CASW_Drone_Advanced

Code classes:

• CASW_Drone_Advanced
• CASW_Alien_Jumper
• CASW_Alien_Shover
• CASW_Alien (NPCs)
• CAI_BaseNPC (NPCs)
• CBaseCombatCharacter
• CBaseFlex
• CBaseAnimatingOverlay
• CBaseAnimating (models)
• CBaseEntity (all ents)

CASW_Drone_Advanced is a code class shared by all drones, except asw_simple_drone. Drones are the most common enemy seen in the Swarm. They are weak individually, but can be a threat in numbers.

Classnames:

• asw_drone
• asw_drone_jumper (Enables jumping behavior. Note that this version of the drone still shows the model used in beta development, but only in Hammer.)

ConVars/Commands

ConVar/Command	Parameters or default value	Parameter Type	Effect
asw_drone_hurl_chance	0.66666666666666	Decimal percent	Chances that a drone killed by an explosive will be hurled toward the player camera. 1.0 means 100%.
asw_drone_hurl_interval	10	Seconds	Once a drone body is hurled toward the camera, the game will wait at least this long before hurling another.
asw_drone_death_force	5	Multiplier	Scalar for the amount of force drone ragdolls are flung with.
asw_drone_death_force_pitch	-10	Degrees	Upward angle to fling drone ragdolls at. Appears to not be fully implemented.

Flags

• 131072: Use Ground Checks - Do not use. This is unintentionally in the FGD entry for asw_drone because the entry was copied from npc_antlion.

See Also

• Drone on the Alien Swarm wiki.