W3: the Cove (bay, pond, pier for sea fishing), mackerel and cod (cod only in deep water), non-start worldlets offered for testing when run from source

scripts/world/props.gd

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const FLOWER_COLORS := [
 @export var grass_tiles_per_update: int = 6
 
 var terrain: Node3D
+var pier: Node3D      ## the Cove's pier, kept clear of scenery (set by the world)
 var _player: Node3D
 var _spawn := Vector3.ZERO
 var _forest_noise := FastNoiseLite.new()
@@ -417,7 +418,10 @@ func _scatter_trees() -> void:
 
 ## Open grassy strip along the sea-cliff edge: no trees, bushes or boulders, so
 ## the view out to sea is clear and you can walk right up to the edge.
+## (Also kept clear: the Cove's pier and the sand by its foot.)
 func _on_clifftop(x: float, z: float) -> bool:
+	if pier != null and pier.covers(x, z, 2.0):
+		return true
 	return terrain.sea_weight(x, z) > 0.5 and not terrain.inside_boundary(x, z, 10.0) \
 		and terrain.inside_boundary(x, z, -8.0)
 
@@ -486,7 +490,7 @@ func _scatter_rocks() -> void:
 	# Sea stacks: tall pillars standing off the cliff (no collision, unreachable).
 	var placed := 0
 	var tries := 0
-	while placed < 9 and tries < 200:
+	while placed < 9 and tries < 200 and terrain._has_sea:   # (only off a sea cliff)
 		tries += 1
 		var ang: float = terrain.sea_angle_deg + rng.randf_range(-1.0, 1.0) * (terrain.sea_half_width_deg + 8.0)
 		var p: Vector2 = terrain.coast_point(ang, rng.randf_range(10.0, 48.0))
@@ -672,7 +676,7 @@ func _scatter_pickups() -> void:
 				continue
 			var h: float = terrain.sample_height(x, z)
 			var n: Vector3 = terrain.sample_normal(x, z)
-			if h < terrain.water_level + 0.3 or n.y < 0.8:
+			if h < terrain.water_level + 0.3 or n.y < 0.8 or (pier != null and pier.covers(x, z, 1.0)):
 				continue
 			var chance := 1.0
 			match id: