Ai speechfilter

Entity description

The ai_speechfilter entity allows to adjust how much an NPC will idle chatter to other NPC’s around him and indeed the player themselves. This is quite useful, especially if you have a script setup where idle chatter will seem out of place, or get in the way of a Face Poser scene. Speech patterns for NPCs are defined in Response System.

Keyvalues

Subject(s) ([todo internal name (i)]) <targetname>

This is the NPC(s) whose speech we're filtering. May be a targetname or a classname.

Idle modifier. ([todo internal name (i)]) <float>

Multiplier to the percentage chance that our NPC(s) will idle speak. Set to 0 to prevent all idle speech.

Greet Player? ([todo internal name (i)]) <choices>

If set to Yes, our NPC(s) won't greet the player when they first meet him.

• 0 : Yes
• 1 : No

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.

Start Disabled (StartDisabled) <boolean>

Stay dormant until activated (with theEnableinput).

Inputs

SetIdleModifier <floatRedirectInput/float>

Allows designers to change the idle modifier at runtime

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.

EnableDisable:

Enable / Disable

Enable/disable this entity from performing its task. It might also disappear from view.

See also

Response System