prop_vehicle_sin

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prop_vehicle_sin is a point entity available in  SiN Episodes. Called the Poseidon Interceptor Vehicle, aftermarket additions make the V8 Poseidon the vehicle of choice for SecForces across the globe. With a top speed to rival most consumer level vehicles, the Poseidon puts a quick end to most pursuits, and the unique chassis and frame design allow for the easy installation of ablative armor. The armor segmentation system allows body segments to absorb the impact of high yield explosives, allowing the car to keep running even when under heavy fire.

It is a driveable sedan type of vehicle with two front doors, compartment door, openable hood, radio, gears, useable windows and sunroof etc. for the player to use. It is possible for scripted NPC's to drive the vehicle but for the player as well, except it is not used in any sequence in the final version of game and was probably planned for use in upcoming episodes. All of the outer components such as the doors are all fully detachable from the main vehicle once they individually have received enough damage, but the vehicle's body is not in contrast to the variable available for health which seems to have no effect no matter the amount of damage applied to it.

The player is able to interact with the vehicle by opening and closing the windows, drive, leaning and shooting out, toggle the radio, using the passenger compartment, change gears, toggle the front window wipers etc. It also has a built in monitor that can be attached to a camera placed somewhere in the world, activated and changed upon its usage for the scene currently playing out.

Keyvalues

Health (???) <integer>

The health of the vehicle.

Bug:The vehicle is invunerable no matter what, making this obsolete.

EnableUse (???) <integer>

Enable vehicle use system (0: Disable, 1: Enable).

ViewsLocked (???) <integer>

Lock passenger views (0: Disable, 1: Enable).

InfiniteAmmo (???) <integer>

Give infinite ammo to the passengers (0: Disable, 1: Enable).

Invunerable (???) <integer>

Cannot be destroyed if invunerable.

DamageTolerance (???) <float>

Damage Tolerance.

MonitorActive (???) <integer>

Vehicle Monitor Active.

MonitorName (???) <string>

Monitor Camera Name.

HintsEnable (???) <integer>

Enable Hints.

Todo: What qualifies as a hint?

DriverDoorLocked (???) <integer>

Driver's door is locked (0: Disable, 1: Enable).

BaseDriveableVehicle:

Starts locked (VehicleLocked) <boolean>

Players cannot enter vehicle until it is unlocked.

BaseVehicle:

Vehicle Script File (vehiclescript) <string>

The vehicle script files contained in scripts\vehicles\ define the behaviour and handling of a vehicle. It is important to match the right script to the right entity/model:

• prop_vehicle_airboat: airboat.txt
• prop_vehicle_apc: apc.txt / apc_npc.txt
• prop_vehicle_crane: crane.txt
• prop_vehicle_prisoner_pod: prisoner_pod.txt
• prop_vehicle_jeep: jalopy.txt (only in ) / jeep_test.txt
• prop_vehicle_choreo_generic:
  • choreo_vehicle.txt (only in )
  • choreo_vehicle_ep1_dogintro.txt (only in )
  • choreo_vehicle_ep2_barn1.txt (only in )
  • choreo_vehicle_ep2_hangar.txt (only in )
  • choreo_vehicle_ep2_intro.txt (only in )
  • choreo_vehicle_ep2_Outland_02.txt (only in )
  • choreo_vehicle_ep2_playertrapped.txt (only in )
• There is also reference_vehicle.txt, which you can modify to make your own vehicle or use as-is.
• prop_vehicle_sin: sincar.txt / sincar_pit.txt (only in )

Scale of action input / framerate (actionScale) <float>

Todo: How fast the vehicle turns/accelerates?

BasePropPhysics:

Physics Impact Damage Scale (physdamagescale) <float>

Multiplies damage received from physics impacts. 0 means the feature is disabled for backwards compatibility.

Impact damage type (Damagetype) <boolean>

If true (1), damage type is sharp and the object can slice others.

Damaging it Doesn't Push It (nodamageforces) <boolean>

Whether damaging the entity applies force to it.

Scale Factor For Inertia (inertiascale) <float>

Scales the angular mass of an object. Used to hack angular damage and collision response.

Confirm:Doesn't actually affect inertia?

Mass Scale (massscale) <float>

Multiplier for the object's mass.

Override Parameters (overridescript) <string>

A list of physics keyvalues that are usually embedded in the model. Format is key,value,key,value,….

Health Level to Override Motion (damagetoenablemotion) <integer>

If specified, this object will start with motion disabled. Once its health has dropped below this specified amount, it will enable motion.

Physics Impact Force to Override Motion (forcetoenablemotion) <float>

If specified, this object will start motion disabled. Any impact that imparts a force greater than this value will enable motion.

GMODSandbox:

Allow Physics Gun (gmod_allowphysgun) <boolean> (only in )

If set, players cannot use Physics Gun on this entity.

Sandbox Tool Whitelist (gmod_allowtools) <string> (only in )

If set, only given tools can be used on this entity. You need to supply the tool class names, the names of the .lua files of those tools. This also includes the context menu properties!

BaseAnimating:

World Model (model) <string>

The model this entity should appear as. 128-character limit.

Skin (skin or ModelSkin ) <integer>

Some models have multiple skins. This value selects from the index, starting with 0.

Collisions (solid) <choices>

Method of collision for this entity.

Choices

0: None 1: BSP (QPhysics) !FGD Bug:In Portal 2, if an entity using QPhysics collisions is hit by Gel, the game will crash! 2: Bounding Box 3: Oriented Bounding Box (Use for runtime spawned rotated brush entities) !FGD 4: Oriented Bounding Box, constrained to Yaw only !FGD 5: Custom/Test (Usually no collision with anything) !FGD 6: VPhysics

Hitbox Set (hitboxset) <string> !FGD

Sets the $hboxset to use.

Body Group (body or SetBodyGroup) <integer> !FGD

Sets the the active $bodygroup.

Model Index (modelindex) <short> !FGD

Given the number index from dumping the cl_precacheinfo modelprecache table, sets entity model to the index.

Warning:If an entity has animations that will be played, then the set model also must have its own sequences, else the game crashes.

Model Scale (modelscale) <float> (in all games since )

A multiplier for the size of the model. Negative values are accepted. Does not alter the physics collisions in most cases, however.

Warning:Negative or extremely high values can cause crashes!

Note:Scale may not appear in Hammer 4.x, but will appear in-game (tested in ). This is fixed in Hammer++.

Animating

Sequence (sequence) <integer> !FGD

Default animation sequence for the model to be playing after spawning.

Playback Rate (playbackrate) <float> !FGD

A multiplier of the framerate at which animations are played, negative values are accepted. Default is 1.0.

Cycle (cycle) <float> !FGD

The current frame of the current animation, on a range from 0-1.

Texture Frame (texframeindex) <integer> !FGD

The initial frame number for all animated textures on this entity.

Effects - Render

Start Fade Distance (fademindist) <float>

Distance at which the entity starts fading. If 0 or less, the entity will disappear instantly when end fade is hit. The value will scale appropriately if the entity is in a 3D Skybox.

End Fade Distance (fademaxdist) <float>

Distance at which the entity ends fading. If 0 or less, the entity won't disappear at all. The value will scale appropriately if the entity is in a 3D Skybox.

Fade Scale (fadescale) <float>

If specified in the worldspawn, or if the engine is running below DirectX 8, entities will fade out even if the fade distances above aren't specified. This value gives more control over when this happens: numbers smaller than 1 cause the entity to fade out at further distances, and greater than 1 cause it to fade out at closer distances. Using 0 turns off the forced fade altogether. See also $noforcedfade.

FX Amount/Transparency (0–255) (renderamt) <integer>

Transparency amount, requires a Render Mode other than Normal. 0 is invisible, 255 is fully visible.

Render Color (R G B) (rendercolor) <color255>

Color tint.

Render FX (renderfx) <choices>

Various somewhat legacy alpha effects.

Render Effects

Bug:Alpha effects from 0 to 10 are unavailable due to the bug in code in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 0: None 1: Slow Pulse (varies alpha by ±16 over a period of 1.5 s) 2: Fast Pulse (varies alpha by ±16 over a period of 0.4 s) 3: Slow Wide Pulse (varies alpha by ±64 over a period of 1.5 s) 4: Fast Wide Pulse (varies alpha by ±64 over a period of 0.4 s) 5: Slow Fade Away (decreases alpha by -1 per frame/(in all games since ) Fades out over 4 s) 6: Fast Fade Away (decreases alpha by -4 per frame/(in all games since ) Fades out over 1 s) 7: Slow Become Solid (increases alpha by +1 per frame/(in all games since ) Fades in over 4 s) 8: Fast Become Solid (increases alpha by +4 per frame/(in all games since ) Fades in over 1 s) 9: Slow Strobe (transparent 0.8 s, visible 0.8 s, repeat) 10: Fast Strobe (transparent 0.2 s, visible 0.2 s, repeat) 11: Faster Strobe (transparent 0.09 s, visible 0.09 s, repeat) 12: Slow Flicker (transparent 0.18 s, visible 1.5 s, repeat) 13: Fast Flicker (transparent 0.14 s, visible 0.2 s, repeat) 14: Constant Glow ("NoDissipation;" purpose uncertain—for sprites?) (not in ) 15: Distort (causes unnatural flickering and position shifting)/(in all games since ) Fade Out (instant; not very useful outside of code) 16: Hologram (Distort + "distance fade")/(in all games since ) Fade In (instant; not very useful outside of code) 17: Scale Up ("Explode"/"scale up really big!" causes wild stretching of model parts) (in )/Fade Wider Pulse (varies alpha by ±255 over a period over a period of 0.26 s) (in all games since ) Confirm:which branches/games is it available in, and where does it do what? 18: Glow Shell (purpose unclear) (in all games since ) (not in ) Confirm:what does this do? and which games is it in? 19: Clamp Minimum Scale ("keep this sprite from getting very small (SPRITES only!)") (not in ) 20: Environmental Rain ("for environmental rendermode, make rain") (in ) (not in ) Confirm:which games? may be nonfunctional. 21: Environmental Snow ("for environmental rendermode, make snow") (in ) (not in ) Confirm:which games? may be nonfunctional. 22: Spotlight FX ("TEST CODE for experimental spotlight") (in ) (not in ) 23: Ragdoll ("HACKHACK: TEST CODE for signalling death of a ragdoll character;" ragdolls an entity but doesn't kill it) (in ) (not in ) Confirm:which games? may be nonfunctional? 24: Fade Wider Pulse (varies alpha by ±255 over a period over a period of 0.26 s) (in ) (not in ) 25: kRenderFXMax/Fade Near (removed since ) (not in ) Todo: what does this do? may be nonfunctional

Render Mode (rendermode) <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

Effects - Environment

Disable Shadows (disableshadows) <boolean>

Prevent the entity from creating cheap render-to-texture shadows. Does not affect shadow mapping.

Disable Receiving Shadows (disablereceiveshadows) <boolean>

Prevent the entity from receiving shadows on itself.

Shadow Cast Distance (shadowcastdist) <integer>

Sets how far the entity casts dynamic shadows. 0 means default distance from the shadow_control entity.

Lighting Origin (LightingOrigin) <targetname>

Select an entity (not info_lighting!) from which to sample lighting instead of the entity's origin.

Lighting Origin Offset (LightingOriginHack) <targetname> (not in ) !FGD 

Deprecated. The info_lighting_relative from which to sample lighting instead of the entity's origin. Use Lighting Origin instead.

Disable Flashlight (disableflashlight) <boolean> (in all games since )

Used to disable projected texture lighting and shadows on this entity. Identical to EF_NOFLASHLIGHT.

Disable ShadowDepth (disableshadowdepth) <boolean> (in all games since )

Makes this entity not cast a shadow from env_projectedtexture entities. Identical to EF_NOSHADOWDEPTH.

Projected Texture Cache (shadowdepthnocache) <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. Identical toEF_SHADOWDEPTH_NOCACHE.

• 0: Default
• 1: No cache—render every frame
• 2: Cache it—render only once

Miscellaneous

Glow Backface Multiple (glowbackfacemult) <float> (only in ) !FGD

If this object has a glow effect, multiply the effect by this much on the sides of the object that are facing away from the viewer.

Move Type (MoveType) <choices> (in all games since ) !FGD

Sets a movetype for this entity, which changes its movement behavior.

Move Types

0: None, don't move 1: Isometric 2: Walk, player only, moving on ground 3: NPC, movement 4: Fly, no gravity 5: Fly, with gravity 6: Physics 7: Push 8: Noclip 9: Ladder, for players on ladders 10: Spectator 11: Custom

Collision Group (CollisionGroup) <choices> (in all games since ) !FGD

Sets a collision group for this entity, which changes its collision behavior.

Groups

0: None 1: Debris, collides only with the world and static props 2: Debris, with trigger interaction 3: Interactive Debris, doesn't collide with other debris 4: Interactive, collides with everything except debris 5: Player 6: Breakable Glass 7: Vehicle 8: Player Movement 9: In-Vehicle 10: Weapon 11: Vehicle Clip 12: Projectile 13: Door blocker, not permitted to go near doors 14: Passable Door 15: Dissolving 16: Pushaway 17: NPC Actor, NPCs ignore the player 18: NPC Scripted, NPCs do not collide with each other

No Animation Sounds (SuppressAnimSounds) <boolean> (in all games since ) !FGD

Silences sounds linked to animations.DXLevelChoice:

Minimum / Maximum DX Level (mindxlevel / maxdxlevel) <choices> (removed since )

The entity will not exist if the engine is running outside the given range of DirectX Versions.

Choices

Warning:If these are used, the object may break when the user switches their DirectX settings. 0 - Default (no bounding) 60 - DirectX 6 (!FGD for mindxlevel) 70 - DirectX 7 80 - DirectX 8 (Geforce4 Ti 4600) 81 - DirectX 8.1 (GeForce FX 5200) 90 - DirectX 9 Shader Model 2 92 - OpenGL equivalent to DirectX 9 Shader Model 2 (using ToGL; only) !FGD 95 - DirectX 9 Shader Model 3 97 - OpenGL equivalent to DirectX 9 Shader Model 3 (using ToGL; only) !FGD

SystemLevelChoice:

Minimum / Maximum Effect Details Level (mincpulevel / maxcpulevel) <choices> (in all games since )

Don't render for players with Effect Details levels that exceed the minimum or maximum.^{[Key names are related to cpu_level cvar used by Effect Details.]}

Choices

0: Default ("Low" formincpulevel, "High" formaxcpulevel) 1: Low 2: Medium 3: High

Minimum / Maximum Shader Details Level (mingpulevel / maxgpulevel) <choices> (in all games since )

Don't render for players with Shader Details levels that exceed the minimum or maximum.^{[Key names are related to gpu_level cvar used by Shader Details.]}

Choices

0: Default ("Low" formingpulevel, "Very High" formaxgpulevel) 1: Low 2: Medium 3: High 4: Very High

BreakableProp:

Explosion Damage (ExplodeDamage) <float>

If non-zero, when this entity breaks it will create an explosion that causes the specified amount of damage. See also Explosion Radius.

Explosion Radius (ExplodeRadius) <float>

If non-zero, when this entity breaks it will create an explosion with a radius of the specified amount. See also Explosion Damage.

Sound to make when punted (puntsound) <sound> (in all games since )

Sound to make when punted by gravity gun.

Break Model Message (BreakModelMessage) <string>

"If set, will use this break model message instead of the normal break behavior."

Confirm:Is this new with Source SDK 2013...? It isn't in Alien Swarm or 2007 code but is in 2013. New with L4D?

Breakable (common):

Performance Mode (PerformanceMode) <choices>

Used to limit the amount of gibs produced when this entity breaks, for performance reasons.

• 0: Normal
• 1: No Gibs
• 2: Full Gibs on All Platforms (Xbox 360, PS3, etc)
• 3: Reduced gibs

Min Damage to Hurt (minhealthdmg) <integer>

If a single hit to the object doesn't do at least this much damage, the prop won't take any of the damage it attempted to give.

Pressure Delay (pressuredelay) <float>

Seconds to delay breaking from pressure. Allows creaking/groaning sounds to play.

Health (health) <integer>

How close to breaking the object is.

Maximum Health (max_health) <integer>

Health cannot exceed this amount.

Physics Impact Damage Scale (physdamagescale) <float>

Multiplier for damage amount when this entity is hit by a physics object. With a value of 0 the entity will take no damage from physics.

Breakable By (BreakableType) <choices> (only in )

Who can break this?

• 0: Everyone
• 1: All Infected
• 2: Only Tanks

Inputs

SetView <integer>

Set the activators view inside the vehicle.

LockView <integer>

Lock all passenger views.

SetRadioStation <integer>

Set the radio station.

SetCamera <string>

Set Monitor Camera.

EnableUse <boolean>

Enable or disable use function inside vehicle (0: Disable, 1: Enable).

EnableHints <integer>

Enable or disable hints (0: Disable, 1: Enable).

EnableAmmo <integer>

Enable or disable ammo. Will provide the player with full ammunition once the reserve is depleted, including special types (0: Disable, 1: Enable).

Bug:Does not seem to stock the player's special ammo for the magnum gun.

EnterVehicle

ExitVehicle <integer>

Forces passenger into/out of the vehicle role (0: Driver, 1: Passenger, 2: Gunner).

OpenDoor

CloseDoor <integer>

Opens/closes a specific door (0: Driver, 1: Passenger, 2: Compartment, 3: Bonnet).

OpenWindow

CloseWindow <integer>

Open/close a specific window (0: Driver, 1: Passenger, 2: Behind Passenger, 3: Behind Driver).

RadioOn

RadioOff

Turn radio on/off.

OpenDoors

CloseDoors

Open/close all doors.

OpenWindows

CloseWindows

Open/close all windows.

HeadlightOn

HeadlightOff

Turn on/off headlights.

Bug:The headlights is rotated 90 degress the wrong way.

WipersOn

WipersOff

Turn on/off wipers.

MonitorOn

MonitorOff

Turn monitor on/off.

BaseDriveableVehicle:

HandBrakeOn

HandBrakeOff

Turns the handbrake on/off, preventing the vehicle from driving but not disabling motion from external forces.

BaseVehicle:

Action <float>

Set the speed of the action animation.

Todo: What does this mean?

TurnOn

Start engine and enable throttle.

TurnOff

Stop engine, disable throttle, engage brakes.

Lock

Unlock

Prevent/allow the player from entering or exiting the vehicle.

SetVehicleVolume <float>

Set the volume for vehicle sounds (0.0 - 1.0).

Outputs

DoorOpen

Door opened event.

DoorClosed

Door closed event.

WindowOpen

Window opened event.

WindowClosed

Window closed event.

UseBox

This output is triggered when a vehicle use box is used, the activator is the user of the use box.

ViewChanged

This output is triggered when a passenger in the vehicle changes views.

BaseDriveableVehicle:

PlayerOn

PlayerOff

Player entered/exited the vehicle. (!activator is the player.)

PressedAttack

PressedAttack2

Player pressed the +attack/+attack2 key.

AttackAxis <boolean>

Attack2Axis <boolean>

State of the attack/attack2 buttons. Also called when the player exits the vehicle.

Base:

OnUser1 to OnUser4

These outputs each fire in response to the firing of the like-numbered FireUser1 to FireUser4 Input; see User Inputs and Outputs.