Targetname (GoldSrc)

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targetname is a keyvalue available in all GoldSrc games. A targetname (also known simply as Name) is the name of an entity. A targetname is not required for an entity to exist, but generally must be present for an entity to be targeted (or killtargeted) by another entity.

To avoid issues, targetnames should not have any special characters, only ASCII letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.

Confirm:Using hash/pound signs in the targetname may make it unable to be targeted by multi_manager.

Naming certain entities, such as doors and lights, can alter their behavior.

Player Events

Any entity with the following targetnames will be targeted when that event occurs.

• game_playerdie - Fires every time a player dies. The player who died is the activator.
• game_playerkill - Fires every time a player kills another player, the killer is the activator.
• game_playerjoin - Fires every time a player joins the game in multiplayer, the joining player is the activator.
• game_playerspawn - Fires every time a player spawns, with the spawning player as the activator.
• game_playerleave - Fires every time a player leaves the game, the player that is leaving is the activator.

Example

The following game_player_equip will give crossbow ammo to a player every time they kill another player.

{
"targetname" "game_playerkill"
"ammo_crossbow" "1"
"origin" "1 1 1"
"classname" "game_player_equip"
}