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{{se1 point}} Used for sending police radio messages from friendly NPCs to the player. Takes a speaker, message, and a priority. Inputs allow changing these variables and Dispatch issues the message. As the player traverses through the levels, the companions [[Jessica_Cannon | Jessica]] and [[JC_Armack | JC]] will helpout via these police radio messages when not directly present; about what the current objective is and to remind the player in certain intervals of this, when a hectic situation unfolds or just for commenting on something of interest seen in the game world like a poster or scenery. For a list of all the messages available in the game and how to use the entity, refere to the [[List_of_SE1_Radio_Messages | list of radio messages]] page for more information.
{{Entity|env_radio_messsage|type=point|game=SiN Episodes}}  


Used for sending police radio messages from friendly NPCs to the player. Takes a speaker, message, and a priority. Inputs allow changing these variables and Dispatch issues the message. As the player traverses through the levels, the companions [[Jessica_Cannon | Jessica]] and [[JC_Armack | JC]] will helpout via these police radio messages when not directly present; about what the current objective is and to remind the player in certain intervals of this, when a hectic situation unfolds or just for commenting on something of interest seen in the game world like a poster or scenery. For a list of all the messages available in the game and how to use the entity, refere to the [[List_of_SE1_Radio_Messages | list of radio messages]] page for more information.
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==Key Values==
==Keyvalues==
{{KV|[[Targetname|Name]]|string| The [[targetname]] that other entities refer to this entity by.}}
{{KV|[[Targetname|Name]]|string| The [[targetname]] that other entities refer to this entity by.}}
{{KV|Speaker|string| Who is sending the message. Should be a classname (npc_jessica, npc_jc).}}
{{KV|Speaker|string| Who is sending the message. Should be a classname (npc_jessica, npc_jc).}}

Revision as of 02:58, 17 August 2023

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Used for sending police radio messages from friendly NPCs to the player. Takes a speaker, message, and a priority. Inputs allow changing these variables and Dispatch issues the message. As the player traverses through the levels, the companions Jessica and JC will helpout via these police radio messages when not directly present; about what the current objective is and to remind the player in certain intervals of this, when a hectic situation unfolds or just for commenting on something of interest seen in the game world like a poster or scenery. For a list of all the messages available in the game and how to use the entity, refere to the list of radio messages page for more information.

Key Values

Name ([todo internal name (i)]) <string>
The targetname that other entities refer to this entity by.
Speaker ([todo internal name (i)]) <string>
Who is sending the message. Should be a classname (npc_jessica, npc_jc).
Message ([todo internal name (i)]) <string>
The message to send. This should be the name of a soundscript.
Priority ([todo internal name (i)]) <choices>
Priority of the message. Objectives override extraneous messages. You can only have one message of each type at a time. Use extraneous for non-essential messages.
  • 0: Objective
  • 1: Extraneous

Inputs

SetSpeaker <stringRedirectInput/string>
Set who is sending the message. Should be a classname.
SetMessage <stringRedirectInput/string>
Set the scene or .wav file of the message.
SetPriority <stringRedirectInput/string>
Set the priority of the message.
Dispatch <stringRedirectInput/string>
Dispatch a message (if none specified, using the message property). This should be the name of a soundscript.
Remove
Removes a message that has been dispatched. No longer available to the player.
Targetname:
AddOutput <stringRedirectInput/string>
Evaluates a keyvalue/output on this entity.
Format: <key> <value>
Format: <output name> <targetname>:<inputname>:<parameter>:<delay>:<max times to fire, -1 means infinite>
FireUser1 to FireUser4
Fire the OnUser outputs; see User Inputs and Outputs.
Kill
Removes this entity and any entities parented to it from the world.
KillHierarchy
Functions the same as Kill, although this entity and any entities parented to it are killed on the same frame, being marginally faster than Kill.

Outputs

OnDispatch
Fires when a message from this police radio is dispatched.
OnHeard
Fires when a message from this police radio is heard by the player.
Targetname:
OnUse
Fires when the Use input is given.
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