[crazydog]

What would be the simplest way to force a bit Engineer to build a sentru in a specific spot?

[Leonardo]

disallow him to build a sentry in another places?

[crazydog]

Originally Posted by Leonardo disallow him to build a sentry in another places?

Heh.

One thing I thought of was simply firing the player_builtobject event and tying it to a bot, but the problem is I would want the engie to go there first, and not be distracted and build a sentry elsewhere first.

[Leonardo]

errr... fake walk?
create timer and teleport engie on each tick? :O
ooomg

[wgooch]

You could try messing with the "bot_hint_sentrygun" entity used in tr_dustbowl.
I assume that if you spawn it somewhere, the nearest bot on the specified team (TeamNum keyvalue) would build there.

Note: In tr_dustbowl, it is directly centered in the ground so that it's origin is touching the floor.

[crazydog]

Originally Posted by wgooch You could try messing with the "bot_hint_sentrygun" entity used in tr_dustbowl. I assume that if you spawn it somewhere, the nearest bot on the specified team (TeamNum keyvalue) would build there. Note: In tr_dustbowl, it is directly centered in the ground so that it's origin is touching the floor.

Ahhh! I was looking in cp_dustbowl. Thanks for reminding me it's a different map! I would have found the entity but you saved me a bunch of time. Thanks a ton.

[crazydog]

Alright, so first of all, this is my first time doin' much with entities, so I apologize if I do anything facepalmingly stupid.

Firstly, the code I'm trying

#include <sourcemod>
#include <sdktools>
#define PLUGIN_VERSION "1.0"

public OnPluginStart(){
    HookEvent("round_start", Event_RoundStarted, EventHookMode_PostNoCopy);
    //HookEvent("player_builtobject", Event_NewBuilding);
}

public Action:Event_RoundStarted(Handle:Event, const String:name[], bool:broadcast){
    new entity = -1;
    while ((entity = FindEntityByClassname(entity, "bot_hint_sentrygun")) != INVALID_ENT_REFERENCE) {
        PrintToChatAll("%i", entity);
        AcceptEntityInput(entity, "Kill");
    }
    
    new sentrypos = CreateEntityByName("bot_hint_sentrygun");
    PrintToChatAll("New Entity ID is %i", sentrypos);
    if (DispatchKeyValue(sentrypos, "TeamNum", "2"))
        PrintToChatAll("TeamNum set successfully");
    else
        PrintToChatAll("Error setting TeamNum");
    if (DispatchKeyValue(sentrypos, "angles", "0 130 0"))
        PrintToChatAll("angles set successfully");
    else
        PrintToChatAll("Error setting angles");
    if(DispatchSpawn(sentrypos))
        PrintToChatAll("Entity spawned successfully");
    else
        PrintToChatAll("Error spawning entity");
    new Float:origin[3] = {2193.2, 1566.7, 64.96};
    new Float:angle[3] = {0.0, 130.0, 0.0};
    TeleportEntity(sentrypos, origin, angle, NULL_VECTOR);
}

All the tests show success:

removed all sentries
New Entity ID is 402
TeamNum set successfully
angles set successfully
Entity spawned successfully

However, bots don't seem to want to build at the position I teleport it to, which may be because it's not properly teleporting, but there's no return value for TeleportEntity.

What's the best way to test that it teleported correctly?

[wgooch]

You could try creating a prop_dynamic with a model and teleporting that instead, however I'm not seeing any problems with the code though.

You could try teleporting the entity before DispatchSpawn, it should still end up in the right position when it is spawned.

[crazydog]

Originally Posted by wgooch You could try creating a prop_dynamic with a model and teleporting that instead, however I'm not seeing any problems with the code though. You could try teleporting the entity before DispatchSpawn, it should still end up in the right position when it is spawned.

Well, using this code:

#include <sourcemod>
#include <sdktools>
#define PLUGIN_VERSION "1.0"

public OnPluginStart(){
    HookEvent("teamplay_round_start", Event_RoundStarted, EventHookMode_PostNoCopy);
}

public Action:Event_RoundStarted(Handle:Event, const String:name[], bool:broadcast){
    new entity = -1;
    while ((entity = FindEntityByClassname(entity, "bot_hint_sentrygun")) != INVALID_ENT_REFERENCE) {
        PrintToServer("%i", entity);
        AcceptEntityInput(entity, "Kill");
    }
    PrintToServer("removed all sentries");
    
    new sentrypos = CreateEntityByName("bot_hint_sentrygun");
    PrintToServer("New Entity ID is %i", sentrypos);
    if (DispatchKeyValue(sentrypos, "TeamNum", "2"))
        PrintToServer("TeamNum set successfully");
    else
        PrintToServer("Error setting TeamNum");
    if (DispatchKeyValue(sentrypos, "angles", "0 130 0"))
        PrintToServer("angles set successfully");
    else
        PrintToServer("Error setting angles");
        
    new Float:origin[3] = {-1654.0, 2372.0, -453.0};
    new Float:angle[3] = {0.0, 177.0, 0.0};
    TeleportEntity(sentrypos, origin, angle, NULL_VECTOR);
       
    if(DispatchSpawn(sentrypos))
        PrintToServer("Entity spawned successfully");
    else
        PrintToServer("Error spawning entity");
        
    new prop = CreateEntityByName("prop_dynamic"); 
    PrintToServer("New Entity ID is %i", prop);
    SetEntityModel(prop, "models/buildables/sentry1_blueprint.mdl"); 
    TeleportEntity(prop, origin, angle, NULL_VECTOR); 
    if(DispatchSpawn(prop))
        PrintToServer("Entity spawned successfully");
    else
        PrintToServer("Error spawning entity");
}

Everything seems to work right. All the tests are successful, and I get a sentry blueprint spawning, but the bot engies do not want to build at the location where the hint is. Any ideas?

I'm thinking maybe it is really a "hint", so they won't always build there.

[psychonic]

Try placing them with Stripper.