Tags:

QoL Gameplay Behavior Mob-Spawns

Author:

MErevGe

Side:

Both

Created:

Sep 28th at 9:56 AM

Last modified:

4 days ago

Downloads:

708

Recommended download (for Vintage Story 1.22.7):
vssafehome_0.1.4.zip  1-click install

SafeHome expands Vintage Story’s room detection and protects sufficiently lit, enclosed rooms from new Drifter, Bowtorn, and Shiver spawns—including all variants and spawns during temporal storms.

Build spacious homes, extensive cellars, and large greenhouses. Toggle the floor overlay to see which areas still offer possible spawn locations.

Features:

• Larger rooms: Supports up to 262,144 connected interior blocks by default—the equivalent of 64 × 64 × 64. The actual interior volume determines eligibility, allowing long corridors and irregular room shapes.
• Ladders as room boundaries: Ladders count as complete boundaries for room detection while remaining fully usable.
• Light-based spawn protection: Within a valid enclosed room, block light level 7 or higher prevents affected creatures from spawning at that location. Sunlight alone does not provide this protection.
• Temporal storm protection: Additional storm spawn attempts also respect room enclosure and block lighting.
• Larger greenhouses and cellars: The expanded volume limit applies to both. Daylight and wall materials still determine greenhouse bonuses and cellar cooling.  Currently disabled. Working on a fix.

The spawn overlay can be toggled using a freely assignable hotkey under Settings → Controls:

• Red: A possible spawn location.
• Green: Protected by block light or unsuitable because of the floor or available clearance.

The overlay updates as lighting and blocks change. Activating it outside a valid room displays an error message. Leaving the displayed room removes the overlay.

A colorblind mode is available under Settings → Accessibility for players with red-green color vision difficulties (like me):

• Orange with an X: A possible spawn location.
• Blue with a circle: Protected or unsuitable.

Changes apply immediately and are saved locally. The additional symbols distinguish the two states without relying on color alone.

The light threshold and maximum room volume are configurable in "VintagestoryData/ModConfig/vssafehome.json"

In multiplayer, the server’s settings are authoritative and synchronized with clients. Configuration changes take effect after restarting the world or server.

SafeHome prevents new spawns at protected locations. Existing creatures are not removed and can still enter rooms. Dark areas remain potential spawn locations. The overlay considers suitable surfaces and available clearance; it does not predict actual spawn probability, player-distance restrictions, or population limits.

Requirements: Vintage Story 1.22.7. SafeHome must be installed on both the server and all clients in multiplayer. No additional mods are required.

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