Item teamflag

A team flag. Don't worry; it's supposed to look like that.

 item_teamflag is a point entity available in Team Fortress 2. This is the "flag" in Team Fortress 2, it also called "intelligence". It is also used for the bomb in the Mann vs. Machine Gamemode, the australium in special delivery, the reactor core in robot destruction and the beer bottles in player destruction.

Keyvalues

Return time (in seconds) (ReturnTime) <integer>

Length of time (in seconds) before dropped flag/intelligence returns to base.

Trail effects (trail_effect) <choices>

Trail effect to use when play is carrying the flag.

• 0 : None
• 1 : Both
• 2 : Paper trail only
• 3 : Color trail only

Neutral flag (Invade) (NeutralType) <choices>

Only used for the Invade game type. When should a dropped Invade flag become neutral?

• 0 : Never
• 1 : Default (30 seconds)
• 2 : Half of the Return Time.

Scoring style (Invade) (ScoringType) <choices>

Only used for the Invade game type. When the Invade flag is captured, how should the team be rewarded? 'Score' is the team score in the scoreboard. 'Capture count' is the team capture count used in the HUD.

• 0 : Increment score
• 1 : Increment capture count

Return Between Waves (ReturnBetweenWaves) <boolean>

Visible When Disabled (VisibleWhenDisabled) <boolean>

Makes the flag model show even if the flag is disabled.

Icon (flag_icon) <material>

The HUD icon to use for the flag.

Paper Particle (flag_paper) <string>

The particle effect to use for the paper trail.

Trail Effect (flag_trail) <string>

The particle effect to use for the color trail.

Model (flag_model) <studiomodel>

The model to use for the flag. Defaults to models/flag/briefcase.mdl

tags (tags) <string>

Tags used for the AI bomb carrier to avoid nav areas that have matching tags. Tags need to be separated by empty space.

TeamNum:

Initial Team (TeamNum) <choices>

Which Team the entity belongs / is assigned to on spawn

• 0: None
• 1: Spectator/Halloween Souls
• 2: RED
• 3: BLU/Robots
• 5: Halloween Bosses (only in ) !FGD

TFGameType:

Game Type (GameType) <choices>

Type of game this flag will be used for.

• 0 : CTF
• 1 : Attack/Defend
• 2 : Territory Control
• 3 : Invade
• 4 : Resource Control
• 5 : Robot Destruction
• 6 : Player Destruction !FGD

Start Disabled (StartDisabled) <boolean>

Stay dormant until activated (with theEnableinput).

Inputs

ForceDrop

Force the flag to be dropped if it's being carried by a player.

ForceReset

Force the flag to be dropped if it's being carried by a player, then reset the flag to its original location.

SetReturnTime <integerRedirectInput/integer>

Set the length of time (in seconds) before a dropped flag returns to base

ShowTimer <integerRedirectInput/integer>

Shows the timer icon for the length of time specified

TurnOff

Hides the model.

TurnOn

Shows the model.

skin <integerRedirectInput/integer>

Set the skin to be used

SetTeam <integerRedirectInput/integer>

Changes the entity's team.

EnableDisable:

Enable / Disable

Enable/disable this entity from performing its task. It might also disappear from view.

Outputs

OnReturn

Sent when the flag is returned via timer.

OnPickup

Sent when the flag is picked up.

OnPickupTeam1

Sent when the flag is picked up by RED.

OnPickupTeam2

Sent when the flag is picked up by BLU.

OnDrop

Sent when the flag is dropped.

OnCapture

Sent when the flag is captured.

OnCapTeam1

Sent when the flag is captured by RED.

OnCapTeam2

Sent when the flag is captured by BLU.

OnTouchSameTeam

Sent when the flag is touched by a player on the same team.

See Also

• func_flagdetectionzone
• func_capturezone, the entity normally used for marking the goal zone of a flag.
• List of gamemodes using this entity.