Npc spotlight

Entity description

A spotlight that "looks" at enemies.

Keyvalues

• Template:Kv basenpc

• health

<integer>

• YawRange

<integer>

• PitchMin

<integer>

• PitchMax

<integer>

• IdleSpeed

<integer>

• AlertSpeed

<integer>

• spotlightlength

<integer>

• spotlightwidth

<integer>

Flags

BaseNPC flags 

Wait Till Seen : [1]

Prevents this NPC from seeing (or being seen) until it enters a player's viewcone.

Gag : [2]

Won't make IDLE sounds until it's angry.

Fall to ground (unchecked means teleport to ground) : [4]

Drop Healthkit : [8]

Causes this NPC to drop an item_healthvial upon dying.

Efficient : [16]

Don't acquire enemies or avoid obstacles

Wait For Script : [128]

Forces this NPC to "wait" in an idle state until it finishes playing a scripted_sequence.

Long Visibility/Shoot : [256]

By default, increases a NPC's sight range to 6,000 units and allows it to attack from anywhere within that distance.

Fade Corpse : [512]

Think outside PVS : [1024]

Allows this NPC to run its regular AI outside of any player's PVS.

Template NPC : [2048]

Marks this NPC as a template for entities like npc_template_maker. The NPC will not spawn on its own. This is not needed for point_template.

Do Alternate collision for this NPC (player avoidance) : [4096]

Note:This flag is disabled in episodic for player companions, because the StartScripting input does this.

Don't drop weapons : [8192]

Ignore player push : [16384] (in all games since )

Entity won't give way to player.

• 65536 : Start Track On

• 131072 : Start Light On

• 262144 : No Dynamic Light

• 524288 : Never Move

Inputs

• Template:I basenpc

• LightOn

• LightOff

• TrackOn

• TrackOff

Outputs

• Template:O basenpc

• OnAlert

Fires when the spotlight alerted by sound

• DetectedEnemy <string>

Outputs enemy entity when spotlight finds and starts tracking enemy

• LostEnemy <string>

Outputs enemy entity when spotlight loses enemy that it's tracking, if enemy still exists

• SquadDetectedEnemy <string>

Outputs enemy entity when squad finds and starts tracking enemy

• SquadLostEnemy <string>

Outputs enemy entity when squad loses enemy that it's tracking, if entity still exists

• LightPosition <string>

Position of the end of the spotlight beam