logic_eventlistener

Class hierarchy
CLogicEventListener ↳CLogicalEntity ↳CServerOnlyEntity ↳CBaseEntity
logic_eventlistener.cpp

logic_eventlistener is a point entity available in all Source games since Portal 2. It is also available in Team Fortress 2.

It can listen to events fired from code and fire and output when it happens.

All event declarations can be found in these files:

resource/gameevents.res
resource/modeevents.res
resource/demoimportantevents.res
resource/serverevents.res
resource/hltvevents.res
resource/replayevents.res 

Bug:In singleplayer, the entity will stop working (firing outputs) after a save is reloaded, and must be respawned with a point_template.  [todo tested in ?]

Bug:In , when overtime is reached in KOTH maps, the entity does not fire on the teamplay_overtime_begin and teamplay_overtime_end events.  [todo tested in ?]

: In code, it is represented by the CLogicEventListener class, defined in the logic_eventlistener.cpp file. It is a subclass of both CLogicalEntity and CGameEventListener.

Keyvalues

Name (targetname) <string>

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

Event Name (eventname) <string>

The name of the event that you want to listen for.

Fetch Event Data (fetcheventdata) <boolean> (in all games since ) (also in )

Copies the game event data to the event_data table in the script scope of the listener entity when the event is fired.

Team Number (teamnum) <integer>

If set, will only fire its output if the event is generated from someone of the specified team.

• -1: Don't care
• 0: Unassigned !FGD
• 1: Team 1 , Spectators !FGD
• 2: Team 2 (ORANGE) , Terrorists
• 3: Team 3 (BLUE) , Counter-Terrorists

Start Disabled (StartDisabled) <boolean>

Stay dormant until activated (with theEnableinput).

Inputs

EnableDisable:

Enable / Disable

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

Outputs

OnEventFired

Fired when the event has been detected.

See Also

• info_game_event_proxy