Env instructor hint

Entity Description

Note:env_instructor_hint currently cannot display more than one hint at the same time.

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

Target Entity <targetname>

The entity to show this hint on top of. The entity used must exist on the client, info_target_instructor_hint can be parented to server only entities for this purpose.

Positioning <choices>

Either show at the position of the Target Entity. Or show the hint directly on the hud at a fixed position.

• Follow the Target Entity
• Show on the hud

Allow invisible target <choices>

Do we allow the hint to follow entities with nodraw set?

• End immediately on nodraw
• Yes

Caption <string>

The text of your hint.

Caption Color <color255 + int>

The color of the caption text

Force caption <choices>

Do we show the caption text even if the hint is occluded by a wall?

• No
• Show when occluded

Onscreen Icon <choices>

The icon to use when the hint is within the player's view.

Offscreen Icon <choices>

The icon to use when the hint is outside the player's view. (Cannot select "show key bindings")

Show offsreen <choices>

When the hint is offscreen, do we show an icon and arrow?

• Show
• Don't show

Bound Command

If using 'show key bindings' for the onscreen icon, this field should be the command we want to show bindings for

Icon Height Offset

A height offset from the target entity's origin to display the hint

Size Pulsing <choices>

The icon size can pulsate

• No Pulse
• Slow Pulse
• Fast Pulse
• Urgent Pulse

Alpha Pulsing <choices>

The icon alpha can pulsate

• No Pulse
• Slow Pulse
• Fast Pulse
• Urgent Pulse

Shaking <choices>

The icon can shake

• No Shaking
• Narrow Shake
• Wide Shake

Timeout

The automatic timeout for the hint. 0 will persist until stopped with EndHint.

Display Range

The visible range of the hint. 0 will show it at any distance.

Show on First Sight <choices>

When the player first sees it, it will automatically show for them.

• No
• Yes

Icons

Icon Name	Icon
icon_tip
icon_info
icon_shield
icon_alert
icon_alert_red
icon_tip (again)
icon_skull
icon_no
icon_interact
icon_button
icon_door
icon_arrow_plain
icon_arrow_plain_white_dn
icon_arrow_plain_white_up
icon_arrow_up
icon_arrow_right

Note:env_instructor_hint is not limited to icons listed above, please refer to scripts/mod_textures.txt located in the main pak01_dir.vpk for more icon options.

show key bindings

This is a special icon that requires setting entity property Bound Command. The following example sets Bound Command to "jump" (without quotations) with Caption set to "Bet you can't jump over me!" (without quotations).

In this case, "+jump" is bound to "SPACE", the space bar on the keyboard. More commands can be found in the Left 4 Dead 2 cfg folder. Open config.cfg in a text editor to review which commands are currently bound to the client.

Flags

There are currently no flags.

Inputs

• EndHint
• ShowHint

See also

• L4D2 Level Design/Instructor Hints