Npc launcher

Entity description

Can fire rocket-propelled grenades or other missiles with many property customizations. The missiles can be made to home on a target or follow a path.

Keyvalues

• Template:Kv basenpc

• Template:Kv parentname

• StartOn

<boolean>

• MissileModel

<studio>

• LaunchSound

<sound>

• FlySound

<sound>

• SmokeTrail

<choices>

Literal Value	Description
0	Off
1	On
2	On Homing

• LaunchSmoke

<boolean>

• LaunchDelay

<integer> When ON, how long to wait between each launch

• LaunchSpeed

<float> Initial launch speed of missile (in up direction)

• PathCornerName

<target_destination> Name of a path corner. If set launches a pathfollowing missing, rather than a homing missile

• HomingSpeed

<float> Speed to reach when homing

• HomingStrength

<integer> How strong in homing effect (0-100). Higher values yield sharper turning ability.

• HomingDelay

<float> Number of seconds to delay before homing starts

• HomingRampUp

<float> Number of seconds it takes to reach full homing strength after homing delay

• HomingDuration

<float> Number of seconds the homing effect lasts

• HomingRampDown

<float> Number of seconds it takes homing effect to decay after homing duration

• Gravity

<float> Scale for effect of gravity. (1.0 = normal gravity)

• MinRange

<float> Minimun distance a target can be to be attacked

• MaxRange

<float> Maximum distance a target can be to be attacked

• SpinMagnitude

<float> Strength of spin in missile trajectory

• SpinSpeed

<float> How fast does the spin rotate through 360

• Damage

<float> How much damage does each missile do

• DamageRadius

<float>

Flags

• Template:Fl basenpc

• 65536  : Check LOS

Inputs

• Template:I basenpc

• Template:I parentname

• TurnOn

Turn on Launcher

• TurnOff

Turn off Launcher

• LOSCheckOn

Start checking line of sight before firing

• LOSCheckOff

Stop checking line of sight before firing

• SetEnemyEntity

Set entity I should attack. Ignores visibility. (output from other entity only)

• ClearEnemyEntity

Clear set enemy enemy

• FireOnce

Fire Once (if have enemy)

Outputs

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• OnLaunch

Fires when missile is launched. (!activator is the enemy launched at)

Notes

The default values of the MissileModel and FlySound properties point to resources that do not exist. Appropriate values would be models/Weapons/W_missile.mdl and weapons/rpg/rocket1.wav, respectively.

See also

• Example use