monster_turret Last edited 1 month ago2024-09-25 13:11:54 UTC

monster_turret - Point Entity

The big brother of the monster_miniturret, this turret is part of Black Mesa's automated defense systems. However, since the military has taken control of the facility, it will fire at anyone and anything that isn't a human soldier. By default it will scan its surroundings for targets, deploying as soon as it spots a target, but in some cases it is possible to enable or disable the system by cutting its power or via a nearby console. Fires 12mm bullets.

	Health	Bullet damage
Easy	50	8
Medium	50	10
Hard	60	10

Attributes

• Name (targetname) - Property used to identify entities.
• Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X) (angles) - Sets the pitch (up / down), yaw (left / right) and roll (bank) respectively. The compass in WorldCraft / Hammer / J.A.C.K. corresponds to Yaw. Monsters will spawn facing this direction.
• Target (target) - Name of entity/ies to trigger according to various criteria. See notes for details.

• Orientation (orientation)
  • 0 = Floor Mount
  • 1 = Ceiling Mount
• Max search time (maxsleep) - [undocumented] Time in seconds to continue searching for an enemy after losing them before retiring. Defaults to 15 if 0 or blank.
• Turning rate (per 0.1s) (turnrate) - [undocumented] Turning rate of turret when tracking enemies, in degrees per 0.1 second. Defaults to 30 if 0 or blank.

• Render FX (renderfx) - 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 Mode (rendermode) - 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)
• FX Color (R G B) (rendercolor)

• Trigger Target (TriggerTarget) - The event to trigger when the Trigger Condition is met. Unused by this entity. Use Target instead.
• Trigger Condition (TriggerCondition) - This controls the condition under which a monster will trigger its TriggerTarget. Unused by this entity. The options are:
  • 0 = No Trigger
  • 1 = See Player, Mad at Player
  • 2 = Take Damage
  • 3 = 50% Health Remaining
  • 4 = Death
  • 7 = Hear World
  • 8 = Hear Player
  • 9 = Hear Combat
  • 10 = See Player Unconditional
  • 11 = See Player, Not In Combat

• Animation Sequence (editor) (sequence)

Flags

• WaitTillSeen (1)
• Gag (2)
• MonsterClip (4)
• Prisoner (16) - Makes turret not able to acquire enemies to shoot at.
• Autostart (32) - Deploys as soon as player is in view of the turret (actually the reverse, it has 360° vision.)
• Start Inactive (64) - Check against Autostart flag: the above only functions if entity is activated.
• WaitForScript (128)
• Pre-Disaster (256)
• Fade Corpse (512)

Notes

• Can't be damaged until activated.
• The shell/cover is bulletproof.
• Doesn't have physics (fall).
• Can spawn in deathmatch.
• Can see in all directions.
• Can be toggled by name. Also recognize specific ON or OFF signals by using trigger_relay with Trigger state set to ON or OFF respectively.
• Target is fired when:
  • Deploying (trigger state: ON)
  • Retiring (trigger state: OFF)
  • Touched → Deploys (trigger state: ON)
  • Triggered → Deploys/Retires depending on state (passes resulting trigger state)
  • Dying (trigger state: ON)
• To have one turret activate all other turrets in the vicinity (by trigger, touch, damage, or death), make them all have the same name, and put their own shared name as Target.
• When losing sight of all targets, will spin down and scan the area for some time (default 15s) before retracting back. If Autostart flag is enabled, will continue to detect enemies and re-deploys as soon as an enemy is sighted.
• Turning off turrets explicitly turns off their auto-start feature as set in the Autostart flag.

Related pages

• monster_miniturret - Less beefy version of the turret.
• monster_sentry - HECU's portable version.