func_tankairboatgun

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Contents 1 Entity Description 2 Availability 3 Keyvalues 4 Flags 5 Inputs 6 Outputs

Entity Description

A brush entity that functions as an airboat gun turret.

Availability

This brush-based entity is available in: HL2. In code it is represented by class CFuncTankAirboatGun, defined in hl2_dll\func_tank.cpp.

Keyvalues

• Targetname:

• Parentname:

• Origin:

• Angles:

• RenderFields:

• Global:

• Shadow:

• control_volume

<target_destination> Name of a trigger the specifies the volume in which a player must be to control this tank.

• master

<target_destination> (Team) Master.

• yawrange

<float> Yaw range.

• yawtolerance

<float> Yaw tolerance.

• pitchrate

<float> Pitch rate.

• pitchrange

<float> Pitch range.

• pitchtolerance

<float> Pitch tolerance.

• barrel

<float> Barrel Length.

• barrely

<float> Barrel Horizontal.

• barrelz

<float> Barrel Vertical.

• spritesmoke

<sprite> Smoke Sprite.

• spriteflash

<sprite> Flash Sprite.

• spritescale

<float> Sprite scale.

• rotatestartsound

<sound> Rotate Start Sound.

• rotatesound

<sound> Rotate Loop Sound.

• rotatestopsound

<sound> Rotate Stop Sound.

• firerate

<float> Rate of Fire. Number of bullets fired before the tank pauses.

• bullet_damage

<integer> If set to 0, it'll use the base weapon bullet's damage.

• bullet_damage_vs_player

<integer> If set to 0, it'll use the Damage Per Bullet value.

• persistence

<float> (Seconds) How long to keep firing at last known position after lose sight of target.

• persistence2

<float> (Seconds) After lost enemy and persistence time has passed, how long to occasionally fire at enemy's last known position.

• firespread

<choices> Bullet accuracy.

Literal value	Description
0	Perfect Shot
1	Small cone
2	Medium cone
3	Large cone
4	Extra-large cone

• minRange

<float> Minmum target range.

• maxRange

<float> Maximum target range.

• _minlight

<integer> Minimum light level.

• gun_barrel_attach

<string> If Parent is specified, this is the attachment point on the parent to fire from. If you specify this, you'll want to specify the Gun Base Attachment too.

• gun_yaw_pose_param

<string> If Parent + the Gun Pitch Pose Param is specified, then the gun itself will be invisible and the func_tank will steer a gun on the parent using the pose parameters.

• gun_yaw_pose_center

<float> The center yaw pose parameter of the gun on the parent.

• gun_pitch_pose_param

<string> If Parent + the Gun Yaw Pose Param is specified, then the gun itself will be invisible and the func_tank will steer a gun on the parent using the pose parameters.

• gun_pitch_pose_center

<float> The center pitch pose parameter of the gun on the parent.

• ammo_count

<integer> Only applies to player use. -1 = unlimited ammo.

• LeadTarget

<choices> Lead Target.

Literal value	Description
0	No
1	Yes

• npc_man_point

<target_destination> Point where NPC must stand to man this func_tank.

• playergraceperiod

<float> If specified, NPC's manning this func tank won't fire at the player, after firing at a non-player, for this amount of time.

• ignoregraceupto

<float> The player grace period is ignored if the player's under this distance from the func_tank.

• playerlocktimebeforefire

<float> The tank must have the player as a target for this amount of time before it's allowed to fire.

• effecthandling

<choices> Effect Handling.

Literal value	Description
0	Use Individual Settings.
1	AR2
2	Combine Cannon

• airboat_gun_model

<target_destination> Name of a prop_dynamic which is the airboat gun model.

Flags

• 1 : Active
• 16 : Only Direct
• 32 : Controllable
• 64 : Damage Kick
• 1024 : NPC Controllable
• 2048 : NPC Set Controller
• 4096 : Allow friendlies to hit player
• 32768 : Non-solid.
• 131072 : Cheat when shooting player

Every third shot is direct hit

Inputs

• Targetname:

• Parentname:

• Shadow:

• Activate

Turn the tank on

• Deactivate

Turn the tank off (go dormant)

• SetFireRate <string>

How fast to fire (0 = don't fire)

• SetDamage <string>

Set the Damage Per Bullet

• SetTargetPosition <string>

World position that I should aim at

• SetTargetDir <vector>

Direction to aim at.

• SetTargetEntityName <target_destination>

Name of entity I should follow/attack

• SetTargetEntity <targetname>

Entity I should follow/attack (output from other entity only To do: really?)

• ClearTargetEntity

Clear the entity I should be attacking.

• FindNPCToManTank <string>

Find a nearby NPC to man this func_tank.

• StartFindingNPCs

Start searching for NPCs to man this func_tank.

• StopFindingNPCs

Stop searching for NPCs to man this func_tank.

• ForceNPCOff

Force the NPC manning this func_tank (if any) to leave.

• SetMaxRange <float>

Set the max range of the func_tank.

Outputs

• Targetname:

• OnFire

Fires when the tank fires its bullets

• OnAquireTarget

Fires when target is newly in range and can be shot

• OnLoseTarget

Fires when when target goes out of range

• OnAmmoDepleted

Fires when tank runs out of ammo

• OnGotController

Fires when an NPC starts to control this tank. Players do NOT fire this input.

• OnLostController

Fires when the NPC controller of the tank stops controlling it. Players do NOT fire this input.

• OnGotPlayerController

Fires when a Player starts to control this tank. NPCs do NOT fire this input.

• OnLostPlayerController

Fires when the Player controller of the tank stops controlling it. NPCs do NOT fire this input.

• OnReadyToFire

Fires once when the tank is done waiting to fire between rounds