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.

Alistu
New Spectator
9 years ago
Fantastic! They are going to add so much life to my parks and other Lots once the fix gets added into the game. Thank you so much for continuing to look into this for us. It's a little touch that I miss being able to do from TS3.
sooozeeebeee
9 years ago
Do you think we will get cockroaches for the restaurants in the new pack? I think it would be awesome!
FreeasabirdS4S
9 years ago
Great news, thanks :-)
sooozeeebeee
9 years ago
I noticed some butterfly wall decor in the new kids pack that is coming out. I would much prefer "real" butterflies, but I think I can work with the decor item. Still not giving up hope on insect spawners.
Alistu
New Spectator
9 years ago
Likewise, still hoping the fix you mentioned makes its way into the game soon.
sooozeeebeee
9 years ago
"SimGuruModSquad;14950593" wrote:
I'll let you know when it's released.

Are we there yet? Just kidding...sort of. Really excited for this and cant wait. Thank you for working on it.
IngeJones
9 years ago
Thank you! :)
sooozeeebeee
9 years ago
That is AWESOME!!! Thank you so much! Now, are they in the DeBug menu, or do I need to find them somewhere else? Also, is this limited to certain spawners or are all spawners now usable?
Alistu
New Spectator
9 years ago
Oooh! I'm heading in game now to look for them.
Jagwithtude
9 years ago
I am not sure if this is what you are looking for but over at MTS Coolspear1 has an insect spawner that is easy to use although if you collect the insect it won't spawn again and needs to be replaced but they are sitting in buy/decor/plants so is easy to replace them, I don't collect them I just think it is nice to have different insects in my garden, if you also download his XML mod with the set called Always Visible they remain permanently. You do need to have OR installed for these...

Spawner Types and their Insects

Common Camp x4 - Lady Bug, Fire Ant, Bees, Jezeble Butterfly

Common Forest x3 - Katydid, Termite, Stink Bugs

Common Hermit x2 - Blue Morpho Butterfly, Luna Moths

Uncommon Forest x3 - Mantis, Locust, Monarch Butterfly

Uncommon Hermit x2 - Jewel Beetle, Waking Stick

Rare Forest x 2 - Dust Sprites, Rainbow Firefly

There rest are single spawners and each one will give you - Mosquito, Firefly, Dragonfly, Rainbow Firefly, Dragon Dragonfly and Will-O-The-Wisp.

Hope this helps