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@x3nec

For the giants above ground thing, just add another condition to your giant spawn entry:
if_y="above 60"

This will check if the giant is above y60, if it is below that then it won't spawn.

That won't stop them from spawning in higher caves though. I'm not really sure if there's a good way to prevent that. In the damaged.txt you could make it remove the giants if they get damaged by suffocation or something.
Edit: See above example. You can use if_sky_light_level to determine if they are in en enclosed space or not.

I'll post my updated sample code from before in a few minutes after I get it working.

@coldandtired

I've found that it works quite well. I had some issues earlier when I was trying to use multiple entries per action rather than multiple actions themselves (that was a while ago, I forget what was wrong. Probably something I did). When I was first trying to figure stuff out, my way is what I could get to work so I stuck with it.

I suppose if I'm going to try helping people in the comments though, I should probably update to the proper form. I'll see if I can get that working for me again. (Plus, I wouldn't want my wrong-code to be causing me unseen issues or eventually just end up breaking D: )
I assume linked actions still go outside of the <action> tags, correct?

@x3nec

That code you posted worked fine for me when I put it in my spawns.txt
Do you have anything else in there that might be throwing it off?

To add more 'control' for my types of mobs, you don't need to add more <event>s. You need to add more <action>s.

For example:

<event>
   <linked_action name="giantspawn" action="spawn" sub="mob" mob="giant"/>
   <linked_action name="sethealthgiant" action="set" sub="max_hp" value="200"/>
   <linked_action name="sethealthgiant2" action="set" sub="hp" value="200"/>
   <action>
      <entry if_mob="zombie" if_percent="below 5" action="giantspawn + sethealthgiant + sethealthgiant2"/>
   </action>
   <action>
      <entry if_mob="slime" if_y="above 60" action="cancel_event"/>
   </action>
</event>

This code will spawn Giants 5% of the time instead of zombies, with 200 max_hp and hp.
It will also stop slimes from spawning over y60, preventing those wretched swamp slimes from spawning and plerping all over the place.

@coldandtired

Ah, thanks for clearing that up about the if_death_cause thing, I wasn't quite sure how that worked and I didn't notice the killed by player condition.
Also, thanks for target list. That will be useful.

Keep up the good work :D

@facemywrath

Could you be more specific as to what you're trying to do?

Worst case scenario, you use the Extra Events config file and make a Timer that triggers once every second or so, then make your effects in the Timer.txt.

Though I wouldn't advise that without searching for other solutions first.

Very helpful! But how do I make something always active, not just at midnight or whatever...?

Is there a list for all valid options for 'target' somewhere? I have yet to really get any sort of targeted action to work out.

@facemywrath

Midnight, Midday, and Teleport each trigger during said event.

If it is Midnight, the Midnight.txt will be triggered and scanned, if any appropriate actions are called in midnight.txt then they will trigger.

For example, if you have something like this in the midnight.txt:

<event>
  <action>
    <entry action="broadcast" message="It's Midnight!"/>
  </action>
</event>

That example will make the server declare it is midnight. Of course, that is just a basic example. If you wanted it to, you could make it turn the Wolves into Angry Wolves and trigger the 'howl' sound (Which is unused by default minecraft, but mobs can make use of the soundfile that exists)

Teleport can be used for detecting when players or endermen teleport. Or other mobs, if they find a way to teleport.

Be sure to browse the tutorial site for useful info, such as what each events is used for:
http://mobs.sylian.eu/events/

@BlueDwarf

Ok I will try one last time and check all of that. Just in case I will update the plugin too. Thanks for all the help.

Wait a second, I don't understand... What's with all of the files like Midnight and Midday and Teleport and stuff. Do I add the events to there?

@facemywrath

  <linked_action name="expno" action="remove" sub="dropped_exp"/>
  <linked_action name="expzombie" action="spawn" sub="exp" amount="X"/>
  <linked_action name="exp<INSERT OTHER MOBNAME HERE>" action="spawn" sub="exp" amount="X"/>

Put whatever you want in the amount area.
Insert this into the 'dies.txt' and make conditions for each mob (if_mob="zombie" action="expno + expzombie")
Then you just make another linked action for each mob that you want to have custom exp drops, so each mob can have its own individual drops.

You can use commas in the amount="X,Y,Z" to allow for random exp drops.

You should probably ad another condition, if_death_cause="player" so that only mobs that die by the player drop XP. I'm not actually sure how to use the if_death_cause condition though ("player" is just a placeholder for whatever, it doesn't actually work when I test it)