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authorparamat <mat.gregory@virginmedia.com>2015-07-08 20:01:29 +0100
committerparamat <mat.gregory@virginmedia.com>2015-07-08 22:44:10 +0100
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Biome API decorations: 'spawnby' searches a 3D neighbourhood
The neighbours checked are the 8 nodes horizontally surrounding the decoration base and the 8 nodes horizontally surrounding the ground node below the decoration
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@@ -3331,7 +3331,9 @@ Definition tables
-- ^ Number of nodes the decoration can be at maximum.
-- ^ If absent, the parameter 'height' is used as a constant.
spawn_by = "default:water",
- -- ^ Node that the decoration only spawns next to, in a 1-node square radius.
+ -- ^ Node that the decoration only spawns next to.
+ -- ^ The neighbours checked are the 8 nodes horizontally surrounding the lowest node of the
+ -- ^ decoration, and the 8 nodes horizontally surrounding the ground node below the decoration.
num_spawn_by = 1,
-- ^ Number of spawn_by nodes that must be surrounding the decoration position to occur.
-- ^ If absent or -1, decorations occur next to any nodes.