monster_flyer_flock Last edited 1 month ago2024-09-24 03:27:41 UTC

monster_flyer_flock - Point Entity

Spawns a flock of Xenian flyers. They'll just fly around the place following a "leader" amongst them and avoiding obstacles – a simulation of boid behaviour.

Attributes

• Flock Size (iFlockSize) - Number of flyers to spawn.
• Flock Radius (flFlockRadius) - Contrary to its name, only sets the X and Y coordinate spread area from the entity's origin for the flock to spawn. Doesn't affect flocking behaviour afterwards.
• 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.

• Name (targetname) - Property used to identify entities.
• Patrol Path or Target (target) - Name of a path_corner that the monster entity would start patrolling.

• 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. Used by monsters.
• Trigger Condition (TriggerCondition) - This controls the condition under which a monster will trigger its Trigger Target. 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)
• WaitForScript (128)
• Pre-Disaster (256)
• Fade Corpse (512)

Notes

• Can't be controlled nor killed.
• Can spawn in deathmatch.
• Not affected by func_monsterclip.
• Disregarding flFlockRadius, the flyers always try to be between 100 to 256 units between each other.
• You can spawn a single monster_flyer, in which case the render properties would work.