prop_car_alarm

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Left 4 Dead Left 4 Dead 2 prop_car_alarm is a point entity available in the Left 4 Dead series. This class is the same as prop_physics, but with special outputs used specifically for a car alarm, to be used with Prop_car_glass for its glass.
This entity can sense people firing their weapons next to it and has outputs for that event. It will call a panic event the moment it's assigned model is touched or damaged, but then it will stop functioning like a car alarm and will effectively just be a prop_physics

Left 4 Dead 2There is a Prefab of this car, to be used as func_instance in "Left 4 Dead 2\sdk_content\mapsrc\instance\prop_car_alarm.vmf"

Note.png Note: The Enable/Disable inputs will disable or enable the ability to trigger alarms. However, the Prop_car_glass entity that goes along with this car will not be affected by this and needs to be disabled separately, by swapping it with a generic prop_dynamic using default glass version for this car, which does not blink.
Tip.png Tip: By default the alarm sounds for about 30 seconds, then fires the OnCarAlarmEnd Output. You can make this time longer by instead using an OnCarAlarmStart output which fires a relay after X amount of seconds, which will then fire whatever outputs OnCarAlarmEnd was firing.

Keyvalues

BasePropPhysics:

Physics Impact Damage Scale (physdamagescale) <float>
Multiplies damage received from physics impacts. 0 means the feature is disabled for backwards compatibility.
Impact damage type (Damagetype) <boolean>
If true (1), damage type is sharp and the object can slice others.
Damaging it Doesn't Push It (nodamageforces) <boolean>
Whether damaging the entity applies force to it.
Scale Factor For Inertia (inertiascale) <float>
Scales the angular mass of an object. Used to hack angular damage and collision response.
Confirm:Doesn't actually affect inertia?
Mass Scale (massscale) <float>
Multiplier for the object's mass.
Override Parameters (overridescript) <string>
A list of physics keyvalues that are usually embedded in the model. Format is key,value,key,value,....
Health Level to Override Motion (damagetoenablemotion) <integer>
If specified, this object will start with motion disabled. Once its health has dropped below this specified amount, it will enable motion.
Physics Impact Force to Override Motion (forcetoenablemotion) <float>
If specified, this object will start motion disabled. Any impact that imparts a force greater than this value will enable motion.

DXLevelChoice:

Minimum DX Level (mindxlevel) <choices>
The entity will not exist if the engine is running outside the given range of DirectX Versions. Replaced by SystemLevelChoice from Left 4 Dead Left 4 Dead onwards.
Warning.png Warning: If these are used, the object may break when the user switches their DirectX settings.
Maximum DX Level (maxdxlevel) <choices>

SystemLevelChoice:

Minimum Effect Details Level (mincpulevel) <choices> (in all games since Left 4 Dead)
Maximum Effect Details Level (maxcpulevel) <choices> (in all games since Left 4 Dead)
Don't render for players with Effect Details levels that exceed the minimum or maximum.


Note.png Note: The key's names is because of thecpu_levelcommand; the command Effect Details uses.
Minimum Shader Details Level (mingpulevel) <choices> (in all games since Left 4 Dead)
Maximum Shader Details Level (maxgpulevel) <choices> (in all games since Left 4 Dead)
Don't render for players with Shader Details levels that exceed the minimum or maximum.


Note.png Note: The key's names is because of thegpu_levelcommand; the command Shader Details uses.

GMODSandbox:
Allow Physics Gun (gmod_allowphysgun) <boolean> (only in Garry's Mod)
If set, players cannot use Physics Gun on this entity.
Sandbox Tool Whitelist (gmod_allowtools) <string> (only in Garry's Mod)
If set, only given tools can be used on this entity. You need to supply the tool class names, the names of the .lua files of those tools. This also includes the context menu properties!

RenderFields:

Render Mode (rendermode) <choices>
Set a non-standard rendering mode on this entity.


Render FX / Transparency (0 - 255) (renderamt) <integer>
Transparency amount, requires a Render Mode other than Normal. 0 is invisible, 255 is fully visible.
Render Color (R G B) (rendercolor) <color255>
Color tint.
Disable Receiving Shadows (disablereceiveshadows) <boolean>
Prevent the entity from receiving shadows on itself.

RenderFXChoices:

Render FX (renderfx) <choices>
Preset pattern of appearance effects.



EnableDisable:

Start Disabled (StartDisabled) <boolean>
Stay dormant until activated (with theEnableinput).


Flags

BasePropPhysics:

  • 1: Start Asleep.
  • 2: Don't take physics damage.
  • 4: Debris - Don't collide with the player or other debris.
  • 8: Motion Disabled.
  • 64: Enable motion when grabbed by gravity gun.
  • 128: Not affected by rotor wash.
  • 256: Generate output on +use.
  • 512: Prevent pickup.
  • 1024: Prevent motion enable on player bump.
  • 4096: Debris with trigger interaction.
  • 8192: Force server-side (Multiplayer only; see sv_pushaway_clientside_size)
  • 1048576: Gravity gun can ALWAYS pick up. No matter what.

BreakableProp:

  •  [16] : Break on Touch
  •  [32] : Break on Pressure

Inputs

Ignite
Ignite, burst into flames.
IgniteLifetime <float>
Ignite with the given lifetime. To do: Before the flames extinguish, or before health reaches zero?
IgniteNumHitboxFires <integer>
Ignite with the given number of hitbox fires.
IgniteHitboxFireScale <float>
Ignite with the given hitbox fire scale.

BasePropPhysics:

Sleep
Tell the prop to quit moving. Any physics forces (excluding gravity and water buoyancy) will cause the object to resume moving as usual. Sleeping also occurs automatically when the object has no physics forces to keep it awake, and when it is no longer moving a noticeable amount.
Wake
If the object was told to sleep, tell it to start moving again.
DisableMotion
Tell the object to stop moving completely. No physics forces will re-enable motion, not even Wake.
EnableMotion
If the object's motion has been disabled entirely, tell it to resume movement as usual. This will also Wake the object, if it is Sleeping.
DisableFloating
If the object would normally float when in water, tell it to not float. There seems to be no way to re-enable floating behavior, but programming a method to do this should be fairly simple (CALLBACK_DO_FLUID_SIMULATION).


RenderFields:

Alpha <integer>
Sets the entity's transparency to a number from 0 (invisible) to 255 (fully visible). Requires the entity to have its Render Mode (rendermode) set to a number other than 0.
Color <color255>
Sets an RGB color for the entity.

EnableDisable:

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

Outputs

OnCarAlarmStart
Car alarm should go off
OnCarAlarmEnd
Car alarm has shut off
OnCarAlarmChirpStart
Warning chirp starts
OnCarAlarmChirpEnd
Warning chirp stopped

BasePropPhysics:

OnMotionEnabled
Fired when motion has been enabled on the prop, either via the Health Level to Override Motion keyvalue or from the EnableMotion input.
OnAwakened
Fired when the prop has woken (force has been applied to it while it was asleep, or the Wake input has been called).
OnOutOfWorld
Fired whenever the object is detected to be outside the world. Specifically, it checks if the object is outside of the world's bounding box or if the object is traveling at over 2000 units per second in any cardinal direction.
OnPlayerUse
Fired when the player has +used the prop.
Note.png Note: This output (but not any of the other pickup-related ones) will fire only if the Generate output on +USE spawnflag is set.
OnPhysGunDrop
Fired when the player has dropped the prop (from either +use or the gravity gun). !activator is the player.
OnPlayerPickup
Fired when the player has picked the prop up with +use or the gravity gun (in Half-Life 2).
OnPhysGunOnlyPickup
Fired when the player has picked the prop up with the gravity gun specifically.
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