This plugin will remain under development on an as-needed basis.
This plugin adds event trigger support to your custom maps.
NOTE:
Currently, this plugin only supports triggers for voicemenu commands and sudden death events.
I plan on adding more triggers in the future as the need arises or if someone requests a specific trigger.
How to use:- Download the attached (zipped) trigger_brush FGD file, place it in your SourceSDK folder with the other FGD files
- Import the FGD file into hammer
- Create a trigger_brush brush-based entity
- Name said brush to "voicemenu X Y"
>> the name of this brush indicates which voicemenu command the map will listen for.
>> for a list of voicecommands, see here
>> please note that you need to subtract 1 from the above list's indicies;
>> (Calling medic is "voicemenu 0 0", NOT "voicemenu 1 1" [that's for "incomming"])
- Wire up your trigger's USE output however you want.
>> Now whenever someone uses the specified voicemenu command,
>>>> the trigger_brush's USE output should fire and whatever event you desire will occur.
>> the !activator IS passed to the triggered I/O chain, should you need it to; this allows you to filter your inputs too!
For a demo, Please see the attached zip file for VMF & BSP map.
in the demo, a Medic bot should spawn whenever a BLU player calls for a medic; nothing will happen if a RED player calls for a medic as the trigger is filtered by team.
(demo requires
sv_cheats 1 and depending on server team balance settings, the medic might be RED)
Important Notes:
The attached FGD file enables you to use
trigger_brush entity. this entity is SOLID with no way to make it non-solid.
it's best to put it somewhere where nothing could collide with it (or cleverly texture it into part of your map, I don't care.)
Also, if you name your trigger_brush to one of the following below, the game engine itself will automatically trigger these events (this plugin does not trigger them)
- game_playerdie Fires whenever a player dies. The person who dies is the !activator
- game_playerkill Fires whenever a player kills another player. (game_playerdie also fires) The person who killed the player is the !activator
- game_playerjoin Fires whenever a player joins the game. The person who joined is the !activator
- game_playerspawn Fires whenever a player spawns. The person who spawned is the !activator
- game_playerleave Fires whenever a player leaves the game. The person who left is the !activator
Mapping Ideas
Here's some ideas and possibilites this plugin could add to your maps:
- spawn engineer buildings when someone says to
- payload maps could "switch" tracks depending on voicemenu "go left" "go right"
- payload maps could start/stop the cart on voicemenu "go" or "no"
- lock/unlock doors in sudden death (maybe even remove spawn walls?)
...the possibilities are endless.
History:
0.2 - 19 Oct 2012 - Added support for Sudden Death events
>>
teamplay_suddendeath_begin Fires when sudden death begins
>>
teamplay_suddendeath_end Fires when sudden death ends
>>>> These triggers can be used to change the map layout, un/lock doors, maybe even destroy that wall between spawns... it's up to you
0.1 - 19 Oct 2012 - Inital release, only supports voicemenu commands