Spawn

int Spawn (str classname, fixed x, fixed y, fixed z [, int tid [, int angle]])

Usage

Spawns an actor at the given X, Y and Z coordinates. Optionally a TID and a byte angle can be specified.

The coordinates are specified in fixed point, which are not the same as grid units in your map editor. To convert a grid unit to a fixed point, you multiply the coordinate by 65536, or use fixed point literals.

The Z coordinate is also absolute, i.e. not relative to the floor height of the sector. So if you want something to spawn 128 units above a floor that is at a height of 64, then the Z coordinate needs to be 192.

Note that, unlike Thing_Spawn, Spawn does not create teleport fog. If you want teleport fog to appear, use the function again to spawn it manually.

To spawn something at the location of a MapSpot, use SpawnSpot instead.

To get a list of the things you can spawn in the game, visit the Classes page.

The return value is the number of things spawned.

Examples

This script spawns a Cacodemon above the player about three seconds after he enters the map. There is a 25% chance to instead spawn a Pain Elemental with a TID of 50.

 #include "zcommon.acs"
 script 1 ENTER
 {
     Delay(100);
     switch(random(1,4))
     {
        case 1:
        case 2:
        case 3:
           Spawn("Cacodemon",GetActorX(0),GetActorY(0),GetActorFloorZ(0) + 128);
           break;
        case 4:
           Spawn("PainElemental",GetActorX(0),GetActorY(0),GetActorFloorZ(0) + 128,50);
           break;
     }
 }

ACS spawn functions
Spawn	SpawnForced
SpawnSpot	SpawnSpotForced
SpawnSpotFacing	SpawnSpotFacingForced
SpawnProjectile