Point script template

This entity is not in the FGD by default.
It should not be put directly in a map because point_template already is an accessible option.

Class hierarchy
CPointScriptTemplate ↳CPointTemplate ↳CLogicalEntity ↳CServerOnlyEntity ↳CBaseEntity

point_script_template is a point entity available in Left 4 Dead 2. It is also available in Team Fortress 2 branch. It is a version of point_template readjusted to work for spawning-on-runtime, such as VScripts.

Thepoint_templateentity relies on compiled data from the map file to function properly, so trying to spawn entities with apoint_templatemade by scripts will return it having no templates and fail, even though it still can delete its own template entities.

This entity is similar to topoint_template, however it does NOT have precaching or name fixups. The number of templates is unlimited unlike point_template, although they can only be added by the AddTemplate function. See the VScript documentation for details on usage.

When compiling Entity Groups,point_template entities are converted topoint_script_template.

Vscript functions

Function	Signature	Description
AddTemplate	void AddTemplate(string classname, handle keyvalues)	Add an entity to the template spawner with the specified classnames (similar to SpawnEntityFromTable}
SetGroupSpawnTables	void SetGroupSpawnTables(handle, handle)	Cache the group spawn tables.

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

Template 1 (Template01) to Template 16 <targetname>

Targetname(s) to search for entities to template. These can be exact matches, or wildcards (*). If multiple entities are matched, all entities will be included in the template.

Inputs

ForceSpawn

Spawn an instance of the template at the original position.

See also

• point_template - Non-script version of this entity
• CPointScriptTemplate VScript Functions
• CPointTemplate VScript Functions