Npc cscanner

Entity Description

Combine Scanner

A Combine scanner. The default model is used for surveillance and scouting, while the shield scanner model has more military applications, like enemy distraction (through blinding) and bounding mine transport.

Note:Maps starting with d3_c17 do not spawn regular scanners, but shield scanners.

Note:NPC modders should consider condensing the ShouldInspect, OnlyInspectPlayers, and NeverInspectPlayers keyvalues into one keyvalue, but still leave the old ones for backwards compatibility.

Note:Some keyvalues, spawnflags, effect flags, inputs, or outputs might not affect an NPC, based on the functionality and coding of the NPC.

Dedicated Console Variables

• sk_scanner_health

<integer> A scanner's spawn health

• sk_scanner_dmg_dive

<integer>

Keyvalues

• Template:Kv basenpc

• spotlightlength

<integer>

• spotlightwidth

<integer>

• spotlightdisabled

<boolean>

• ShouldInspect

<boolean>

• OnlyInspectPlayers

<boolean>

• NeverInspectPlayers

<boolean>

Flags

• Template:Fl basenpc
• 65536 : No Dynamic Light
• 131072 : Strider Scout Scanner

This scanner moves faster and follows an npc_strider

Inputs

• Template:I basenpc

• DisableSpotlight

• InspectTargetPhoto <target_name_or_class>

Tells the scanner to photograph the given entity, named by classname or by target name. !activator or !player works here also.

• InspectTargetSpotlight <target_name_or_class>

Tells the scanner to spotlight the given entity, named by classname or by target name. !activator or !player works here also.

• SetFlightSpeed <integer>

Sets the flight speed of the scanner

• InputShouldInspect <boolean>

Set whether should inspect or not

• SetFollowTarget <target_name_or_class>

Set target to follow until told otherwise

• ClearFollowTarget

Stop following our target

• SetDistanceOverride <float>

Override the distance the scanner will attempt to keep between inspection targets and itself

• DeployMine

Drop landmine (if carrying one)

• EquipMine

Equip with landmine

Outputs

• Template:O basenpc

• OnPhotographPlayer

Fired any time the scanner takes a picture of the player. Template:Plact

• OnPhotographNPC

Fired any time the scanner takes a picture of an NPC. (!activator is the NPC)