Game ui

Template:Base point It redirects important player key presses to a series of outputs, and can be used to make the player control vehicles built in a map. It can be activated with I/O, or by the player looking at it.

Note:Unreliable in multiplayer.

Keyvalues

FieldOfView <float>

How close to the entity the player's crosshair must be for it to take control. When the player leaves the active zone, (s)he regains control.

• 1.0 = straight ahead
• 0.0 = +/- 90 degrees
• -1.0 = all directions

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

Flags

• Freeze Player
• Hide Weapon
• +Use Deactivates
• Jump Deactivates

Inputs

Activate

Deactivate

The entity will only test FieldOfView if it is active.

Warning:Deactivating an already-inactive game_ui crashes the game!

Outputs

The player is always the !activator.

PlayerOn

PlayerOff

Fired when the entity starts or stops controlling the player's input.

PressedMoveLeft

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Fired on +moveleft/-moveleft

PressedMoveRight

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Fired on +moveright/-moveright

PressedForward

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Fired on +forward/-forward

PressedBack

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Fired on +back/-back

PressedAttack

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Fired on +attack/-attack

PressedAttack2

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Fired on +attack2/-attack2

XAxis <float>

YAxis <float>

Fired whenever the X/Y axis of the player's input changes. Only useful for analogue gamepad input.

• -1.0 = +moveleft / +back at 100% speed
• 0 = no movement in this axis
• +1.0 = +moveright / +forward at 100% speed

AttackAxis <float>

Attack2Axis <float>

An output that fires whenever the state of the player's "attack" key changes. Only useful for analogue gamepad input.

• 1.0 = bumper is 100% depressed
• 0 = bumper is at rest