[TF2] Spawning Pass Time ball?

404UserNotFound · **Author**

Should be possible right? What's the entity name for it? I haven't checked out any info on the new game mode, so I'm not sure of the entity name and such.

psychonic · *Last edited by psychonic; 08-20-2015 at 18:51.*

There are multiple new, required entities for it, including a logic entity that gamerules needs to be aware of.

404UserNotFound · 08-20-2015 , 18:51 Re: [TF2] Spawning Pass Time ball?

Oh, well that sucks. Map based I guess. Hmm.

Powerlord · 08-20-2015 , 20:52 Re: [TF2] Spawning Pass Time ball?

"passtime_ball" but like psychonic said, it's not going to do you a lot of good. I don't think you can even pick it up without the entity that's normally parented to it.

404UserNotFound · 08-20-2015 , 21:04 Re: [TF2] Spawning Pass Time ball?

Would it be possible to spawn in the required entities via SourceMod, set all the proper KeyValues and then spawn a ball for funsies?

SoulSharD · 08-21-2015 , 06:19 Re: [TF2] Spawning Pass Time ball?

*cough* tf_weapon_passtime_gun *cough*

Though I have no idea if it'll work without the passtime_logic entity.

There's also these:

Member: m_bHasPasstimeBall (type integer)
Member: m_bIsTargetedForPasstimePass (type integer)
Member: m_hPasstimePassTarget (type integer)
Member: m_askForBallTime (type float)

For the players.

w1200441 · 08-21-2015 , 08:03 Re: [TF2] Spawning Pass Time ball?

And what is the weapon slot for tf_weapon_passtime_gun ?

Powerlord · *Last edited by Powerlord; 08-21-2015 at 10:05.*

Likely the game spawns the tf_weapon_passtime_gun entity on a player when the _ballplayertoucher entity touches a player (and removes it when said entity stops touching a player). This entity is normally parented to the ball... possibly an invisible brush that surrounds the ball?

Again, I haven't tested it, nor do I know if this works without the passtime_logic entity on the map.

404UserNotFound · 08-27-2015 , 21:47 Re: [TF2] Spawning Pass Time ball?

So some info on this from a mapping perspective. I was able to map a passtime ball into a map I'm making but I was unable to pick the jack up. Seems that the map has to be prefixed with "pass_" in order for ball pickup to work.

Perhaps there would be some way to spawn the tf_weapon_passtime_gun entity on the player via a plugin? Maybe that could be a workaround. Either that or I could always try mapping in a parented tf_weapon_passtime_gun entity on every player in the map itself.

Also, I just made a test map prefixed with pass_. Ball still couldn't be picked up. So I really have no idea what's going on.

Benoist3012 · *Last edited by Benoist3012; 08-28-2015 at 04:53.*

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Originally Posted by abrandnewday

Also, I just made a test map prefixed with pass_. Ball still couldn't be picked up. So I really have no idea what's going on.

Maybe a custom logic need to be on the map.

Or a capture zone I know in some map item_teamflag can't be picked up if we haven't a func_capturezone