Spawning stackables(?)

[septor]

I've searched for how to do this (spawning stackables, spawner stackables) and ran though the first 4 pages of threads in this section. I've also ran through the FAQs many many times, and I'm pretty sure nothing in there explains how to do this.

What I'm trying to do is have a stack of 10 boards spawn right on top of a spawner. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this. I've set the amout to 10, I've set the count to 10. I've tried every way I can think of to enter into the box what to spawn. I give up.

Can anyone point me in the direction of what I should do? Maybe a possible search string I could use to access an existing thread with this information?

[artio]

depends on which spawner you are using, i'd think.
i did find this link for XML2 Spawners. Hope it helps

XMLSpawnerFan -> How Do I - Add items to a spawned mob or container

[ArteGordon]

most stackables have a constructor that will take an 'amount' argument. So with xmlspawner you could spawn it like

board,10

or, if there isnt such a constructor you can just use the standard zero-arg constructor and manually set the Amount property on the item like

board/amount/10

If you are using the distro spawner, or another spawner that does not support constructors that take arguments you will have to script a new item that can be spawned with no arguments that sets the stack amount in its constructor.

[septor]

Thanks guys, I'll look into XMLSpawner.

[Lord_Greywolf]

megaspawner also allows you to spawn stackables
and can be random amounts also (like 10 to 20 or just 10 to 10)
and even a random range if you want

[septor]

XmlSpawner worked perfectly. Thanks a lot.