Ai goal follow: Difference between revisions

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Entity description

Makes the target NPCs follow another object or the player at a configurable distance.

Limitations and bugs

NPCs do not intelligently follow their target. They will instead walk or run depending on distance directly towards it.
If NPCs are following another NPC and that NPC needs to get past them, they will not move out of the way and the leading NPC will eventually give up.
Keyvalues cannot be changed once the map has been compiled.

Keyvalues

Keyvalues:

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

Actor(s) to affect ([todo internal name (i)]) <target_name_or_class>: The name of the NPCs that will be following.

Target Entity ([todo internal name (i)]) <string>

The name of the entity that the NPCs should follow.

If this value is blank, NPCs will follow the player if they are friendly towards him.

Search Type ([todo internal name (i)]) <choices>

How to search for the entities using the name specified in the actorname keyvalue. The Entity Name choice will make the engine search for a targetname of an entity, while the Classname choice will make it search for the name of an entity class (like npc_headcrab).

0 : Entity Name
1 : Classname

Start Active ([todo internal name (i)]) <boolean>: Should this entity be active when the map begins?

Maximum State ([todo internal name (i)]) <choices>

The maximum state for NPCs to continue following.

0 : Idle
1 : Alert
2 : Combat

Formation ([todo internal name (i)]) <choices>

How close to the target the NPCs should follow.

0 : Close circle
1 : Medium Circle
2 : Wide circle
3 : Sidekick
4 : Vortigaunt

Inputs

Activate: Begin the follow behavior.

Deactivate: Cease the following behavior.

Outputs

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 ==Keyvalues==
-* {{KV Targetname}}
+{{ScrollBox|title=Keyvalues|
-* '''actor'''
+{{KV Targetname}}
-: <target_name_or_class> The name of the NPCs that will be following.
-* '''goal'''
+{{KV|Actor(s) to affect|target_name_or_class|The name of the NPCs that will be following.}}
-: <string> The name of the entity that the NPCs should follow.
-:* If this value is blank, NPCs will follow the player if they are friendly towards him
+{{KV|Target Entity|string|The name of the entity that the NPCs should follow.
-* '''SearchType'''
+:* If this value is blank, NPCs will follow the player if they are friendly towards him.}}
-: <choices> How to search for the entities using the actor.
-:{| class=standard-table
+{{KV|Search Type|choices|How to search for the entities using the name specified in the ''actorname'' keyvalue. The ''Entity Name'' choice will make the engine search for a ''targetname'' of an entity, while the ''Classname'' choice will make it search for the name of an entity class (like ''npc_headcrab'').}}
-! Literal Value || Description
+:* 0 : Entity Name
-|-
+:* 1 : Classname
-| 0 || Entity name
-|-
+{{KV|Start Active|bool|Should this entity be active when the map begins?}}
-| 1 || Classname
-|}
+{{KV|Maximum State|choices|The maximum state for NPCs to continue following.}}
-* '''StartActive'''
+:* 0 : Idle
-: {{boolean}}
+:* 1 : Alert
-* '''MaximumState'''
+:* 2 : Combat
-: <choices> The maximum state for NPCs to continue following.
-:{| class=standard-table
+{{KV|Formation|choices|How close to the target the NPCs should follow.}}
-! Literal Value || Description
+:* 0 : Close circle
-|-
+:* 1 : Medium Circle
-| 0 || Idle
+:* 2 : Wide circle
-|-
+:* 3 : Sidekick
-| 1 || Alert
+:* 4 : Vortigaunt
-|-
+}}
-| 2 || Combat
-|}
-* '''Formation'''
-: <choices> How close to the target the NPCs should follow.
-:{| class=standard-table
-! Literal Value || Description
-|-
-| 0 || Close circle
-|-
-| 5 || Medium Circle
-|-
-| 1 || Wide circle
-|-
-| {{EP1 add|6}} || {{EP1 add|Sidekick}}
-|}
 ==Inputs==
-* {{I Targetname}}
+{{I Targetname}}
-* '''Activate'''
-: Begin the follow behavior
+{{IO|Activate|Begin the follow behavior.}}
-* '''Deactivate'''
-: Cease the following behavior
+{{IO|Deactivate|Cease the following behavior.}}
 ==Outputs==
-* {{O Targetname}}
+{{O Targetname}}
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