Trigger asw computer area

trigger_asw_computer_area is an e2 available in Alien Swarm. It is used to create Hackable computers or interactable PDAs/Data terminals.

See also

• asw_door
• trigger_asw_button_area

Keyvalues

Start Disabled

Should the trigger start disabled?

Filter Name

Name of the filter defining what type of entities can activate this trigger. Mostly unecessary in Alien Swarm.

Delay Before Reset

How long after being activated before it can be activated again.

Use Target

The name of the entity/door that this trigger is linked to. Can be used to open locked doors or turn power on

Players Required

The number of players that must be inside the trigger for it to activate. This value will be capped at the total number of players.

Locked

Locked computer terminals will require a Technical Engineer to pass the hacking minigame before allowing access to the main menu.

Computer prop name

Name of the prop_dynamic used for this computer panel's representation in the world. Skin # of this prop_dynamic will be set to reflect the locked/unlocked status of this computer. Not required

SecurityCam1 Name

Name of the 1st security cam available from this computer.

SecurityCam1 Label

Text label shown over this camera view ingame.

Turret1 Name

Name of the 1st turret available from this computer.

Note:Only works with asw_remote_turret entities.

Mail File

Name of the text resource file containing email to show at this computer.

News File

Name of the text resource file containing news to show at this computer.

Stocks Seed

Name of the text resource file containing news to show at this computer.

Weather Seed

Number used to seed the weather data shown at this computer. Computers with the same Weather Seed will show the same weather values.

Plant Status

Put in any text here to make the computer show the reactor status (special option for use only in Rydberg). Leave blank to not have this option in the computer.

DownLoad Objective Name

Name of the objective to trigger as complete when a marine downloads the documents from this computer.

Num Tumblers

How many columns are in the hack puzzle for this computer (from 3 to 8).

Entries Per Tumbler

How many numbers are in each column of the hack puzzle (from 5 to 9).

Move Interval

How long each column pauses for before shifting to a new number (from 0.3 to 2.0 seconds).

PDA Name

If this computer area represents a PDA, then put the name of the PDA owner here.

Download Time

If this computer area represents a PDA, then put the name of the PDA owner here.

Flags

• Marines And Aliens
• Pushables
• Physics Objects
• Only Marines
• Everything

Outputs

OnRequiremntFailed

Fired when a marine enters the trigger but does not meet the player number requirement.

OnComputerActivated

Fired When a marine uses the trigger.

OnComputerDataDownloaded

Fired when a marine has finished the hack AND has finished the "download".

OnComputerHackCompleted

Fired when a marine has finished the hack.

OnComputerHackHalfway

Fired when a marine is halfway through the hack.

OnComputerHackStarted

Fired when a marine has Begun the hacking minigame.

OnComputerViewMail1

Fired When a marine has clicked the first mail entry.

OnComputerViewMail2

Self-Explanatory

OnComputerViewMail3

Self-Explanatory

OnComputerViewMail4

Self-Explanatory

BaseTrigger

OnStartTouch !activator = entity that caused this output !caller = this entity Fired when a valid entity starts touching this trigger. OnStartTouchAll !activator = entity that caused this output !caller = this entity Fired when a valid entity starts touching this trigger, and no other entities are touching it. If there are any other entities touching the trigger when a new one begins to touch, only OnStartTouch will fire. OnEndTouch !activator = entity that caused this output !caller = this entity Fired when a valid entity stops touching this trigger. Note:Will also fire for entities touching it when trigger is disabled via Disable input Warning:This includes entities which are deleted while inside the trigger. In this case !activator will be invalid. Warning:OnEndTouch can fire before OnStartTouch under certain circumstances[How?] where both are fired on the same tick and each have the same delay. Fix:Add a slight delay to OnEndTouch. OnEndTouchAll !activator = entity that caused this output !caller = this entity Fired when all valid entities stop touching this trigger. OnTouching  (in all games since ) !activator = !caller = this entity Fired if something is currently touching this trigger when TouchTest is fired. OnNotTouching  (in all games since ) !activator = !caller = this entity Fired if nothing is currently touching this trigger when TouchTest is fired.

Inputs

BaseTrigger

Toggle Toggles this trigger between enabled and disabled states. Enable Enable trigger Disable Disable trigger TouchTest  (in all games since ) Triggers either the OnTouching or OnNotTouching outputs for whether anything is touching this entity. Bug:Sleeping prop_physics will never fire "OnTouching". Also applies to entities using prop_physics as base.  (tested in: ) StartTouch  (in all games since ) !FGD Behave as if the !caller entity had just entered the trigger volume. Accepts non-physical entities. EndTouch  (in all games since ) !FGD Behave as if !caller had just exited the trigger volume. DisableAndEndTouch  (only in ) Disables this trigger and calls EndTouch on all currently-touching entities.