game_sign

game_sign is a point entity available in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. An entity that dumps the misc text signs (like hints and tables) on screen overlay.

Note:Originally mainly used on the Tutorial mission.

Key Values

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

Start Hidden (StartHidden) <choices>

Don't spawn the entity while the script command didn't sent.

Value	Description
0	Yes
1	No

Sign Definition File (definition_file) <vsign>

Script containing sign definitions. This is 'vdata/signs/<name>.txt' related file. You can also specify a custom scripts.

Fade-In Time (secs) (fade_in) <float>

Fade-in effect when sign appears, in seconds.

Fade-Out Time (secs) (fade_out) <float>

Fade-out effect when sign closes, in seconds.

Pause When Reading (pause) <choices>

Pauses game process when sign shows on-screen.

Value	Description
0	No
1	Yes

Flags

Flag 1 (unknown yet) : [1]
Flag 4 (unknown yet) : [4]

Inputs

ChangeFile

Changes sign definition file.

OpenWindow

Opens sign window.

CloseWindow

Closes sign window.

ScriptHide

Hide entity by specific python script.

ScriptUnhide

Spawn entity by specific python script if it was hided.

Kill

Removes this entity from the world.

FadeOutKill

Fades entity during given time and then removes this from world.

Outputs

OnUseBegin

Determines what to do when using the entity began.

OnUseEnd

Determines what to do when using the entity over.