Npc metropolice

Combine "police" officers are officially known as Civil Protection, which is often shortened by citizens to CP. They can carry a stunstick, pistol or SMG as a primary armament, and can carry a deployable manhack on their shoulder.

They can be set to guard an area from intrusion with ai_goal_police.

If a metrocop is armed with an SMG and the player is in the airboat, he can "stitch" by shooting a meandering, closing path of bullets into the water in front of the vehicle.

With the Efficient flag (16) set, the policeman's model is set to Police_Cheaple.mdl.

Dedicated Console Variables

sk_metropolice_health

<integer> A metrocop's spawn health. Affected by the Gordon pre-criminal global state.

sk_metropolice_stitch_reaction

<integer> How close to the airboat should Metrocops begin stitching?

sk_metropolice_stitch_at_hitcount

<integer> Number of times a stitching Metrocop can hit a nearby player.

sk_metropolice_stitch_behind_hitcount

<integer> Number of times a stitching Metrocop can hit a player looking at it.

sk_metropolice_stitch_tight_hitcount

<integer> Number of times a stitching Metrocop can hit a player from behind.

sk_metropolice_stitch_along_hitcount

<integer> Number of times a stitching Metrocop can hit a player looking left/right.

See also

• ai_goal_police

Keyvalues

• Template:Kv basenpc

• waitingtorappel

<boolean> If set, this NPC spawns suspended in air and awaits a BeginRappel input. It will then spawn a zipline and slide down. When it hits the ground, NPC will cut away the line and try to move forward a few feet to make room for the next NPC. The NPC will not attempt to clear its landing space if it cannot do so by taking a few steps forward.

• additionalequipment

<choices>

Literal Value	Description
weapon_pistol	Pistol
weapon_smg1	SMG1
weapon_stunstick	Stun Stick
weapon_shotgun	Shotgun
0	Nothing

• manhacks

<integer> Number of manhacks.

• weapondrawn

<boolean> Pistol starts active.

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.

Simple cops (131072)

Cheap model, basic AI

Always stitch (524288)

If the metrocop is armed with an SMG and the player is in the airboat, shoot a meandering, closing path of bullets into the water in front of it.

Metrocops may still decide to do this without the flag.

No chatter (1048576)

Gags the NPC, additionally preventing some metrocop-specific speech that gagging itself doesn't.

Arrest enemies (2097152)

Allows the cop to kill people and the player, without hating them.

No far stitching (4194304)

Stops stitching if the player is over 6000 units away. (Is that in inches?)

Prevent manhack toss (8388608)

Don't use my manhack. See the EnableManhackToss input.

Allowed to respond to thrown objects (16777216)

The officer can chase players who have annoyed them. Does not override the settings of an ai_goal_police.

Mid-range attacks (halfway between normal + long-range) (33554432)

Change the metrocop's preferred attack distance.

Inputs

• Template:I basenpc

• BeginRappel

• EnableManhackToss

Enables manhack toss (which had been disabled by the spawnflag).

• SetPoliceGoal <target_destination>

Causes the NPC to police the area defined by an ai_goal_police.

• ActivateBaton

Set the baton to active.

Outputs

• Template:O basenpc

• OnRappelTouchdown

Fires when done rappeling.

• OnStunnedPlayer

Fires when the player is hit by a stun stick by this NPC.