monster_sentry Last edited 3 months ago2024-09-25 11:59:36 UTC

monster_sentry - Point Entity

A small, portable sentry gun, used by HECU marines to quickly set up defensive positions. Sentry guns can be configured to actively scan their surroundings, or to activate only when a nearby tripwire laser is triggered. The latter setup gives players a choice between carefully avoiding tripwires - a more stealthy approach - or actively engaging in combat - likely attracting nearby soldiers.

	Health	Bullet damage
Easy	40	3
Medium	40	4
Hard	50	5

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.

• 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 sentries. Use Target instead.
• Trigger Condition (TriggerCondition) - This controls the condition under which a monster will trigger its TriggerTarget. Unused by sentries. 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)
• Autostart (32) - Deploys as soon as player is in view of the sentry (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 spawn in deathmatch.
• Spawns with one span of the legs directly facing the Yaw angle in angles (i.e. 2 legs forward and 1 leg pointing 180° away from Yaw).
• Touching or dealing damage (that isn't lethal i.e. <40dmg) to the sentry activates/deploys it regardless of Start Inactive flag.
• Can see up to 1200 units away, and 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. The exception is when a sentry has been touched or damaged, they will never turn off.
• 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 sentry activate all other sentries in the vicinity (by trigger, touch, damage, or death), make them all have the same name, and put their own shared name as Target.
• A basic setup to make those laser-tripped sentries is by creating a trigger_once in the shape and span of the laser beams, targeting the sentry/ies by name.
• Unlike their big mounted cousins, sentries will never time out and retire after losing sight of enemies.
• Topples over in the direction of one of the three spans when dying, in case you need to know.