Monster flyer

This Page contains informations about an Obsidian Conflict Entity, which means it is only availible for Obsidian Conflict or rather in that form it is explained.

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Entity description

This entity spawns a Boid, that fly randomly. Doesnt have A.I. and dont interact with the player or other npcs. Is inoffensive.

Keyvalues

• Name targetname <target_source> The name that other entities refer to this entity by.

• Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X) angles <angle> This entity's orientation in the world. Pitch is rotation around the Y axis, yaw is the rotation around the Z axis, roll is the rotation around the X axis.

• Render FX renderfx <choices> Gives objects special render effects. Think of it as modifying whatever the Render Mode puts out. The options are as follows:

       0 = Normal
       1 = Slow Pulse
       2 = Fast Pulse
       3 = Slow Wide Pulse
       4 = Fast Wide Pulse
       5 = Slow Fade Away
       6 = Fast Fade Away
       7 = Slow Become Solid
       8 = Fast Become Solid
       9 = Slow Strobe
       10 = Fast Strobe
       11 = Faster Strobe
       12 = Slow Flicker
       13 = Fast Flicker
       14 = Constant Glow
       15 = Distort
       16 = Hologram (Distort and Fade)

• Render Distance renderdist <integer> currently only useable in combination with Hologram RenderFX

• Render Mode rendermode <choices> Used to set a non-standard rendering mode on this entity. See also 'FX Amount' and 'FX Color'. Controls the type of rendering that is used for an object. Options are:

       0 = Normal
       1 = Color
       2 = Texture
       3 = Glow
       4 = Solid
       5 = Additive

• FX Amount (0 - 255) renderamt <integer> The FX amount is used by the selected Render Mode.

• FX Color (R G B) rendercolor <color255> The FX color is used by the selected Render Mode.

• Disable Receiving Shadows disablereceiveshadows <choices>

• Damage Filter damagefilter <target_destination> Name of the filter entity that controls which entities can damage us.

• Response Contexts ResponseContext <string> Response system context(s) for this entity. Format should be: 'key:value,key2:value2,etc'. When this entity speaks, the list of keys & values will be passed to the response rules system.

• Disable shadows disableshadows <choices>

• Target Path Corner target <target_destination> If set, the name of a path corner entity that this NPC will walk to, after spawning.

• Squad Name squadname <string> NPCs that are in the same squad (i.e. have matching squad names) will share information about enemies, and will take turns attacking and covering each other.

• Hint Group hintgroup <string> Hint groups are used by NPCs to restrict their hint-node searching to a subset of the map's hint nodes. Only hint nodes with matching hint group names will be considered by this NPC.

• Hint Limit Nav hintlimiting <choices> Limits NPC to using specified hint group for navigation requests, but does not limit local navigation.

• spawnflags spawnflags <flags>

• Sleep State sleepstate <choices> Holds the NPC in stasis until specified condition. See also 'Wake Radius' and 'Wake Squad'.

• Wake Radius wakeradius <float> Auto-wake if player within this distance

• Wake Squad wakesquad <choices> Wake all of the NPCs squadmates if the NPC is woken

• Enemy Filter enemyfilter <target_destination> Filter by which to filter potential enemies

• Ignore unseen enemies ignoreunseenenemies <choices> Prefer visible enemies, regardless of distance or relationship priority

• Physics Impact Damage Scale physdamagescale <float> Scales damage energy when this character is hit by a physics object. With a value of 0 the NPC will take no damage from physics.

• Health npchealth <integer> Number of points of damage to take before dying. 0 means use default health.

• Custom Name npcname <string> Name that will appear when your crosshair is on this npc. If left blank, it will display the classname of this npc.

• Custom Model model <studio>

• NPC Owner npcownerent <target_destination> Changes interactions between this ent and the chosen ent.

• Team teamnumber <choices> Sets this NPC's team. NPCs are agressive to everything not on their team. Only has an effect if teamplay is enabled in your map.

• Bounding Box Min CustomBounding1 <string> Bounding Box Min Vector(three spaced numbers, no commas), the bottom most point of this NPCs bounding box. ( Do not use negative values! ) Custom Boundingbox which should encompass all hitboxes. Hitboxes not encompased will not be used.

• Bounding Box Max CustomBounding2 <string> Bounding Box Max Vector(three spaced numbers, no commas), the top most point of this NPCs bounding box. ( Do not use negative values! ) Custom Boundingbox which should encompass all hitboxes. Hitboxes not encompased will not be used.

Inputs

• Kill Removes this entity from the world.

• KillHierarchy Removes this entity and all its children from the world.

• AddOutput <string> Adds an entity I/O connection to this entity. Format: <output name> <targetname>:<inputname>:<parameter>:<delay>:<max times to fire (-1 == infinite)>. Very dangerous, use with care.

• FireUser1 Causes this entity's OnUser1 output to be fired.

• FireUser2 Causes this entity's OnUser2 output to be fired.

• FireUser3 Causes this entity's OnUser3 output to be fired.

• FireUser4 Causes this entity's OnUser4 output to be fired.

• Alpha <integer> Set the sprite's alpha (0 - 255).

• Color <color255> Set the sprite's color (R G B).

• SetDamageFilter <string> Sets the entity to use as damage filter. Pass in an empty string to clear the damage filter.

• AddContext <string> Adds a context to this entity's list of response contexts. The format should be 'key:value'.

• RemoveContext <string> Remove a context from this entity's list of response contexts. The name should match the 'key' of a previously added context.

• ClearContext Removes all contexts in this entity's list of response contexts.

• DisableShadow Turn shadow off.

• EnableShadow Turn shadow on.

• SetRelationship <string> Changes this entity's relationship with another entity or class. Format: <entityname/classname> <D_HT/D_FR/D_LI/D_NU> <priority>

• SetEnemyFilter <string> Changes this NPC's enemy filter to the named filter.

• SetHealth <integer> Set this NPC's health.

• SetBodyGroup <integer> HACK: Sets this NPC's body group (from 0 - n). You'd better know what you are doing!

• physdamagescale <float> Sets the value that scales damage energy when this character is hit by a physics object. NOTE: 0 means this feature is disabled for backwards compatibility.

• Ignite Ignite, burst into flames

• IgniteLifetime <float> Ignite, with a parameter lifetime.

• IgniteNumHitboxFires <integer> Ignite, with a parameter number of hitbox fires.

• IgniteHitboxFireScale <float> Ignite, with a parameter hitbox fire scale.

• Break Break, smash into pieces

• StartScripting Enter scripting state. In this state, NPCs ignore a variety of stimulus that would make them break out of their scripts: They ignore danger sounds, ignore +USE, don't idle speak or respond to other NPC's idle speech, and so on.

• StopScripting Exit scripting state.

• SetSquad <string> Set the name of this NPC's squad. It will be removed from any existing squad automatically. Leaving the parameter blank will remove the NPC from any existing squad.

• Wake Wakes up the NPC if it is sleeping.

• ForgetEntity <string> Clears out the NPC's knowledge of a named entity.

• GagEnable Turn on the NPC Gag flag. NPC won't speak outside of choreographed scenes.

• GagDisable Turn off the NPC Gag flag.

• IgnoreDangerSounds <float> Ignore danger sounds for the specified number of seconds.

• HolsterWeapon Force the NPC to holster their weapon. Ignored if the NPC is scripting, if the NPC's weapon is already holstered, or if the NPC doesn't use weapons.

• HolsterAndDestroyWeapon Identical to HolsterWeapon, except the weapon is destroyed once it has been holstered and concealed.

• UnholsterWeapon Force the NPC to draw their weapon. Ignored if the NPC is scripting, if the NPC's weapon is already drawn, or if the NPC doesn't use weapons.

• ForceInteractionWithNPC <string> Force the NPC to use a dynamic interaction with another NPC. Parameter format: <target NPC name> <dynamic interaction name>

• UpdateEnemyMemory <string> Update (or Create) this NPC's memory of an enemy and its location

BecomeRagdoll This NPC will instantly become a ragdoll with ZERO force (just go limp). OnDeath, OnHalfHealth, etc. Outputs *will **NOT** BE FIRED.

Outputs

• OnUser1 Fired in response to FireUser1 input.

• OnUser2 Fired in response to FireUser2 input.

• OnUser3 Fired in response to FireUser3 input.

• OnUser4 Fired in response to FireUser4 input.

• OnDamaged Fired when this NPC takes damage.

• OnDeath Fired when this NPC is killed.

• OnHalfHealth Fired when this NPC reaches half of its maximum health.

• OnHearWorld Fired when this NPC hears a sound (other than combat or the player).

• OnHearPlayer Fired when this NPC hears the player.

• OnHearCombat Fired when this NPC hears combat sounds.

• OnFoundEnemy <string> Fired when this NPC establishes line of sight to its enemy (outputs entity).

• OnLostEnemyLOS Fired when this NPC loses line of sight to its enemy.

• OnLostEnemy Fired when this NPC loses its enemy. Usually due to the enemy being killed/removed, or because this NPC has selected a newer, more dangerous enemy.

• OnFoundPlayer <string> Fired when this NPC establishes line of sight to its enemy, and that enemy is a player (outputs player entity).

• OnLostPlayerLOS Fired when this NPC loses line of sight to its enemy, and that enemy is a player.

• OnLostPlayer Fired when this NPC loses its enemy, and that enemy was a player. Usually due to the enemy being killed/removed, or because this NPC has selected a newer, more dangerous enemy.

• OnDamagedByPlayer Fired when this NPC is hurt by a player.

• OnDamagedByPlayerSquad Fired when this NPC is hurt by a player OR by one of the player's squadmates.

• OnDenyCommanderUse Fired when this NPC has refused to join the player's squad.

• OnSleep Fired when this NPC enters a sleep state.

• OnWake Fired when this NPC comes out of a sleep state.

• OnForcedInteractionStarted Fired when the NPC starts a forced interaction.

• OnForcedInteractionAborted Fired when the NPC aborts a forced interaction for some reason (target NPC died, couldn't be pathed to, etc)

• OnForcedInteractionFinished NPCs in actbusies can no longer perform dynamic interactions.

Flags

• Wait Till Seen
• Gag (No IDLE sounds until angry)
• Fall to ground (unchecked means "teleport" to ground)
• Drop Healthkit
• Efficient - Don´t acquire enemies or avoid obstacles
• Wait for script
• Long visibility/shoot
• Think outside PVS
• Template NPC (used by npc_maker, will not spawn)
• Do Alternate collision for this npc (player avoidance)
• Don´t drop weapons
• Ignore player push (dont give away to player)
• Do NOT fade corpse