Commentary Editor

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The Commentary Editor is an engine tool available in Source 2007 and later. To use it, run your game or mod with -tools -nop4 on the command line and select 'Commentary Editor' from the Tools menu. Make sure that sv_lan is set to 1 in the console located in the lower-left corner (sv_lan 1). This tool is used to set up commentary nodes in a selected map.

Warning:you need to use the command: "toolload commedit" in console for Alien Swarm to load

Interface

The first window on the left is the entity report window. On the lower right is the properties window, and bove that is the engine viewport.

File

Note:The file menu is pretty self explanitory

• Open...
• Save
• Save As...
• Close
• Recent
• Clear Recent
• Exit

Edit

• Undo

Shortcut keys Ctrl + Z

• Redo

Shortcut keys ⇧ Shift + Ctrl + Z

• Describe Undo History

Confirm:What does this do??

• Clear Undo History

• Keyboard

Shortcut keys ⇧ Shift + Ctrl + Alt + E

See setting key bindings

CommEdit

• Add New Commentary Nodes

Shortcut keys Ctrl + A

View

• Properties

Shows the Properties Window If Checked

• Entity Report

• Console

Shows the Console If Checked

• Default Layout

Resets the layout to the defualt view

Setting up

click file -> new

The choose BSP File window opens

select the map that will use the commentary nodes

Creating Commentary Nodes & Targets

on the Entity Report window click "Create nodes"

you get switched to the engine viewport

Left click to place commentary nodes or target nodes

Right click to switch between commentary nodes and target nodes

ESC to exit the mode

Setting the Commentary Node Properties

after creating the necesary nodes, Select the node to be edited from the Entity Report Window

Then go to the Properties window

Set the fallowing

• Commentary Node Name

• Audio

Audio File

Speakers

Synopsis

• Location

Position (X Y Z Cordinates)

Orientation (Pitch Yaw Roll)

• Camera Control

View Position (Taget Node X Y Z)

View Target (Taget Node X Y Z)

• Operations

Start Console Commands

End Console Commands

See Also

• Commentary System
• point_commentary_node
• Engine tools