Asw spawner

asw_Spawner is an entity available in Alien Swarm which is a spawn point for multiple aliens of a specified type

Keyvalues

Name

The name that other entities refer to this entity by. not needed unless you want it triggerable

Allow spawn if marines are near

see 'Prevent spawn if marines are this close

Start Burrowed

if Yes the spawn alien will play the unburrowing animation.

Unburrow Idle Activity

The name that other entities refer to this entity by.

Unburrow Activity

If alien starts burrowed, he'll play this activity while unburrowing.

Prevent spawn if marines are this close

If 'Allow spawn if marines are near' option is set to 'No' this distance is used for the nearby marine check.

Long sight range

If set to 'yes', aliens from this spawner will be able to see and sense enemies twice as far away as normal.

Alien Orders

Orders given to each alien spawned.

Alien Orders Target Name

Name of the target object for our orders (used by move to and move to ignoring marines orders).

Name to give spawned aliens

useful if you want to control the spawned aliens via triggers and such

Note: when triggering the spawned critters the names are automatically given a number after the name when they spawn. ex. YourNameHere1 or YourNameHere_1 so to control them all trigger them by YourNameHere*

Check Spawn Point is Clear

Should We Check to make sure nothing is on our spawn point? ex. box's, aliens, marines

Min Skill Level

The minimum skill level for this spawner to function. Skill levels are: 1=easy 2=normal 3=hard 4=insane 0=nolimit

Max Skill Level

The maximum skill level for this spawner to function. Skill levels are: 1=easy 2=normal 3=hard 4=insane 0=nolimit

Max Num. Of Live Aliens

Maximum number of live aliens that can be present in the level from this spawner at any given time.

Num. aliens we can create

The number of aliens that can spawn before the spawner is exhausted.

Infinitely spawn aliens

self-explainatory

Spawn interval

Time in seconds between each alien spawning.

Spawn interval variation

Percentage variation applied randomly to the spawn interval each time an alien spawns. Value must be between 0 and 100. The default 25 will give a 25% variation to the spawn interval, so a 1 second spawn interval would actually be randomly between 0.75 seconds and 1.25 seconds.

Alien Class

Which type of alien to produce from this spawner.

Alien Health scale

Multiplies the alien's default health by this amount. ex. 0.25=25%, 5=500%....

Alien Speed Scale

Multiplies the alien's default speed by this amount. 1=normal 0.5=50% or half speed....

Spawner State

Spawner's initial state

Flags

• Infinite even on Easy mode
• Don't Spawn Uber aliens here as in non of those random near unkillable ones
• Spawned Aliens never sleep no hibernation... always try to get to player

Outputs

OnAllSpawned

Fired when the Spawner has Spawned it's max number of aliens.

OnAllSpawnedDead

Fired when the spawner has spawned it's max number of aliens AND they are all dead.

OnSpawned

Fired Each time the Spawner Spawns an Alien.

Todo:  add and explain OnUser1-4

Inputs

SpawnOneAlien

Ignores Max Alien count from this spawner and spawns one alien of the predefined type.

StartSpawning

self-explainatory

StopSpawning

self-explainatory

ToggleEnabled

if Disabled enable else disable.

ToggleSpawning

if spawning stop spawning else start spawning.

Todo:  add and explain Inputs