Pondfish

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-06

Overview

pondfish.lua defines two prefabs—pondfish and pondeel—that represent raw fish and eel items in the world. These prefabs are created via shared factory logic (commonfn) and assembled with components that handle perishability, cooking, edibility, tradability, weight measurement, and animations. The prefabs also feature a periodic "flop" animation to simulate life before pickup. They interact with the bait, inventoryitem, perishable, cookable, edible, lootdropper, tradable, weighable, and murderable components.

Usage example

This file is not directly instantiated as a component. Instead, it exports prefabs (pondfish and pondeel) that are used elsewhere in the codebase, for example when fishing:

-- Example: Fishingrod.lua spawns pondfish prefabs as loot
local fish = SpawnPrefab("pondfish")

Dependencies & tags

Components used: bait, perishable, cookable, inspectable, inventoryitem, murderable, lootdropper, edible, tradable, weighable

Tags added: fish, pondfish, meat, catfood, smallcreature, weighable_fish (conditionally added when weight data is provided)

Properties

No public properties—this file defines prefab constructors, not a component class.

Main functions

Not applicable

Events & listeners

• Listens to: on_loot_dropped — triggers ondroppedasloot to set weighable.prefab_override_owner when dropped by another entity.
• Pushes: None directly (events are handled by attached components).