Weapon mg42: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 06:15, 19 May 2025

The weaponmodel displayed in the Modelviewer.

This entity is not in the FGD by default.
See below for instructions on making it available.

The MG 42 is a machine gun used by the Axis machine gunners.

Important:If placed directly in the map, the weapon will respawn after a few seconds. See DODS/Creating Weapon Spawns for workarounds.

Name (targetname) <string>[ Edit ]: The name that other entities refer to this entity by, via Inputs/Outputs or other keyvalues (e.g. parentname or target).
Also displayed in Hammer's 2D views and Entity Report. See also: Generic Keyvalues, Inputs and Outputs available to all entities

Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X) (angles) <QAngle>: This entity's orientation in the world. Pitch is rotation around the Y axis, yaw is the rotation around the Z axis, roll is the rotation around the X axis.

Weapon:

OnNPCPickup: !activator = NPC
!caller = this entity
Fires when an NPC picks up this weapon.

OnPlayerUse: !activator = player
!caller = this entity
Fires when the player +uses this weapon.

OnPlayerPickup: !activator = player
!caller = this entity
Fires when a player picks up this weapon.

OnCacheInteraction: Fires when the player 'proves' they've found this weapon. Fires on: Player Touch, +USE pickup, Physcannon pickup, Physcannon punt.

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-{{wrongtitle|title=weapon_MG42}}
+[[File:weapon_mg42.PNG|right|350px|thumb|The weaponmodel displayed in the Modelviewer.]]
+{{ent not in fgd}}
+{{this is a|model entity|name=weapon_mg42|game=Day of Defeat: Source}}
-[[Image:MG42_deployed.jpg|right|245px|thumb|The Axis MG42 deployed while prone]]
+The {{Wiki|MG 42}} is a machine gun used by the Axis [[DODS/Mg class|machine gunners]].
+{{Basicdodsweapon}}
+== See also ==
+* {{dods team|allied}} {{ent|weapon_30cal}}
-==Game Technical==
+[[Category:Day of Defeat: Source Weapons|M]]
- '''Recoil'''
-    while deployed:
-      none
-    while undeployed:
-      Very High
- '''Damage'''
-    High
- '''Accuracy'''
-    while deployed:
-      High
-    while undeployed:
-      Very Low
- '''Range'''
-    while deployed:
-      Very High
-    while undeployed:
-      Very Low
- '''Rate of Fire'''
-    Very High
-==Attacks==
-* +attack will set the Machine Gun to fire.
-* +attack2 will deploy the Machine Gun on any surface suitable.  The surface can be a [[brush]] or a [[Prop_Types_Overview|model]].
-==Other Info==
-* Servers can limit the MG42 by using this cvar <code>mp_limit_axis_mg X</code>.  where <code>X</code> is the maximum desired number of MG players
-==See Also==
-*[[List_of_DoD:S_entities|List of DoD:s entities]]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG42 MG42] - Wikipedie