NewNPCDirect() [1/2]

static NPC Terraria.NPC.NewNPCDirect ( IEntitySource source, int x, int y, int type, int start = 0, float ai0 = 0f, float ai1 = 0f, float ai2 = 0f, float ai3 = 0f, int target = 255 )

inlinestatic

This particular overload returns the actual NPC instance rather than the index of the spawned NPC within the F:Terraria.Main.npc array.
A short-hand for

Main.npc[NPC.NewNPC(...)]

Definition at line 112527 of file NPC.cs.

    {
        return Main.npc[NewNPC(source, x, y, type, start, ai0, ai1, ai2, ai3, target)];
    }

References Terraria.Main.npc.