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

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.