Wingman

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Wingman (internally: scrimcomp2v2) is a game mode in Template:Game name.

Here, you can learn how to modify a competitive map for it, and how all of this works.

A map is launched in the Wingman game mode with the commands game_type 0, game_mode 2 and map <mapname>, or all in one: map <mapname> scrimcomp2v2.

Game Mode Description

Pivotal (CFG) differences
Property	Competitive	Wingman
Players per team	5	2
Best of	30	16
Roundtime in minutes	1:55	1:30
Freezetime in seconds	15	10
Max Money	$16000	$8000

Technically, this game mode is almost equal to the Competitive game mode. The round ending events are equal, meaning that this game mode can be played with bomb sites, hostages or none of them. The crucial differences are the game mode's CFG file (see the table on the right) and maxplayers.

Officially, the game mode plays as follows:

Two teams of two players play a match in a competitive environment.
There is one accessible bombsite.

Adding Wingman Support to a Map

Any Competitive map can be modified to support Wingman in the same way as Cobblestone, Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, Vertigo and Train. These maps are actually too large for Wingman, but if they are launched in Wingman, the spawn points and buyzones are "shifted" if needed and there are blockers that limit the playable area to only one bombsite. How this can be done is explained in the following sections.

Important:If you are designing your map for Wingman such that no spawn shifting or blocking needs to be done, then you don't need this tutorial.

Note:de_nuke doesn't actually support Wingman, instead Valve uses a different map, de_shortnuke which is literally half of de_nuke, only consisting of the interior parts for bombsite B, which saves resources.

Scripting

csgo/scripts/vscripts/2v2/2v2_enable.nut

// This function is called from the map OnMapSpawn

function EnableWingman()
{
       // checks the game mode and type and the current match
       local nMode = ScriptGetGameMode();
       local nType = ScriptGetGameType();

       // type 0, mode 0 = casual
       // type 0, mode 1 = competitive
       // type 1, mode 0 = arms race
       // type 1, mode 1 = demolition
       // type 1, mode 2 = deathmatch
       // etc 

	   
	if (nMode == 2 && nType == 0)								// if we are running 2v2, do stuff
	{
	  EntFire("spawnpoints.standard", "SetDisabled", 0, 0);
	  EntFire("spawnpoints.2v2", "SetEnabled", 0, 0);
	  EntFire("brush.blocker", "Enable", 0, 0);
	  EntFire("buyzone.2v2", "SetEnabled", 0, 0);
	  EntFire("navblocker.2v2", "BlockNav", 0, 0);
	}
	else
	{
	  EntFire("buyzone.2v2", "Disable", 0, 0);				// disable 2v2 buyzones
	  EntFire("navblocker.2v2", "UnblockNav", 0, 0);
	}
  
 }

Bug:The highlighted line doesn't have the intended effect, because SetEnabled is not a valid input for func_buyzone. [todo tested in ?]

To shift spawn points or block areas only in Wingman, our map must detect the current game mode which requires VScripting. Fortunately, Valve has already made a VScript that does that (seen on the right) and made it available to any map, so you don't have to write any code.

Note:Making an own script is also an option; but don't forget to pack custom scripts to the map when publishing!

To run this script, create a logic_script entity in your map, and call it script.2v2. Set the Entity Scripts property to 2v2/2v2_enable.nut.

Then make a logic_auto with the following output:

	My Output	Target Entity	Target Input	Parameter	Delay	Only Once
	OnMapSpawn	script.2v2	RunScriptCode	EnableWingman()	0	No

Every round, this will run the EnableWingman function which fires I/O events to named entities in our level depending on the game mode we are on. That's why all of the following entity names are required to be exactly as in the above VScript, otherwise it will not work.

Spawn points and Buyzones

First, select all of the normal spawn points (both CT and T) that are going to be used in the normal Classic mode and change their names to spawnpoints.standard. The script will deactivate these in Wingman.

Now, create at least two spawn points for each team that should be used in Wingman. In the official Valve maps, they use 4 for each team. Select them all, name them spawnpoints.2v2 and set Enable by default? to No.

If these spawns are not already inside of a buyzone, create one for them, select the team and name it buyzone.2v2. Do the same for the other team.

Bug:

Set all buyzones to start enabled! In Valve's script, EnableWingman() does never enable any buyzone in all game modes because "SetEnabled" is not a valid input for func_buyzone. The script is still useful though, as it Disables the Wingman buyzone when needed. Also, the script does not disable the standard buyzones in Wingman, as they are assumed to be outside the playable area. If this is an issue, write your own script and fix this or find a different solution.

[todo tested in ?]

Blocking the Playable Area

The tools/wrongway tool texture is only visible to players close to the origin of the entity that this material is applied to.

The game can work as it is now, but you will probably want only one bombsite to be reachable. To do that, create some clip brushes with the tools/toolsclip texture in the places that you don't want the players to go. Convert them to func_brushes and name them brush.blocker. Set Start disabled to Yes and the script will enable them only in Wingman.

You can even make more of those and use the cool tools/wrongway texture to signalize to players that they can't go through that invisible wall. It even fades out with distance! For these brushes, you usually want to set their Solidity to Never Solid if they are already inside a larger brush.blocker because neither is their collision needed nor should it cause problems.

Blocking Navigation Meshes

Now the brush.blockers will do a great job on blocking players, however, bots might still try to walk through the blockers.

Create func_nav_blocker brush entities inside the brush.blockers with the tools/toolstrigger texture and name them navblocker.2v2. The VScript will finally fire BlockNav to these entities in Wingman or UnblockNav in all other game modes, informing the bots whether they area is blocked or not.

Tip:If bots keep trying to walk through the blockers, then the func_nav_blocker might be too narrow and is not blocking any Nav Mesh areas. For visualization, use the cheat nav_edit 1. Areas blocked by nav blockers are marked with a cyan rectangle along its border.

Testing and Uploading

To play a map in Wingman mode, type in the commands game_type 0 and game_mode 2 into the console and then enter the map command to access your map.

When you upload the map to the workshop, be sure to select "Wingman" in the list of game modes so that people can select that when they open the map through the in-game workshop tab. Done!

Wingman

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