I hope I'm asking in the correct forum.Is there any way to enable the insect spawners that came with Outdoor Retreat, to function in worlds outside of Granite Falls?I have enabled them in the past and added them to be purchasable from the catalogue but was disappointed to find that they will only spawn an insect collectable once and then get deleted once the insect is collected or it times out.I understand that one of the main features of Outdoor Retreat was the ability to go insect collecting whilst camping but I would also like the more common insects to appear in my parks back in the regular home worlds.Where is the spawner behaviour listed and can it be altered via a mod so that they do function in other worlds if placed on a lot by the player?

Hi @Alistu,I don't think there's anything special about those spawners, here are the GP01 spawner catalog IDs:0x00000000000107EB0x00000000000107EC0x00000000000107ED0x00000000000107EE0x00000000000107EF0x00000000000107F00x00000000000107F10x00000000000107F20x00000000000107F30x00000000000107F40x00000000000107F50x00000000000107F6Are these the ones you tried?-SGMS

I hadn't tried those prior to my original post, no. They appear to have even less functionality than the ones I was using though.Using the objects you have just provided the IDs for, I end up with large green boxes that are numbered on the side. Once the game is placed back into Live mode the boxes become invisible but no insects ever spawn. Returning to Build/Buy mode doesn't make the spawners reappear but they can be deleted by placing a regular object and then dragging the sledgehammer tool from that object over the area that the spawners were placed on.With the spawners placed, I left the game running on Ultra Speed for two Sim days and no insects ever appeared.The objects I was trying with before appear to be the actual insect objects that the spawners are supposed to summon. They have the following IDs 000000000001074E 0000000000010754 0000000000010756 0000000000010757 0000000000010759 0000000000010BF9 0000000000011552 0000000000011553 0000000000011554 0000000000011555 0000000000011556 0000000000011557They have no image in the catalogue and are not visible when placed.When placed, the insects appear immediately and stay until either a Sim collects them or they time out. Once they vanish, no more appear as the object seems to get deleted.I don't know how to continue from here.

Hi @Alistu,The IDs I provided are the spawners, those are the one that we will need to use in order for the insects to continue to spawn. Just tested and you are right, they are not working. My suspicion is that it's because they are on a lot and not in the world, but will need to do some more digging next week.-SGMS

Thanks for taking a look. I did wonder if their location in game would affect how they behaved. If there is the possibility of having them function on all Lot types that would be awesome to be able to add a little more natural life to our parks and such like.

Quick update: pretty sure this is happening because the spawner is on the lot. I need to do some more digging as to exactly why it's failing. Stay tuned.-SGMS

Insect Spawners Outside of Granite Falls.

sooozeeebeee
9 years ago
"Alistu;15042332" wrote:
@sooozeeebeee I just checked it in game and I can confirm that most spawners create bugs when the lot is first placed, but once they time out, they do not come back so it appears they do not carry over via the Gallery.

Thank you so much for checking. That is pretty much as expected, but there was a slight glimmer of hope and worth a shot lol. Im still happy that I can place the spawners in my own game if I want too.
FreeasabirdS4S
9 years ago
I'm not sure what EAs problem is with this idea now the bird feeder has been added. It must share the same codes as the insects in Granite Falls. I don't know anything about modding but I would have thought it was not difficult to add this to the game. It may be the real problem is nothing more than the fact they don't want to give insects to those who haven't purchased the pack they came with. Which is also odd seeing as the community lots and worlds already have butterflies and bees? They don't have to be collectable if they want to keep that feature for those who have Outdoor Retreat. Although I admit that may make for some tricky coding. For myself I would be happy to be able to use them as decoration in gardens and be able to place them on different surfaces so I could have a really cool Biology lab. I use Coolspears mod which I love but I would so like to be able to use them on other surfaces. Insects are part of life, Come on EA give us the bugs :-)
Alistu I uploaded a lab with some of the insects in terrariums thinking as they are part of the game they wouldn't be seen as mods. It's now clear to me why that lab was labelled as modded.
Alistu
New Spectator
9 years ago
"sooozeeebeee;15048613" wrote:
Even with MOO spawners can not be placed on anything other than terrain. I don't see why it should have to be that way.

That must be a limitation of the cheat you are using. I can confirm that using the unlocked spawners I have made (and am currently in the process of getting ready for upload at MTS) CAN be placed on flooring tiles with MOO.
sooozeeebeee
9 years ago
"Alistu;15051743" wrote:
"sooozeeebeee;15048613" wrote:
Even with MOO spawners can not be placed on anything other than terrain. I don't see why it should have to be that way.

That must be a limitation of the cheat you are using. I can confirm that using the unlocked spawners I have made (and am currently in the process of getting ready for upload at MTS) CAN be placed on flooring tiles with MOO.

That is good! Im glad you were able to get them to be more functional. With your spawners, are the insects in the same groupings or were you able to separate them into one type of insect per spawner?

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