[C#] How to code in incident to spawn pawns and make them attack.

[Deon]

Hello. I blatantly wrote to  Jecrell to ask about this, but I would like to ask here too.
A new modder here, I studied XML of the game already so I have no issue adding things into the game, but I need to learn how to make incidents now to make somewhat interesting mods.

My first one is aliens/predator mod, so it does need some coding to add the features like alien attacks and predator spawning.


I am currently struggling with basic stuff: how to spawn a pack of pawns of some kind and make them attack the colony through an incident.

If I understand correctly, from what I've seen in Jecrells' code, I need:
1) Make a variable for a PawnKind which find the PawnKind from XML:
varKind = PawnKindDef.Named("Xenomorph");
2) Make a variable for a faction to assign the pawn to:
varFac = Find.FactionManager.FirstFactionOfDef(FactionDef.Named("Aliens"));
3) Make a variable out of PawnGenerator class to get the pawn itself:
varPawn = PawnGenerator.GeneratePawn(varKind, varFac);

Now I just need to force it to find a suitable spawn location and spawnpawns there.

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public override bool TryExecute(IncidentParms parms)
{
       <variable declaration>
       FindSpawnLoc(parms); // locate where to spawn creatures
       SpawnAliens(parms); // call the function to spawn the aliens
}


This is where I run into issues.
Jecrell seems to use:
iwLoc       = CellFinder.RandomClosewalkCellNear(parms.spawnCenter, ;
https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=26373.msg266952#msg266952

However my compiler complains that CellFinder.RandomClosewalkCellNear needs 3 parameters and "map" is missing from those.
Can someone help me to figure out why it works for Jecrell and my compiler does not work with it? I can find the definition of this in the metadata:
public static IntVec3 RandomClosewalkCellNear(IntVec3 root, Map map, int radius);

So there seems to be 3 parameters. I have no idea how to get the "Map" to pass to it. Am I doing something completely wrong? I hope that my concern is understood . Thank you in advance.


P.S. A secondary question would be how to make the pawns of a "manhunter" type. I assume there's a simple variable you can flick, but I could not find where to look for it. Is there a "full source code" somewhere I can look up?

[RawCode]

A16 implemented ability to load and run multiple maps at once, for this reason, you need to pass map object.

i suggest you to check how vanilla implemented raids, instead of basing your code on outdated stuff found somewhere.

[scuba156]

You can get the current map using Find.VisibleMap

[ison]

In most cases Find.VisibleMap is not what you're looking for. If it's used for anything other than drawing then it's very likely that your mod will break as soon as a new map is created. Here you need to get the map reference from the IncidentParms: var map = (Map)parms.target;

[Deon]

In most cases Find.VisibleMap is not what you're looking for. If it's used for anything other than drawing then it's very likely that your mod will break as soon as a new map is created. Here you need to get the map reference from the IncidentParms: var map = (Map)parms.target;

Thanks, already figured it out today. I just need to look into AI writing to make a custom intelligence/lord for my pawns now. This forum and Discord for modders are very helpful.