nss_npc - changelog

1.2.0 (2026-08-28)

• New: wild animals and herds. Put them in the animals folder and list them in config_animals.lua. They wander around an anchor point, optionally as a herd and with real wild behaviour.
• New: optional respawn for herds, see respawn_delay_in_ms. Replacements appear away from every player, never in front of one.
• New: no spawn zones for ambient peds. Put them in the zones folder and list them in config_zones.lua. A zone deletes nothing, it stops the engine from placing new ambient peds inside it.
• New: setup helper for admins, see config_dev.lua. /npcdev draws herd anchors and zone centers as markers and as map blips, including a radius blip for the roaming area of a herd, /npcpos prints your position ready to paste. Regular players see nothing and no thread runs for them.
• Change: a broken or empty Config.NpcList no longer stops animals and zones from loading. The three parts are independent now.

What must be considered during update?

• Update nss_libs to version 0.37.4 or higher. Older versions leave an NPC standing in the world after the engine streamed it out and back in.
• The three new config files must exist, the manifest loads them. Empty lists are fine, then nothing happens.
• Animals are networked, so all players see the same ones and hunting scripts can work with them. Static NPCs stay local as before.
• Only ONE no spawn zone can be active at a time, that is an engine limit. If the player is near several, the nearest one wins, so zones should not overlap.

1.1.2 (2023-08-03)

• Fix blip title.

What must be considered during update?

• Update nss_libs to version 0.26.0 or higher.

1.1.1 (2023-04-03)

• Use new nss_libs version 0.23.0 with npc module update for better performance.

1.1.0 (2023-03-30)

• New prevent place on ground feature (add prevent_place_on_ground to NPC config).
• Add name as required property to NPC config.
• Add prompt support (add prompts property to NPC config).
• Add dependency check.

1.0.2 (2023-03-14)

• Prevent encrypting files in npcs folder.

1.0.1 (2023-02-17)

• Add blip support.

1.0.0 (2023-02-17)

• Initial release.