Questions about entities

[Rent-A-Hero]

Right, Im a bit of a newbie when it come to mapping, so any help would be great.

1st off, why do some ammo crates not work? IE the crossbow and the shotgun ammo crates? All I see is a big ERROR with no message in console. However, SMG and RPG ammo crates work just fine. Whats the beef?

2nd, when I make some allies how do I make them not join my squad and follow me around like lemmings? All I want them to do is stand in one place and die. I know this has something to do with ai_ally_manager but I cant get it to work.

Lastly, how do I create a bunch of zombies to spawn after a certain period of time and in a specific place? And then how do I get those zombies to shamble on over to a certain point on the map? (sort of like that antlion troopers map, only worse because its me thats doing it.)

Thanks in advance!

 

[Rent-A-Hero]

Or does anyone know of tutorial sites that they can point me in?

 

[Hyperjag3]

1. Possibly because there were not any crossbow or shotgun infinite ammo crates in HL2 and they didn't model them.
2. In the flags tab for the npcs, there is a flag called "Not Commandable" this does exactly what you want.
3. If you just want generic zombies with no properties besides name, then use an npc_maker with the class as whatever zombie type you want. Or if you want them to have specific properties or flags, make one like that, check the "Template NPC" flag, and use an npc_template_maker. For the moving, you could use a scripted sequence that just has them move to the spot.

Tutotial sites:
http://www.interlopers.net/content.php?article.cat.48
http://sourcedc.com/mapping.php?cat=1&page=1&mod=1
http://www.snarkpit.com/editing.php?page=tutorials&game=HL2

 

[Rent-A-Hero]

you sir, are my hero. Thats just what I needed.

Thanks!