monster_scientist Last edited 1 month ago2024-09-27 14:25:28 UTC

monster_scientist - Point Entity

Spawns a man in a lab coat, a blue undershirt, a ridiculous tie, and different hairstyles and faces depending on the bodygroup.

The scientist has 20 HP and will heal by 25 HP the entity they follow (mostly players) with a syringe assuming the latter has less than half of it's maximum health (50 HP for players) and the distance between them is less than 128 Hammer units. There is a "cooldown" of one minute before the scientist can use his syringe again. Those applies to all difficulties.

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.
• Patrol Path or Target (target) - Name of a path_corner that the monster entity would start patrolling. The monster must not be named.
• Body (body) - Which body (or head) to use for this scientist.
  • -1 = Random
  • 0 = Glasses
  • 1 = Einstein
  • 2 = Luther
  • 3 = Slick
    • In Half-Life: Blue-Shift, Slick's head (3) is in reality Rosenberg's. It would be best to use monster_rosenberg instead.

• 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

• Use Sentence (UseSentence)
• Un-Use Sentence (UnUseSentence)

• Animation Sequence (editor) (sequence)

Flags

• WaitTillSeen (1) - If enabled, this monster will ignore "visual assessment" of friendlies, enemies and such until he sees the player first. Requires the "Prisoner" flag to be disabled in order to work.
• Gag (2) - If enabled, this monster will not perform idle sounds neither engage in dialogue.
• MonsterClip (4) - If enabled, this monster will not be able to go through func_monsterclip.
• Prisoner (16) - If enabled, this monster will not bother looking at entities (a stricter version of "WaitTillSeen" flag if you prefer).
• WaitForScript (128) - Does nothing, not implemented.
• Pre-Disaster (256) - If enabled, this monster think the Black Mesa incident has not happened and thus will not follow the player if asked and will have different dialogue (idle, questions and answers).
• Fade Corpse (512) - If enabled, the corpse will fade and disappear when this monster is killed.

Related pages

• monster_sitting_scientist - scientists that actually pretend to look busy.
• monster_scientist_dead - scientists without the banter.
• monster_cleansuit_scientist (Half-Life: Opposing Force) - scientists without the ridiculous ties.
• monster_cleansuit_scientist_dead (Half-Life: Opposing Force) - same as above but less alive.
• monster_zombie - scientists with headcrabs living rent free on their noggins.
• Tutorial: Retina Scanners and Other NPC-Only Locked Doors - scientists that are walking keycards.