npc_combine_s

Half-Life 2

Half-Life: Alyx

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npc_combine_s is a point entity available in Half-Life: Alyx. By default, spawning this entity while in-game within a valid space will create a Combine Grunt in its Idle state.

By changing the convar `combine_force_spawn_class` you can change which soldier type will spawn.

• 0 - Grunt
• 1 - Ordinal
• 2 - Charger
• 3 - Suppressor

Changing this convar then running `npc_create npc_combine_s` will create a soldier of the type in the convar.

Note:Setting combine_force_spawn_class to 4 and spawning a soldier will freeze then crash the game. This has to do with the unused Recon combine class.^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

References

1. https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Combine_Recon. 2. https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/nqvjxy/til_you_can_spawn_the_cut_combine_recon_npc_in/. 3. Error loading resource file "models/characters/combine_grunt/materials/combine_grunt_gear.vmat_c" (Error: ERROR_FILEOPEN) Error loading resource file "models/characters/combine_grunt/materials/combine_grunt_body.vmat_c" (Error: ERROR_FILEOPEN) — Half-Life: Alyx Console output upon spawning class 4, matches the materials for this "unused recon class" .