CHostage

Code classes:

• CHostage
• CBaseCombatCharacter
• CBaseFlex
• CBaseAnimatingOverlay
• CBaseAnimating (models)
• CBaseEntity (all ents)

CHostage is a code class in .

Classnames:

• hostage_entity - A hostage.
• info_hostage_spawn (only available in ) - Alternate classname. No reason to use it.

Hostage spawn groups are used in to avoid random spawns causing two hostages to spawn in the same area of the Terrorist territory and having potentially nasty effects on gameplay.

Keyvalues

Hostage Model (HostageType) <choices>

Does nothing.

Hostage Spawn Random Factor (HostageSpawnRandomFactor) <integer> (only available in )

Allows to increase probability of this hostage being picked during random spawn selection process. Essentially, the game considers the hostage spawn this number of times.

Hostage Spawn Exclusion Group 1 (HostageSpawnExclusionGroup1) to Hostage Spawn Exclusion Group 30 (HostageSpawnExclusionGroup30) <boolean> (only available in )

Hostages in the same spawn group will never spawn if one of them in that group was already chosen.

Inputs

OnRescueZoneTouch (Not in FGD)

Rescues the hostage.

Outputs

OnHostageBeginGrab  (only available in )

Fires when the hostage is beginning to be picked up.

OnFirstPickedUp  (only available in )

Fires only the first time the hostage is picked up.

OnDroppedNotRescued  (only available in )

Fires when the hostage carrier dies, or when dropped manually in Danger Zone.

OnRescued  (only available in )

Fires when the hostage is rescued.

See Also

• func_hostage_rescue