Emp vehicle spawner: Difference between revisions

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Empires Mapping Documentation

Overview

This entity is used in combination with emp_vehicle_preset to give mappers the ability to spawn vehicles on demand. When the SpawnVehicle input is triggered, this entity will search for the specified emp_vehicle_preset and spawn a vehicle of that configuration at the current location, orientation, and velocity.

Properties

Name: The name that other entities refer to this entity by.

Parent: The name of the entity to which this entity's movements are bound.

Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X): This entity's orientation in the world, transferred to spawned vehicles. Pitch is rotation around the Y axis, yaw is the rotation around the Z axis, roll is the rotation around the X axis.

Start Enabled: If enabled, this entity will be available to function normally unless disabled.

Automatically respawn?: Monitor the last spawned vehicle, and respawn if necessary. (Only monitors one vehicle at a time.)

Cost resources?: If set, deducts the appropriate resource count from the team's balance.

Inputs

SpawnVehicle <string>: Searches for an map entity with the name specified in the parameter. If the entity is an emp_vehicle_preset, it will read the configuration, and spawn a vehicle.

Example Usage

There has been some confusion about how to actually make this work. The key part is specifying a parameter override for SpawnVehicle containing the name of the desired emp_vehicle_preset.

Step 1: Create a vehicle preset

Step 2: Create a vehicle spawner

Step 3: Create a trigger

In this example, a trigger_multiple brush-based entity is used.

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-== Description ==
+{{MappingDocumentation}}
-This entity is used in combination with [[emp_vehicle_preset]] give mappers the ability to spawn vehicles on demand. When the SpawnVehicle input is triggered, this entity will search for the specified [[emp_vehicle_preset]] and create a vehicle with the current location, orientation, and velocity.
-== Parameters ==
+==Overview==
-*Name
+This entity is used in combination with [[emp_vehicle_preset]] to give mappers the ability to spawn vehicles on demand. When the ''SpawnVehicle'' input is triggered, this entity will search for the specified emp_vehicle_preset and spawn a vehicle of that configuration at the current location, orientation, and velocity.
-*;Given name so other entities can refer to this
-*Parent
-*;Entity to which this entity's movements are tied.
-*Angles
-*;Orientation of the current entity (transfers to spawned vehicles)
-== Inputs ==
+==Properties==
-*SpawnVehicle <string>
+;Name
-*;Searches for an map entity with the name specified in the parameter. If the entity is an [[emp_vehicle_preset]], it will read the configuration, and spawn a vehicle.
+:The name that other entities refer to this entity by.
-== Outputs ==
+;Parent
-None
+:The name of the entity to which this entity's movements are bound.
-== How to Use ==
+;Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X)
-There has been some confusion about how to actually make this work. The key part is specifying a parameter override for SpawnVehicle containing the preset entity's name.
+:This entity's orientation in the world, transferred to spawned vehicles. Pitch is rotation around the Y axis, yaw is the rotation around the Z axis, roll is the rotation around the X axis.
-=== Step 1 - Create a vehicle preset ===
+;Start Enabled
+:If enabled, this entity will be available to function normally unless disabled.
+;Automatically respawn?
+:Monitor the last spawned vehicle, and respawn if necessary. (Only monitors one vehicle at a time.)
+;Cost resources?
+:If set, deducts the appropriate resource count from the team's balance.
+==Inputs==
+;SpawnVehicle <string>
+:Searches for an map entity with the name specified in the parameter. If the entity is an [[emp_vehicle_preset]], it will read the configuration, and spawn a vehicle.
+==Example Usage==
+There has been some confusion about how to actually make this work. The key part is specifying a parameter override for SpawnVehicle containing the name of the desired emp_vehicle_preset.
+===Step 1: Create a vehicle preset===
 [[Image:Step1preset.jpg]]
-=== Step 2 - Create a vehicle spawner ===
+===Step 2: Create a vehicle spawner===
 [[Image:Step2spawner.jpg]]
-=== Step 3 - Create a trigger ===
-In this case, a [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Trigger_multiple trigger_multiple] brush-based entity is used.
+===Step 3: Create a trigger===
+In this example, a [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Trigger_multiple trigger_multiple] brush-based entity is used.
 [[Image:Step3trigger.jpg]]
+[[Category:Entity]]
-[[Category:Entity|Empires Parameters]]