speaker

GoldSrc

Half-Life: Source

Half-Life 2

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Class hierarchy
CSpeaker ↳CPointEntity ↳CBaseEntity

speaker is a point entity available in Half-Life: Source.

Creates a public announcement system that randomly plays announcements from the sentences.txt file. Can also be used for randomized ambience using sentences, although this functionality is deprecated by soundscapes.

Key Values

Name (targetname) <string>[ Edit ]

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

Sentence Group Name (message) <string>

The sentence group to randomly select sentences from. If prefixed with !, then it will be a specific sentence every time.

Volume (10 = loudest) (health) <integer>

Sound Volume for the public announcement.

Announcement Presets (preset) <integer choices>

#	Name	Description
0	None	Use Sentence Group Name
1	C1A0 Announcer	Anomalous Materials: Sector C elevator lobby (Pre-disaster)
2	C1A1 Announcer	Unforeseen Consequences: Sector C elevator lobby (Post-disaster)
3	C1A2 Announcer	Office Complex: Sector D Administration (unused)
4	C1A3 Announcer	"We've Got Hostiles!": Sector D High Security Materials Storage
5	C1A4 Announcer	Blast Pit: Silo D Experimental Propulsion Laboratory (unused)
6	C2A1 Announcer	Power Up: Sector E Track Control (unused)
7	C2A2 Announcer	On A Rail: Silo E Launch Control (unused)
// 8	C2A3 Announcer	Apprehension (silent and unused)
9	C2A4 Announcer	Residue Processing & Questionable Ethics (unused)
// 10	C2A5 Announcer	Surface Tension (silent and unused)
11	C3A1 Announcer	"Forget About Freeman!" (unused)
12	C3A2 Announcer	Lambda Core: Lambda Complex

Flags

Start Silent : [1]

Inputs

Use

Toggles the speaker on and off.