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SPAWN POINT ZONE

Description

This utility handles users falling through the floor when first loading into a domain. When the user loads this zone script, they will be moved to random position within a cube whose position and dimensions are specified in the userData of the attached zone.

File List

Client Side

• spawnPointZone.js attached to the zone around the domain. The userData of this zone should specify the position and dimensions of an area in which users should spawn at.

Setup

1. Add an zone to your domain.
   • A giant Zone entity would work perfectly. A good place for this entity is centered around your domain's content. Its dimensions should be large enough to encompass the domain's content. You want to ensure that all visitors to your domain load this entity.
   • Note that anyone who can modify the userData of this entity will be able to control this script's configurable settings!
2. Add the below userData object to the attached entity's userData. You will be spceifying the area in which users should load in by outlining the properties of a zone.
   1. Set the position to a vec3 value where you want the center of your zone to be.
   2. Set the dimensions to a vec3 value to specify the x, y, and z dimensions of your zone.
3. Add the spawnPointZone.js script to the zone entity.

Here's a sample object to add to the entity's userData. You can adjust the position and dimensions.:

{
  "spawnArea": {
    "position": {
      "x": 8,
      "y": -7.35,
      "z": 10.36
    },
    "dimensions": {
      "x": 3,
      "y": 3,
      "z": 3
    }
  }
}

Releases

Version 1.0

SHA 4192b55 May 21, 2019

• Initial Release

Links

JIRA 235