DODS/Creating Weapon Spawns

While weapons can be placed in your Day of Defeat: Source level, it takes a bit of setup to make them work properly. First the entities must be added to the .FGD, then additional setup is required to keep them from despawning after a few seconds.

Weapon Entities

While they exist in the game, the default FGD is missing all the required entities to place weapons.

You can either find a custom .FGD that has them included, or add them yourself. To add them, copy and paste this into your dod.fgd:

@BaseClass base(Targetname, Angles, Parentname, RenderFields) color(0 0 200) = WeaponItemBase
[
	input Ignite(void) : "Sets the item on fire."
	output OnIgnite(void) : "Fired when the item is set afire."
]

@BaseClass base(WeaponItemBase) = Weapon
[
	spawnflags(Flags) =
	[
		1 : "Start asleep (don't fall to ground)" : 0
	]

	output OnPlayerUse(void) : "Fires when the player +uses this weapon"
	output OnPlayerPickup(void) : "Fires when the player picks up this weapon"
	// output OnNPCPickup(void) : "Fires when an NPC picks up this weapon"
]

@BaseClass base(WeaponItemBase) = Item
[
	output OnPlayerTouch(void) : "Fires when the player touches this object"
]

@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_k98_rg.mdl") = weapon_riflegren_ger : "Axis Rifle Grenade" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_k98_rg_grenade.mdl") = weapon_riflegren_ger_live : "Axis Live Rifle Grenade" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_garand_gren.mdl") = weapon_riflegren_us : "Allies Rifle Grenade" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_garand_rg_grenade.mdl") = weapon_riflegren_us_live : "Allies Live Rifle Grenade" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_stick.mdl") = weapon_frag_ger : "Axis Frag Grenade" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_stick.mdl") = weapon_frag_ger_live : "Axis Live Frag Grenade" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_frag.mdl") = weapon_frag_us : "Allies Frag Grenade" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_frag.mdl") = weapon_frag_us_live : "Allies Live Frag Grenade" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_30cal.mdl") = weapon_30cal : "Allies Machine Gunner's .30Cal" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_bar.mdl") = weapon_bar : "Allies Support's BAR" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_bazooka.mdl") = weapon_bazooka : "Allies Rocket's Bazooka" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_c96.mdl") = weapon_c96 : "Axis C96 Sidearm" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_colt.mdl") = weapon_colt : "Allies Colt Sidearm" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_garand.mdl") = weapon_garand : "Allies Rifleman's M1 Garand" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_k98.mdl") = weapon_k98 : "Axis Rifleman's K98k" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_k98s.mdl") = weapon_k98_scoped : "Axis Sniper's K98 Sniper" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_m1carb.mdl") = weapon_m1carbine : "Allies M1 Carbine" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_mg42bd.mdl") = weapon_mg42 : "Axis Machine Gunner's MG42" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_mp40.mdl") = weapon_mp40 : "Axis Assault's MP40" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_mp44.mdl") = weapon_mp44 : "Axis Support's Stg44" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_p38.mdl") = weapon_p38 : "Axis Walther P38 Sidearm" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_pschreck.mdl") = weapon_pschreck : "Axis Rocket's Panzerschreck" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_smoke_ger.mdl") = weapon_smoke_ger : "Axis Smoke Grenade" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_smoke_us.mdl") = weapon_smoke_us : "Allies Smoke Grenade" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_spade.mdl") = weapon_spade : "Axis Melee Spade" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_spring.mdl") = weapon_spring : "Allies Sniper's Springfield" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_thompson.mdl") = weapon_thompson : "Allies Assault's Thompson" []
@PointClass base(Weapon) studioprop("models/weapons/w_amerk.mdl") = weapon_amerknife : "Allies Melee Knife" []

If done correctly, you should now be able to select all the games' weapons from the entity list.

Building a Weapon Spawner

If you just place a weapon in your map, unlike in other Valve games, it will just disappear after a few seconds.

To avoid having our weapons get cleaned up before the player can reach them, we need to use point_template to create the weapon on demand. The exact implementation will depend on how you want to use the weapon spawner.

Standard Weapon Pickup

While we want the weapon to appear to always be present in the level when available, dropped weapon cleanup means we're going to have to fake it a bit.

You will need 4 entities: The weapon entity, a prop_dynamic with the same model, a point_template, and a trigger.

- Place the weapon entity and the prop_dynamic in the same position, and give your weapon a name. For the purposes of this guide, we'll assume your weapon is a Bazooka, and we'll simply call the entity "bazooka_wp". Under flags, check "Start Asleep".

- Place a point_template. We'll name it "bazooka_template". Under "Template 1", select "bazooka wp"

- Build a brush around your weapon, large enough that the player has to be inside it to pick up the weapon.

- Press Ctrl-T, and assign it to trigger_multiple. Set "Delay before Reset" to your desired value if you want it to have a cooldown before another player can pick it up.

- Go to outputs and add the following OnStartTouch|bazooka_template|ForceSpawn|0.00|No

- If you want the weapon model to disappear until it's ready to be picked up again, name your prop_dynamic, then add the following to your weapon entity's outputs

OnPlayerPickup|bazooka_prop|TurnOff|0.00|No OnPlayerPickup|bazooka_prop|TurnOn|15.00|No

Weapon Crate

Day of Defeat also lacks Item_item_crate, but we can put together our own. This process will be similar to what we did before, with the addition of an env_entity_maker so we can create the weapon wherever it's box is opened.

For this example we'll use the Springfield (weapon_spring) as it's the right size to fit in a weapon crate.

You will need a total of 5 entities for this.

weapon_spring - call it spring_wp. Leave all settings at defaults.

prop_physics_multiplayer - call it spring_box. Set model to supply_crate02.mdl

point_template - call it spring_template. Set Template 1 to spring_wp.

env_entity_maker - call it spring_spawner. Set Parent to spring_box and "Point_template to Spawn" to template_spring.

Set the Outputs of spring_box to the following:

OnPlayerUse|spring_spawner|ForceSpawn|0.00|No

If done correctly, when you press E on the box it should break open and the rifle should fall out.