info_hint Class Reference

About this class

Server-Entity: Nodegraph Hint.

QUAKED info_hint (0 0 0) (-8 -8 -8) (8 8 8) x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x HINTSF_ALLOWJUMPUP

OVERVIEW

Helper entity for the AI routines. Defines where to go for sensible defense/offensive or other hints.

KEYS

• "targetname" : Name
• "hinttype" : Hint type, this controls this hints' purpose. See notes
• "hintactivity" : Associated animation activity. Once an NPC goes to this node they'll play it
• "nodeFOV" : Field of view of the node. You'll probably want to set a sensible angle too.
• "StartHintDisabled" : Whether or not to 'hide' the hint on start, requiring activation to work.
• "Group" : Hint group definition. Some NPCs are set up to only look for their specific group.
• "IgnoreFacing" : Whether or not we need to ignore the angle (?), see notes.
• "MinimumState" : The minimum AI state required to use this hint, see notes.
• "MaximumState" : The maximum AI state allowed to use this hint, see notes.

SPAWNFLAGS

• HINTSF_ALLOWJUMPUP (65536) : Allow the AI to 'jump' up this node.

NOTES

The 'hinttype' field can be one of these integer values:

• HINT_NONE = 0
• HINT_WORLD_WINDOW = 2
• HINT_WORLD_WORK_POSITION = 12
• HINT_WORLD_VISUALLY_INTERESTING = 13
• HINT_WORLD_VISUALLY_INTERESTING_DONT_AIM = 14
• HINT_WORLD_INHIBIT_COMBINE_MINES = 15
• HINT_WORLD_VISUALLY_INTERESTING_STEALTH = 16
• HINT_TACTICAL_COVER_MED = 100
• HINT_TACTICAL_COVER_LOW = 101
• HINT_TACTICAL_WASTESCANNER = 102
• HINT_TACTICAL_PINCH = 103
• HINT_TACTICAL_GUARD_POINT = 104
• HINT_TACTICAL_ENEMY_DISADVANTAGED = 105
• HINT_HEALTH_KIT = 106
• HINT_ANTLION_BURROW_POINT = 400
• HINT_ANTLION_THUMPER_FLEE_POINT = 401
• HINT_HEADCRAB_BURROW_POINT = 450
• HINT_CROW_FLYTO_POINT = 700
• HINT_CROW_PERCH_POINT = 701
• HINT_FOLLOW_WAIT_POINT = 900
• HINT_JUMP_OVERRIDE = 901
• HINT_PLAYER_SQUAD_TRANSITON_POINT = 902
• HINT_NPC_EXIT_POINT = 903
• HINT_STRIDER_NODE = 904
• HINT_PLAYER_ALLY_MOVE_AWAY_DEST = 950
• HINT_PLAYER_ALLY_FEAR_DEST = 951
• HINT_WORLD_MACHINERY = 1000
• HINT_WORLD_BLINKING_LIGHT = 1001
• HINT_WORLD_HUMAN_BLOOD = 1002
• HINT_WORLD_ALIEN_BLOOD = 1003

The 'IgnoreFacing' field can be one of 3 values:

• IGNORE_NO = 0
• IGNORE_YES = 1
• IGNORE_DEFAULT = 2

The 'MinimumState' and 'MaximumState' field can be one of 3 values:

• AISTATE_IDLE = 0
• AISTATE_ALERT = 1
• AISTATE_COMBAT = 2

TRIVIA

This entity was introduced in Half-Life 2 (2004).

Some functionality of this entity was meant to be part of info_node in the original Half-Life (1998). However, that was never completed.

Inheritance diagram for info_hint:

Public Member Functions
void	info_hint (void)
virtual void	Save (float)
	Handles saving a copy of this entity to a given filehandle. More...
virtual void	Restore (string, string)
	Similar to NSIO::SpawnKey but for save-game fields. More...
virtual void	SpawnKey (string, string)
	This method handles entity key/value pairs on map load. More...
virtual void	Spawned (void)
	Called when the entity is fulled initialized. More...

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

info_hint()

void info_hint::info_hint

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void

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Member Function Documentation

Restore()

void info_hint::Restore ( string  strKey, string  strValue  )

virtual

Similar to NSIO::SpawnKey but for save-game fields.

Whatever you write into file handles within your NSIO::Save() method needs to be read back in here.

Reimplemented from NSPointTrigger.

Save()

void info_hint::Save ( float  handle )

virtual

Handles saving a copy of this entity to a given filehandle.

Within you want to use the NSIO::SaveFloat() etc. methods to write the internal member attributes to the specified file handle.

Reimplemented from NSPointTrigger.

Spawned()

void info_hint::Spawned ( void  )

virtual

Called when the entity is fulled initialized.

Any spawn key/value info pairs have already been dealt with. So now we can make full decisions on the entity. Always make sure to call super::Spawned(); inside your method when overriding.

Reimplemented from NSEntity.

SpawnKey()

void info_hint::SpawnKey ( string  strKey, string  strValue  )

virtual

This method handles entity key/value pairs on map load.

You can easily convert the strValue parameter using the ReadFloat etc. methods that are part of NSIO.

Reimplemented from NSPointTrigger.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• src/gs-entbase/server/info_hint.qc