Npc antlionguard

Entity Description

Antlion Guard - click to enlarge.

Cavern Dweller (in all games since ) - click to enlarge.

The cavern guard does not charge or roar and predicts where the player will be for melee attack.

Note:Some keyvalues, spawnflags, effect flags, inputs, or outputs might not affect an NPC, based on the functionality and coding of the NPC.

Dedicated Console Variables

• sk_antlionguard_health

<integer> An antlion guard's spawn health

• sk_antlionguard_dmg_charge

<integer>

• sk_antlionguard_dmg_shove

<integer>

• sk_antlionguard_dmg_take_scale

<integer>

Keyvalues

• Template:Kv basenpc

• startburrowed

<boolean>

• allowbark

<boolean>

• cavernbreed (in all games since )

<boolean> Cavern Guard

• incavern (in all games since )

<boolean> Use Cavern Behavior

Flags

BaseNPC flags 

Wait Till Seen : [1]

Prevents this NPC from seeing (or being seen) until it enters a player's viewcone.

Gag : [2]

Won't make IDLE sounds until it's angry.

Fall to ground (unchecked means teleport to ground) : [4]

Drop Healthkit : [8]

Causes this NPC to drop an item_healthvial upon dying.

Efficient : [16]

Don't acquire enemies or avoid obstacles

Wait For Script : [128]

Forces this NPC to "wait" in an idle state until it finishes playing a scripted_sequence.

Long Visibility/Shoot : [256]

By default, increases a NPC's sight range to 6,000 units and allows it to attack from anywhere within that distance.

Fade Corpse : [512]

Think outside PVS : [1024]

Allows this NPC to run its regular AI outside of any player's PVS.

Template NPC : [2048]

Marks this NPC as a template for entities like npc_template_maker. The NPC will not spawn on its own. This is not needed for point_template.

Do Alternate collision for this NPC (player avoidance) : [4096]

Note:This flag is disabled in episodic for player companions, because the StartScripting input does this.

Don't drop weapons : [8192]

Ignore player push : [16384] (in all games since )

Entity won't give way to player.

• 65536 : Create server-side ragdoll on death

• 131072 : Use inside footsteps

Inputs

• Template:I basenpc

• Unburrow

Unburrow from the ground

• SetShoveTarget <target_destination>

Sets a shove target to attack

• SetChargeTarget <target_destination>

Sets a charge target to attack

• ClearChargeTarget

Clear the charge target

• Ragdoll

Causes the antlion guard to die, regardless of health

• EnableBark

Allow the antlion guard to try and summon antlions

• DisableBark

Stop the antlion guard from trying to summon antlions

• StopInvestigating

Stop trying to sniff out the player

Outputs

• Template:O basenpc

• OnSeeHiddenPlayer

Fires when the current enemy is seen while trying to hide

• OnSmellHiddenPlayer

Fires when the current enemy is smelled while trying to hide

• OnSummon

Antlion guard is attempting to summon antlions