NPCs: Add random female and male names.

Spawner: Start adding metadata to spawner, places to NPCs. (WIP)

npc.lua

@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ end
 -- defined. On a later phase, pre-defining many of the NPC values
 -- will be allowed.
 
+local function get_random_name(sex)
+  local i = math.random(#npc.data.FIRST_NAMES[sex])
+  return npc.data.FIRST_NAMES[sex][i]
+end
+
 local function initialize_inventory()
   return {
     [1] = "",  [2] = "",  [3] = "",  [4] = "",
@@ -136,12 +141,6 @@ function npc.initialize(entity, pos, is_lua_entity)
 
   -- Avoid NPC to be removed by mobs_redo API
   ent.remove_ok = false
-
-  -- Set name
-  ent.nametag = "Kio"
-
-  -- Set ID
-  ent.npc_id = tostring(math.random(1000, 9999))..":"..ent.nametag
   
   -- Determine sex based on textures
   if (is_female_texture(ent.base_texture)) then
@@ -149,6 +148,12 @@ function npc.initialize(entity, pos, is_lua_entity)
   else
     ent.sex = npc.MALE
   end
+
+  -- Set name
+  ent.nametag = get_random_name(ent.sex)
+
+  -- Set ID
+  ent.npc_id = tostring(math.random(1000, 9999))..":"..ent.nametag
   
   -- Initialize all gift data
   ent.gift_data = {

random_data.lua

@@ -322,6 +322,29 @@ npc.data.DIALOGUES.male["phase6"] = {
 	},
 }
 
+-- Names
+npc.data.FIRST_NAMES = {
+	female = {
+		"Kimy",
+		"Lili",
+		"Cora",
+		"Caroline",
+		"Gloria",
+		"Mary",
+		"Mayra",
+		"Arlene"
+	},
+	male = {
+		"Jote",
+		"Luis",
+		"Charles",
+		"Joseph",
+		"Gerald",
+		"Kiko",
+		"Michael"
+	}
+}
+
 -- Items
 -- Favorite items, disliked items lists
 npc.FAVORITE_ITEMS = {

spawner.lua

@@ -56,10 +56,31 @@ npc.spawner.replace_activated = true
 npc.spawner.replacement_interval = 60
 npc.spawner.spawn_delay = 10
 
+npc.spawner.spawn_data = {
+ status = {
+    "dead" = 0,
+    "alive" = 1
+  }
+}
+
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Scanning functions
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+-- Creates an array of {pos=<node_pos>, owner=''} for managing
+-- which NPC owns what
+function spawner.get_nodes_by_type(start_pos, end_pos, type)
+  local result = {}
+  local nodes = npc.places.find_node_in_area(start_pos, end_pos, type)
+  for _,node_pos in pairs(nodes) do
+    local entry = {}
+    entry["node_pos"] = node_pos
+    entry["owner"] = ''
+    table.insert(result, entry)
+  end
+  return result
+end
+
 -- Scans an area for the supported nodes: beds, benches,
 -- furnaces, storage (e.g. chests) and openable (e.g. doors).
 -- Returns a table with these classifications
@@ -75,16 +96,23 @@ function spawner.scan_area(start_pos, end_pos)
     openable_type = {}
   }
 
-  result.bed_type = npc.places.find_node_in_area(start_pos, end_pos, npc.places.nodes.BED_TYPE)
-  result.sittable_type = npc.places.find_node_in_area(start_pos, end_pos, npc.places.nodes.SITTABLE_TYPE)
-  result.furnace_type = npc.places.find_node_in_area(start_pos, end_pos, npc.places.nodes.FURNACE_TYPE)
-  result.storage_type = npc.places.find_node_in_area(start_pos, end_pos, npc.places.nodes.STORAGE_TYPE)
-  result.openable_type = npc.places.find_node_in_area(start_pos, end_pos, npc.places.nodes.OPENABLE_TYPE)
+  result.bed_type = spawner.get_nodes_by_type(start_pos, end_pos, npc.places.nodes.BED_TYPE)
+  result.sittable_type = spawner.get_nodes_by_type(start_pos, end_pos, npc.places.nodes.SITTABLE_TYPE)
+  result.furnace_type = spawner.get_nodes_by_type(start_pos, end_pos, npc.places.nodes.FURNACE_TYPE)
+  result.storage_type = spawner.get_nodes_by_type(start_pos, end_pos, npc.places.nodes.STORAGE_TYPE)
+  result.openable_type = spawner.get_nodes_by_type(start_pos, end_pos, npc.places.nodes.OPENABLE_TYPE)
 
   --minetest.log("Found nodes inside area: "..dump(result))
   return result
 end
 
+-- This function will assign places to every NPC that belongs to a specific
+-- house/building. It will use the resources of the house and give them
+-- until there's no more. Call this function after NPCs are initialized
+function spawner.assign_places(pos, self)
+
+end
+
 -- This function is called when the node timer for spawning NPC
 -- is expired 
 function npc.spawner.spawn_npc(pos)
@@ -107,6 +135,19 @@ function npc.spawner.spawn_npc(pos)
       spawned_npc_count = spawned_npc_count + 1
       -- Store count into node
       meta:set_int("spawned_npc_count", spawned_npc_count)
+      -- Store spawned NPC data into node
+      local npc_table = minetest.deserialize(meta:get_string("npcs"))
+      -- TODO: Add more information here at some time...
+      local entry = {
+        status = npc.spawner.spawn_data.status.alive,
+        name = ent:get_luaentity().nametag,
+        id = ent:get_luaentity().npc_id,
+        born_day = minetest.get_day_count()
+      }
+      table.insert(npc_table, entry)
+      -- Store into metadata
+      meta:set_string("npcs", minetest.serialize(npc_table))
+      -- Temp
       meta:set_string("infotext", meta:get_string("infotext")..", "..spawned_npc_count)
       minetest.log("[advanced_npc] Spawning successful!")
       -- Check if there are more NPCs to spawn
@@ -220,6 +261,9 @@ function spawner.replace_mg_villages_plotmarker(pos)
       local nodedata = spawner.scan_mg_villages_building(pos, building_data)
       -- Store nodedata into the spawner's metadata
       meta:set_string("node_data", minetest.serialize(nodedata))
+      -- Initialize NPCs
+      local npcs = {}
+      meta:set_string("npcs", minetest.serialize(npcs))
       -- Stop searching for building type
       break