
+        end
+    end
+end)
+
+-- Chat command to manually trigger monster spawn
+minetest.register_chatcommand("spawn_monsters", {
+    description = "Spawn monsters around you",
+    func = function(name)
+        local player = minetest.get_player_by_name(name)
+        if player then
+            spawn_monsters_around_player(player)
+            minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Monsters spawned around you!")
+        end
+    end
+})