trigger_asw_random_target

trigger_asw_random_target is a brush entity available in Alien Swarm. It fires a single random output(chooses from predefined outputs) each time it's entered.

See also

• trigger_asw_chance

Keyvalues

Start Disabled

Should the trigger start disabled?

Filter Name

Name of the filter defining what type of entities can activate this trigger. Mostly unecessary in Alien Swarm.

Delay Before Reset

How long after being activated before it can be activated again.

Num Outputs

How many outputs to randomly pick from (from 1 to 6).

Flags

• Marines And Aliens
• Pushables
• Physics Objects
• Only Marines
• Everything(not including physics debris)
• Physics debris
• Only NPCs in vehicles (respects player ally flag)
• Correctly account for object mass (trigger_push used to assume 100Kg) and multiple component physobjs (car,blob...) ToDo: Explain in detail

Outputs

BaseTrigger Expand

Bug:Spamming crouch jumps in a trigger can randomly fire OnStartTouch/OnEndTouch. Confirm:Is it a Multiplayer issue only?   [todo tested in ?] OnStartTouch !activator = entity that caused this output !caller = same as !self Fired when a valid entity starts touching this trigger. OnStartTouchAll !activator = entity that caused this output !caller = same as !self Fired when a valid entity starts touching this trigger, and no other entities are touching it. If there are any other entities touching the trigger when a new one begins to touch, only OnStartTouch will fire. OnEndTouch !activator = entity that caused this output !caller = same as !self Fired when a valid entity stops touching this trigger. Note:Will also fire for entities touching it when trigger is disabled via Disable input Warning:This includes entities which are deleted while inside the trigger. In this case !activator will be invalid. Warning:OnEndTouch can fire before OnStartTouch under certain circumstances[How?] where both are fired on the same tick and each have the same delay. Fix:Add a slight delay to OnEndTouch. OnEndTouchAll !activator = entity that caused this output !caller = same as !self Fired when all valid entities stop touching this trigger. OnTouching  (in all games since ) !activator = !caller = !self Fired if something is currently touching this trigger when TouchTest is fired. OnNotTouching  (in all games since ) !activator = !caller = !self Fired if nothing is currently touching this trigger when TouchTest is fired.

Inputs

BaseTrigger Expand

Toggle Toggles this trigger between enabled and disabled states. Enable Enable trigger Disable Disable trigger TouchTest  (in all games since ) Triggers either the OnTouching or OnNotTouching outputs for whether anything is touching this entity. Bug:Sleeping prop_physics will never fire "OnTouching". Also applies to entities using prop_physics as base.  (tested in: ) StartTouch  (in all games since ) !FGD Behave as if the !caller entity had just entered the trigger volume. Accepts non-physical entities. EndTouch  (in all games since ) !FGD Behave as if !caller had just exited the trigger volume. DisableAndEndTouch  (only in ) Disables this trigger and calls EndTouch on all currently-touching entities.