Logic auto

logic_auto
Type	Point entity
Engine	Source
Availability	In all games

fires outputs immediately after a map loads, unlike most other entities that wait for input first. It can be set to check a global state before firing, which allows you to fire events based on what took place in a previous map.

Warning:Attempting to directly access or modify the player may cause Access Violation errors, because the outputs are fired before the player has spawned. Adding a slight time delay may overcome this.

Warning:This entity counts as an edict, not a logical entity as one would expect, and therefore it can contribute to the entity limit. If this is an issue, use logic_relay and its OnSpawn output.

Note:In Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive when a map loads and when the round is reset ( CS:GO including resets for warmup and resets in any other game mode), this entity fires the 3 outputs OnNewGame/OnBackgroundMap (exactly one of these, see below), OnMapSpawn and OnMultiNewMap in this order.

Note:In CS:GO the output OnMultiNewRound is actually fired in response to the game events round_start and teamplay_round_start and does not depend on the Global State to Read. When a round is reset, it is fired before the previous 3, but not when a map is loaded.

Keyvalues

Global State to Read (globalstate) <choices>

If set, this specifies a global state to check before firing. Outputs are only fired if this global state exists and if it is turned on.

Note:Valve's FGDs always include the Half-Life 2 global states here, but any value can be entered. See env_global for a list of default global states in each game.

Flags

[ 1 ] : Remove on fire

Whether the logic_auto is deleted after firing. Delayed outputs will still work, however.

Outputs

OnMapSpawn

Fired when the map is loaded for any reason including saves.

Bug: Also fires when a new round starts, making it behave identically to OnMultiNewRound, except that it is also fired when the map is loaded.

Todo: Does this occur in other games?

  [todo tested in ?]

OnNewGame

Fired when the map is loaded to start a new game.

OnLoadGame

Fired when the map is loaded from a saved game.

OnMapTransition

Fired when the map is loaded due to a level transition.

OnBackgroundMap

Fired when the map is loaded as a background to the main menu using map_background.

OnMultiNewMap

Fired only in multiplayer, when a new map is loaded.

OnMultiNewRound

Fired only in multiplayer, when a new round is started. Only fired in multiplayer games that use round-based gameplay.

Bug:except: Also fires when a new round starts, making it behave identically to OnMultiNewRound, except that it is also fired when the map is loaded.

Todo: Confirm if present in any game.

  [todo tested in ?]

OnViolenceLow (only in )

Fired when the map is loaded for any reason if the game is in low-violence mode.

OnViolenceHigh (only in )

Fired when the map is loaded for any reason if the game is not in low-violence mode.