World¶

Lua calls World:method(...). The live map is not published to scripts; these wrappers go through the private host.

Source: Content/Lua/World.lua.

Methods¶

Signature	Notes
`World:addCreatureToWorld(creature)`
`World:addItemToWorld(item)`
`World:addStaticLightSource(position, tileLightWidth)`
`World:betterExplosion(location, power, tileRange, blockDestruction, simple, source)`
`World:createExplosion(location, power, tileRange, doTileDamage)`
`World:createFlora(floraStringID, posX, posY, growthPercent)`
`World:createProjectile(projectileTypeString, locX, locY, velX, velY)`
`World:createStatusEffect(statusEffectType, intensity, duration, target)`
`World:findClosestTarget(location, pixelRange, requireLOS, ignoreEntity)`
`World:findRandomTarget(location, pixelRange, requireLOS, ignoreEntity)`
`World:getEntitiesTouchingCircle(globalPosition, pixelRange)`
`World:getFloraBaseWidth(floraStringID)`
`World:getNearbyStructures(globalPosition, structureID, pixelRange)`
`World:getNearestFlora(posX, posY)`
`World:getNewItem(fullItemUniqueString)`
`World:getTile(tileX, tileY)`
`World:getTileDensity(tileX, tileY)`
`World:getTileHitSound(tileX, tileY)`
`World:getTime()`
`World:getTimeDeltaMS()`
`World:getTimeDiffMS(time1, time2)`
`World:isCoveringType(tileX, tileY)`
`World:isEventActive(eventTag)`
`World:playParticleEffectOnce(particleEffectPath, particleEmitPosition)`
`World:playSpriterFX(uniqueIDString, targetEntity)`
`World:popItem(locX, locY, uniqueItemTypeID)`
`World:removeStaticLightSource(lightSource)`
`World:setCoveringType(tileX, tileY, coveringTypeID)`
`World:spawnCreature(creatureStringID)`
`World:spawnItem(locX, locY, uniqueItemTypeID, rotation, velX, velY, isThrown)`

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