Template:KV BaseNPC

BaseNPC:

Target Path Corner ([todo internal name (i)]) <targetname>: The path_corner that this NPC will move to after spawning.

Squad Name ([todo internal name (i)]) <string>: NPCs that are in the same squad (i.e. have matching squad names) will share information about enemies, and will take turns attacking and covering each other.

Hint Group ([todo internal name (i)]) <string>: Hint groups are used by NPCs to restrict their hint-node searching to a subset of the map's hint nodes. Only hint nodes with matching hint group names will be considered by this NPC.

Hint Limit Nav ([todo internal name (i)]) <boolean>: Limits NPC to using specified hint group for navigation requests, but does not limit local navigation.

Sleep State ([todo internal name (i)]) <choices>

Holds the NPC in stasis until specified condition. See also 'Wake Radius' and 'Wake Squad'.

Wake Radius ([todo internal name (i)]) <float>: Auto-wake if player within this distance

Wake Squad ([todo internal name (i)]) <boolean>: Wake all of the NPCs squadmates if the NPC is woken

Enemy Filter ([todo internal name (i)]) <targetname>: Filter entity to test targets against

Ignore unseen enemies ([todo internal name (i)]) <boolean>: Prefer visible enemies, regardless of distance or relationship priority

Physics Impact Damage Scale ([todo internal name (i)]) <float>: Scales damage energy when this character is hit by a physics object. With a value of 0 the NPC will take no damage from physics.

DamageFilter:

Damage Filter (damagefilter) <targetname>: Name of the filter_damage_type entity that controls which entities can damage us.

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.

Shadow:

Disable Shadows (disableshadows) <boolean>: Prevents the entity from creating cheap render-to-texture shadows, or lightmap shadows if the entity is a prop_static. Does not affect shadow mapping.

Disable Receiving Shadows (disablereceiveshadows) <boolean>: Prevent the entity from receiving dynamic shadows on itself.

Shadow Cast Distance (shadowcastdist) <integer> !FGD: Sets how far the entity casts dynamic shadows. 0 means default distance from the shadow_control entity.
Disable Shadow Depth (disableshadowdepth) <boolean> (in all games since ): Used to disable rendering into shadow depth (for projected textures) for this entity.

Disable flashlight (disableflashlight) <boolean> (in all games since ): Used to disable projected texture lighting and shadows on this entity.

Projected Texture Cache (shadowdepthnocache) <integer choices> (in all games since ): Used to hint projected texture system whether it is sufficient to cache shadow volume of this entity or to force render it every frame instead.

Choices
0 : Default 1 : No cache - render every frame 2 : Cache it - render only once

RenderFields:

Render Mode (rendermode) <byte choices>: Set a non-standard rendering mode on this entity.

Render Modes
0: Normal 1: Color 2: Texture 3: Glow 4: Solid/Alphatest 5: Additive 6: Removed, does nothing 7: Additive Fractional Frame 8: Alpha Add 9: World Space Glow 10: Don't Render

Render FX (renderfx) <byte choices>: Various somewhat legacy alpha effects. See render effects.

Render Amount / Transparency (renderamt) <byte>: Transparency amount, requires a Render Mode other than Normal. 0 is invisible, 255 is fully visible.

Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X) (angles) <QAngle>: This entity's orientation in the world. Pitch is rotation around the Y axis, yaw is the rotation around the Z axis, roll is the rotation around the X axis.

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

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