Obsticle spawning mechanics

Hey clashers, since this year we have a Christmas tree, I decided to lay out my base so that I can (hopefully) get one to spawn right in the corner of my village, however, I'm not familiar with the spawning mechanics of obstacles, so I have a question:

When an obstacle is about to spawn, does it A: pick a random spot, if the spot is empty, it spawns, if it isn't, it doesn't or does it keep picking random spots until it finds an unoccupied one?

I really wanted to get a Christmas tree right in the corner of my village. This is my layout:
http://i.imgur.com/Iec2TwP.jpg
Would this work? there is a space for the tree to spawn on the outside of the village at the bottom, but I'm not sure D:

special obstacles have been able to spawn anyway there is space available

i have a gravestone between two army camps that is spawned

A tree, like the christmas tree can spawn in any 2x2 area that is not occupied by a building, that means that it might also spawn right next to a building, ignoring the ring around it in which you cannot place troops, so in your layout, the tree might even spawn right in the center.

Xmas tree is 2x2 suggest leave a space before that green

They can spawn in the white zone too

Thanks for the replies! If I fix this, will the tree keep looking for somewhere to spawn until it finds the bottom corner?

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Originally Posted by Lo1

Hey clashers, since this year we have a Christmas tree, I decided to lay out my base so that I can (hopefully) get one to spawn right in the corner of my village, however, I'm not familiar with the spawning mechanics of obstacles, so I have a question:

When an obstacle is about to spawn, does it A: pick a random spot, if the spot is empty, it spawns, if it isn't, it doesn't or does it keep picking random spots until it finds an unoccupied one?

I really wanted to get a Christmas tree right in the corner of my village. This is my layout:
http://i.imgur.com/Iec2TwP.jpg
Would this work? there is a space for the tree to spawn on the outside of the village at the bottom, but I'm not sure D:

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Stuff will spawn anywhere on the outer edge of your layout, not just the corner. The "tall grass" is always available to spawn or drop troops.

Last years Christmas trees behaved like normal obstacles so could not spawn within 1 square of a building/obstacle. The Halloween headstones behaved like gemboxes and could spawn anywhere. How this years tree will behave is anybody's guess (I suspect like the headstone though).

I have 3 headstones that spawned outside even though there was plenty of space inside,Maybe I was lucky
Hope the same thing happens to the Xmas tree.

Thanks for the advice. I updated village layout, so that the whole map is covered without having any 2x2 or larger gaps. I'll update this thread when I see if it works well or not:)

In the meantime, can anyone tell me about the obstacle spawning mechanics? do obstacles keep trying to spawn until they find an open spot, or do they stop looking for somewhere to spawn if they don't find anywhere first time?

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Originally Posted by Lo1

In the meantime, can anyone tell me about the obstacle spawning mechanics? do obstacles keep trying to spawn until they find an open spot, or do they stop looking for somewhere to spawn if they don't find anywhere first time?

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I couldn't find any information to answer your question. We do know that obstacles spawn at the rate of 1 per 8 hours, if you have the will to time it you could answer your question.

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Originally Posted by Lo1

In the meantime, can anyone tell me about the obstacle spawning mechanics? do obstacles keep trying to spawn until they find an open spot, or do they stop looking for somewhere to spawn if they don't find anywhere first time?

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Here's your answer:

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Originally Posted by TheConfuzed1

I moved my buildings, and some wall pieces around, so that a Christmas tree would be forced to spawn on the outer rim.

Then I realized that I was making a mistake. From previous gem box threads, it has been explained that obstacle positioning is random, but pre-determined. If something happens to be blocking it, it simply won't spawn. I thought about this, and realized that I may have actually been preventing a tree from spawning, so I fixed my base.

Are my thoughts on this correct? What do you guys think?

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