point_posecontroller

Class hierarchy
CPoseController ↳CBaseEntity
point_posecontroller.cpp

point_posecontroller is a point entity available in all Source games since Half-Life 2: Episode Two. It controls a pose parameter of a prop and cycles the pose clientside.

Note:The posecontroller resets the prop's default animations.

Bug:Using an invalid or non-existant Pose Parameter will crash the game.  [todo tested in?]

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

Prop Name (PropName) <string>

Name of the prop to control.

Bug:This keyvalue does not receive instance fixups, making the entity mostly unusable inside instances.  [todo tested in?]

Fix:Change the keyvalue type from string to target_destination in the FGD.

Pose Parameter Name (PoseParameterName) <string>

Name of the pose parameter to control.

Pose Parameter Value (PoseValue) <float>

Normalized value for the pose parameter from 0.0 and 1.0 (maps to min and max range).

Bug:Pose Paramater Value suffers from rounding or overflow errors.  [todo tested in?]

Clarify: What effect does this have?

Workaround:Apparently, constantly setting a new value using SetPoseValue can be used as a workaround.

Interpolation Time (InterpolationTime) <float>

Number of seconds (0.0 to 10.0) for client to match absolute pose values.

Bug:The value must have a trailing decimal (such as .0), or it will completely break the pose controller.  [todo tested in?]

Should wrap from 0.0 to 1.0 when interpolating. (InterpolationWrap) <boolean>

If set, wrap from 0.0 to 1.0 when interpolating.

Cycle Frequency (CycleFrequency) <float>

Base cycles per second from -10.0 to 10.0.

Frequency Modulation Type (FModulationType) <choices>

Control the way the interpolation blends between the poses.

Value	Description
0	None
1	Sine
2	Square
3	Triangle
4	Sawtooth
5	Noise

Frequency Modulation Time Offset (FModTimeOffset) <float>

Modulation time offset from -1.0f to 1.0.

Frequency Modulation Rate (FModRate) <float>

Modulation cycles per second from -10.0f to 10.0.

Frequency Modulation Amplitude (FModAmplitude) <float>

Modulation extents from 0.0f to 10.0.

Inputs

SetPoseParameterName <string>

Sets the pose parameter to control.

SetPoseValue <float>

Set the pose parameter to a normalized value between 0.0 and 1.0 (maps to min and max range).

SetInterpolationTime <float>

Set the interpolation time to a number of seconds between 0.0 and 10.0.

SetCycleFrequency <float>

Set the pose parameter's base cycles per second from -10.0f to 10.0.

SetFModType <integer>

Set the type of frequency modulation.

SetFModTimeOffset <float>

Set the modulation time offset from -1.0f to 1.0.

SetFModRate <float>

Set the modulation cycles per second from -10.0f to 10.0.

SetFModAmplitude <float>

Set the modulation extents from 0.0f to 10.0.

RandomizeFMod <float>

Randomize the frequency modulation by an extremeness of 0.0 to 1.0.

GetFMod

Outputs the current modulation settings in console. !FGD