Unstable 0.15.15.0 (and the one before it I forgor)

Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Events/EventPrefab.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
         public float Commonness;
         public string Identifier;
         public string BiomeIdentifier;
+        public float SpawnDistance;
 
         public bool UnlockPathEvent;
         public string UnlockPathTooltip;
@@ -46,25 +47,30 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             UnlockPathTooltip = element.GetAttributeString("unlockpathtooltip", "lockedpathtooltip");
             UnlockPathReputation = element.GetAttributeInt("unlockpathreputation", 0);
             UnlockPathFaction = element.GetAttributeString("unlockpathfaction", "");
+
+            SpawnDistance = element.GetAttributeFloat("spawndistance", 0);
+        }
+
+        public bool TryCreateInstance<T>(out T instance) where T : Event
+        {
+            instance = CreateInstance() as T;
+            return instance is T;
         }
 
         public Event CreateInstance()
         {
             ConstructorInfo constructor = EventType.GetConstructor(new[] { typeof(EventPrefab) });
-            object instance = null;
+            Event instance = null;
             try
             {
-                instance = constructor.Invoke(new object[] { this });
+                instance = constructor.Invoke(new object[] { this }) as Event;
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 DebugConsole.ThrowError(ex.InnerException != null ? ex.InnerException.ToString() : ex.ToString());
             }
-
-            Event ev = (Event)instance;
-            if (!ev.LevelMeetsRequirements()) { return null; }
-
-            return (Event)instance;
+            if (instance != null && !instance.LevelMeetsRequirements()) { return null; }
+            return instance;
         }
 
         public override string ToString()