Team Fortress 2 Halloween Bosses

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Draft for Team Fortress 2 Halloween Bosses.
Team Fortress 2 have a variety of halloween bosses that can be used in a map. These are special entities that acts like NPCs. Most of them requires a nav mesh to work.

Ghost

The ghost (click to enlarge)

The ghost appears in Harvest Event, Moonshine and a couple of other maps. It's a blue ghost wearing a Ghastly Gibus on it's head. It will roam around the map for a while, stunning any players that come to close to it.

Tutorial

This tutorial will show how to set up a ghost to periodically appear and roam around the map, like in Harvest Event.

1. First, create a func_tracktrain about 48w*48l*80h textured with tools/toolsnodraw where you want the ghost to be when it's inactive. This is what will make the ghost actually move around in the map. In Harvest Event, this is a small room underneath the map. Give it a name. For this tutorial, it will be ghost_train.

2. Set the rest of the train's keyvalues to the following

Key	Value
Render Mode	Don't Render
Disable Recieving Shadows	Yes
Disable Shadows	Yes
First Stop Target	ghost_path_home
Max Speed (units / second)	90
Change Velocity	Linear blend
Change angles	Ease in/ease out
Distance Between the Wheels	20
Height above track	0
Damage on Crush	1000

Also set the following spawn flags to be on, No User Control, Passable, Is unblockable by player and leave the rest off.

3. Next, create a path_track at the same place as the func_tracktrain and name it ghost_path_home. This will serve as the starting point for the ghost when it's not in use.

4. Create a 255l*256w*72h brush textured with tools/toolstrigger. Make this brush a trigger_stun and name it ghost_stun. Set it's parent to ghost_train. Also set it's Trigger Delay to .5, Duration to 3, Stun Type to Loser State + Controls + Movement and enable Stun Effects. Add the following output to it:

Output	Target Entity	Input	Parameter	Delay	Only Once
OnStartTouch	ghost_sound_boo	PlaySound	<none>	0.00	No

5. Create three ambient_generic entities. Name one of them ghost_sound_boo, and the other two ghost_sound_haunted. Make sure that the Start Silent and Is NOT Looped spawnflags are enabled on all of them. Set the SourceEntityName to ghost_train for all of them.

6. Set ghost_sound_boo's Sound Name to Halloween.GhostBoo, and it's Max Audible Distance to 1944.

7. For one of the ghost_sound_haunting entities, set the Sound Name to Halloween.GhostMoan and the Max Audible Distance to 1352. For the second ghost_sound_haunting, set the Sound Name to Halloween.Haunted and the Max Audible Distance to 1944.

8. Next, create a prop_dynamic, set its model to models/props_halloween/ghost.mdl and position it within the ghost_train. Disable its shadows, set collision to Not Solid and set its Default Animation to idle. Finally, set its parent to ghost_train.

9. Create an info_particle_system slightly underneath the ghost model. Name it ghost_teleport_effect and set its parent to ghost_train. Set its Particle System Name to ghost_appearation.

10. Create a path_track entity where you want the first path the ghost will follow to start 48 units above the ground and name it ghost_path1_1. No other options or spawn flags should be set.

11. Shift-drag ghost_path1_0 to copy it. The previous path_track will automaticly be linked to the new one. Continue doing this until you have track of path_track entities that the ghost will follow. Optionally, you can create a different path named ghost_path2_* (where * is replaced by a number, starting with 0) and clone it to create a separate track that the ghost also can follow.

12. In the first path_track entity in each track, add the following outputs:

Output	Target Entity	Input	Parameter	Delay	Only Once
OnTeleport	ghost_train	StartForward	<none>	0.00	No
OnTeleport	ghost_teleport_effect	Start	<none>	0.00	No
OnTeleport	ghost_sound_haunting	PlaySound	<none>	0.00	No

And in the last path_track entity in each track, add the following outputs:

Output	Target Entity	Input	Parameter	Delay	Only Once
OnPass	ghost_train	TeleportToPathTrack	ghost_path_home	0.00	No
OnPass	ghost_teleport_effect	Stop	<none>	0.00	No

13. Next, create a logic_timer and a logic_case. Name the logic_timer ghost_timer and the logic_case ghost_case. Set Minimum Random Interval on ghost_timer to 14 and Maximum Random Interval to 20. Also enable Use Random Time. Add the following output to it:

Output	Target Entity	Input	Parameter	Delay	Only Once
OnTimer	ghost_case	PickRandomShuffle	<none>	0.00	No

14. Add the following outputs to ghost_case. Replace ghost_path*_0 with whatever you named the first points in each of your tracks respectively.

Output	Target Entity	Input	Parameter	Delay	Only Once
OnCase01	ghost_train	TeleportToPathTrack	ghost_path1_0	0.00	No
OnCase02	ghost_train	TeleportToPathTrack	ghost_path2_0	0.00	No
OnCase03	ghost_train	TeleportToPathTrack	ghost_path3_0	0.00	No

15. Compile the map and test if everything works. The ghost should occasinally appear and follow the paths until it reaches the end and disappears.

Horseless Headless Horsemann

Horseless Headless Horsemann on Mann Manor (click to enlarge).

The Horseless Headless Horsemann was the first Boss NPC to be added to Team Fortress 2. It requires a nav mesh to move around the map. It will remain in the map until its killed and won't disappear on its own. It will also not respawn after dying.

Tutorial

1. Create a point_template somewhere in your map. Name it hhh_template. Set its first template to hhh_entity.

2. Create a new entity at the same place as hhh_template. Change its entity class to headless_hatman. This entity does not exist in the FGD and will be displayed as obsolete. Turn off Smart-Edit and add a keyvalue called targetname with a value off hhh_entity.

3. Create a prop_dynamic somewhere in your map and set its model to models/bots/headless_hatman.mdl. Disable shadows on it, set its solidity to Not Solid and its render mode to Don't render.

4. Place an env_entity_maker where you want the Horseless Headless Horsemann to spawn. Name it hhh_maker and set its template to spawn to hhh_template. To spawn the Horseless Headless Horsemann, send a ForceSpawn input to the hhh_maker' entity.

Monoculus

MONOCULUS! on Eyeaduct. (click to enlarge)

Monoculus (stylised as MONOCULUS!) was the second Halloween Boss to be added to Team Fortress 2. It appears in Eyeaduct, Hellstone and a few other maps. It will shoot eyeballs at players that acts like critical rockets. It will occasionally teleport in the map, leaving behind a swirling purple vortex that takes any players that jumps into it to the underworld.

Tutorial

1. Create a point_template entity somewhere in the map and name it monoculus_template. Set its first template to monoculus_entity.

2. Place a new entity in the same place as monoculus_template and set its classname to eyeball_boss. It will appear as obsolete in Hammer, but it will work in-game. Turn off Smart-edit and add a new keyvalue kalled targetname with its value set to monoculus_entity.

3. Create a prop_dynamic somewhere in the map with its model set to models/props_halloween/halloween_demoeye.mdl. Disable its shadows and set its collisions to Not Solid and its render mode to Dont render.

4. Place a few info_target entities around your map named spawn_boss_alt. Monoculus will occasionally teleport to a randomly selected one of these.

5. Create an env_entity_maker where you want Monoculus to spawn named monoculus_maker. Set its template to spawn to monoculus_template.

To spawn Monoculus, send a ForceSpawn input to monoculus_maker.

Merasmus

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Skeleton

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