Env speaker

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Announcement Speaker, used in several maps it uses the NPC response context system. You can specify time between announcements. When it makes an announcement, it looks at its Context rule script, chooses the best rule (Response Contexts and Concept name are used here.), then dispatches a response which could be a .vcd scene that controls an NPC, a sentence, or just a sound. See Response System for more information about context rule script grammar.

Keyvalues

Name (targetname) <string>[ Edit ]
The name that other entities refer to this entity by, via Inputs/Outputs or other keyvalues (e.g. parentname or target).
Also displayed in Hammer's 2D views and Entity Report.
See also:  Generic Keyvalues, Inputs and Outputs available to all entities

  • ResponseContext:
Response Contexts (ResponseContext) <string>
Pre-defined response system context{s} for this entity. Format is key:value,key:value,... When this entity speaks, the list of keys & values will be passed to the response rules system.
  • delaymin
<string> Minimum Delay Between Announcements
  • delaymax
<string> Maximum Delay Between Announcements
  • rulescript
<string> Script file containing rules for playing appropriate sounds.
  • Concept
<string> High level concept name used as primary search key.

Flags

  • Start Silent : 0
  • Play Everywhere : 0

Inputs

  • ResponseContext:
AddContext <stringRedirectInput/string>
Adds to the entity's list of response contexts. Format is <key>:<value>.
RemoveContext <stringRedirectInput/string>
Remove a context from this entity's list. The name should match the key of an existing context.
ClearContext
Removes all contexts from this entity's list.
  • TurnOn
Turn on the random announcements.
  • TurnOff
Turn off the random announcements.
  • Toggle
Toggle the random announcements off and on.

Outputs