new monsters Created 20 years ago2004-08-03 14:20:09 UTC by cyanide

ok, so ive made my own monster, its in mod/models/monster.mdl
how do i put this new monster into a map?

If you want your monster to have behavior of a certain monster, such as a zombie or hgrunt, you need to rename monster.mdl to zombie or hgrunt.mdl. Then, put a hgrunt or zombie in your map and youre good to go.

so u cant have a duplicate of the same monster but slightly different
ie:
monster_zombie -normal HL zombie
monster_zombie2 -modded skin/new custom monster

This requires you to change the model itself. It can be done with the help of bodygroups, like the grunt model that has 4 heads (bodygroup: heads) and 3 weapons (bodygroup: weapons)*. Now when you turn on SmartEdit in a monsters properties, you can add keys. Add a key named 'body' and give it a value. This value corresponds with a unique combination of body-group options.

*The third 'weapon' is void, you get this when a grunt dies and loses his weapon.

So yes, it's possible to have different versions of an enemy, just like how the grunts have several appeareances, but it does require some modelling knowledge.

If you want two different types of zombies with new animations though, you'd have to add new code and make a new mod.

You can also change the skins and such by adding new skins to the models' skingroups. Afaik, these are chosen randomly.

how do i add a new skingroup to a model?
how do i ad a new body to a model? lol argh.

It may help greatly when you decompile the hgrunt.mdl and look at it's .qc file and it's .smd files. It's not so difficult to find out yourself then, as you already know how to model...

Afaik, from a little modelling experience, this is all set in the .qc file you get when you decompile a model. Check the forums section of HIT under 'Help Desk', there is some useful information on modeling there that may help you.

http://hl-improvement.com