CNPC_CScanner

Code classes:

• CNPC_CScanner
• CNPC_BaseScanner
• CAI_BasePhysicsFlyingBot
• CAI_BaseNPC (NPCs)
• CBaseCombatCharacter
• CBaseFlex
• CBaseAnimatingOverlay
• CBaseAnimating (models)
• CBaseEntity (all ents)

CNPC_CScanner is a code class in the Half-Life 2 series.

Classnames:

• npc_cscanner - Scanners.

Maps with a name starting with the string d3_c17 will automatically use the shield scanner model. Shield scanners were not implemented in a proper way because they came along at a late point in development. See npc_clawscanner for the alternative Valve used later on in the series.

To do: Scanners are known to take pictures of other dead scanners, but how they recognize them is currently a mystery. It could be based on AI-sounds.

Flags

• 65536: No Dynamic Light - Not used in code.

• 131072: Strider Scout Scanner - Makes scanner move at 150 units/second (as opposed to 250), makes them take pictures faster, emits a danger AI sound when taking pictures and tells npc_striders where the enemy in the picture is.

Keyvalues

Should inspect (ShouldInspect) <boolean>

Allows the scanner to chase and inspect enemies.

Only Inspect Players (OnlyInspectPlayers) <boolean>

Makes the scanner only inspect players.

Never Inspect Players (NeverInspectPlayers) <boolean>

Makes the scanner never inspect players.

Spotlight Length (spotlightlength) <float>

Maximum length of the spotlight.

Spotlight Width (spotlightwidth) <float>

No effect.

Spotlight Disabled (spotlightdisabled) <boolean>

Disables the spotlight.

Inputs

DisableSpotlight

Sets Spotlight Disabled to true. Cannot be undone.

InspectTargetPhoto <target_name_or_class>

Tells the scanner to photograph an entity of the specified name or class. !activator and !player work here, as they normally do.

InspectTargetSpotlight <target_name_or_class>

Tells the scanner to shine its light on the given entity.

InputShouldInspect <boolean>

Sets Should inspect.

SetFollowTarget <target_name_or_class>

Tells the scanner to simply follow the given entity until it physically can't or is told otherwise.

ClearFollowTarget

Tells the scanner to stop following whatever it's following (whether it found that entity through SetFollowTarget or otherwise).

EquipMine

Gives the scanner a hopper mine. Intended to be used with the shield model only! City scanners lack the desired claw attachment point, so the mine simply floats under it oddly.

DeployMine

Makes the scanner drop a mine parented to it (multiple can be attached at once, only one can drop at a time).

Outputs

OnPhotographPlayer

Fires when the scanner photographs a player. !activator is that player.

OnPhotographNPC

Fires when the scanner photographs an NPC. Activator is that NPC.