npc_antlionguard
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Note:Some keyvalues, spawnflags, effect flags, inputs, or outputs might not affect an NPC, based on the functionality and coding of the NPC.

Cavern Dweller (in all games since
) - click to enlarge.

npc_antlionguard
is a model entity available in Half-Life 2,
Half-Life 2: Episode One,
Half-Life 2: Episode Two, and
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. The Antlion guard is a much larger and more dangerous form of antlion. The guard has a significant amount of health, and can fling physics objects at the player.
The cavern guard does not charge or roar and predicts where the player will be for melee attack.

Dedicated Console Variables
- sk_antlionguard_health <int>
- An antlion guard's spawn health
- sk_antlionguard_dmg_charge <int>
- Damage the antlion guard deals when it hits the player while charging.
- sk_antlionguard_dmg_shove <int>
- Damage the antlion guard deals when it hits the player with the standard, shove attack.
- sk_antlionguard_dmg_take_scale <int>
- Scale of how much damage the antlion guard takes if damaged.
Keyvalues
CBaseCombatCharacter:
CAI_BaseNPC:
DamageFilter:
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- Start burrowed ([todo internal name (i)]) <boolean>
- Start the NPC burrowed under the ground, waiting for the player to appear.
- Allow bark ([todo internal name (i)]) <boolean>
- Sometimes the Antlionguard will call other antlions to unburrow near it. Generally 3 antlions per bark.
- Cavern breed ([todo internal name (i)]) <boolean>
- Sets the guard to use the Episode Two Cavern Guard skin.
- In Cavern ([todo internal name (i)]) <boolean>
- If set, the guard will do poison damage and will not charge or roar.
Flags
BaseNPC flags
- Wait Till Seen : [1]
- Prevents this NPC from seeing (or being seen) until it enters a player's viewcone.
- Gag : [2]
- Won't make IDLE sounds until it's angry.
- Fall to ground (unchecked means teleport to ground) : [4]
- Drop Healthkit : [8]
- Causes this NPC to drop an item_healthvial upon dying.
- Efficient : [16]
- Don't acquire enemies or avoid obstacles
- Wait For Script : [128]
- Forces this NPC to "wait" in an idle state until it finishes playing a scripted_sequence.
- Long Visibility/Shoot : [256]
- By default, increases a NPC's sight range to
6,000
units and allows it to attack from anywhere within that distance.
- Fade Corpse : [512]
- Think outside PVS : [1024]
- Allows this NPC to run its regular AI outside of any player's PVS.
- Template NPC : [2048]
- Marks this NPC as a template for entities like npc_template_maker. The NPC will not spawn on its own. This is not needed for point_template.
- Do Alternate collision for this NPC (player avoidance) : [4096]
- Don't drop weapons : [8192]
- Ignore player push : [16384] (in all games since
)
- Entity won't give way to player.
- 65536 : Create server-side ragdoll on death
- 131072 : Use inside footsteps
Inputs
BaseNPC inputs
CAI_BaseNPC:
- ActivateSpeedModifier !FGD
- DisableSpeedModifier !FGD
- Break
- Smash into pieces. If this is not possible, disappear.
- BecomeRagdoll (in all games since
)
- Remove itself and instantly become a ragdoll with zero force (just go limp). OnDeath, etc. outputs will NOT be fired.
- ForceInteractionWithNPC <string> <string> (in all games since
)
- Force the NPC to use a dynamic interaction with another NPC. Syntax is <targetname> <dynamic interaction>.
- ForgetEntity <targetname >
- Clears out the NPC's knowledge of a named entity.
- UpdateEnemyMemory (in all games since
)
- Update (or create) this NPC's memory of of the given entity.
- GagEnable
- GagDisable
- Gagged NPCs won't speak (or moan, caw, etc.) unless made to be a choreographed scene.
- HolsterWeapon (in all games since
)
- UnholsterWeapon (in all games since
)
- Force the NPC to holster or unholster their weapon. Ignored if the NPC is scripting or if the NPC doesn't use weapons.
- HolsterAndDestroyWeapon (in all games since
)
- Same as
HolsterWeapon
, except the weapon is destroyed once it has been concealed.
- IgnoreDangerSounds <float >
- Ignore danger sounds for the specified number of seconds.
- InsideTransition !FGD
- OutsideTransition !FGD
- SetBodyGroup <integer >
- HACK: Sets this NPC's body group (from 0–n).
- SetEnemyFilter <string >
- SetHealth <integer >
- Set the NPC's health.
- SetMaxLookDistance <float > (only in
)
- Sets the maximum look distance for the NPC. Defaults are 2048 and 6000 for long range NPCs.
- SetRelationship <string|targetname or classname> <string|disposition> <int|rank>
- Changes whether this NPC likes or dislikes certain others. Used like the ai_relationship entity, with this NPC as the subject.
- Values for
disposition
are:D_HT
: HateD_FR
: FearD_LI
: LikeD_NU
: Neutral
- SetSquad <string >
- Change the name of this NPC's squad. Leaving the parameter blank will remove the NPC from any existing squad.
- StartScripting
- StopScripting
- Enter/exit scripting state, where NPCs ignore a variety of stimulus that would make them break out of their scripts. They ignore danger sounds, ignore +Use, don't idle speak or respond to other NPCs' idle speech, and so on.
- Wake
- Wakes up the NPC if it is sleeping.
CBaseCombatCharacter:
- KilledNPC !FGD
- Tells the entity it killed something. Despite the name, this can include a player. This input will be automatically sent by the victim when they die.
- physdamagescale <float >
- Scales damage energy when this character is hit by a physics object. With a value of 0 the NPC will take no damage from physics.
DamageFilter:
- Unburrow
- Unburrow from the ground.
- SetShoveTarget <targetname >
- Sets a shove target to attack.
- SetChargeTarget <targetname >
- Sets a charge target to attack. To make it work with npc_bullseye, you also need to set info_target with parameters. Example: bulleye_test target_start_1
- ClearChargeTarget
- Clear the charge target.
- Ragdoll
- Causes the antlion guard to die, regardless of health.
- EnableBark
- Allow the antlion guard to try and summon antlions.
- DisableBark
- Stop the antlion guard from trying to summon antlions.
- SummonedAntlionDied !FGD
- Informs the guard that a summoned antlion has died. Automatically sent by summoned antlions when they die. Sending this manually will cause the guard to summon an extra antlion for each time its sent.
- StopInvestigating
- Stop trying to sniff out the player.(Non-functional)
- EnablePreferPhysicsAttack
- Prefer to use physics attacks if at all possible, even when inside a cavern.(The guard will still prioritize charging).
- DisablePreferPhysicsAttack
- Do not prefer to use physics attacks if at all possible, even when inside a cavern.
Outputs
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- OnSeeHiddenPlayer
- Fires when the current enemy is seen while trying to hide.(Non-functional)
- OnSmellHiddenPlayer
- Fires when the current enemy is smelled while trying to hide.(Non-functional)
- OnSummon
- Antlion guard is attempting to summon antlions.
See also
Categories:
- TODO rewrite lang to LanguageBar
- Half-Life 2 entities
- Half-Life 2 model entities
- Half-Life 2: Episode One entities
- Half-Life 2: Episode One model entities
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two entities
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two model entities
- Half-Life 2: Deathmatch entities
- Half-Life 2: Deathmatch model entities
- NPC entities
- Half-Life 2 NPCs