trigger_asw_button_area

Code classes:

• CASW_Button_Area
• CASW_Use_Area
• CTriggerMultiple
• CBaseTrigger (triggers)
• CBaseToggle
• CBaseEntity (all ents)

trigger_asw_button_area is a brush entity present in Alien Swarm. When a marine is in this volume, they can use a button of some sort, such as a door panel or the Landing Bay lift button.

Keyvalues

Locked (locked) <boolean>

Whether this button is locked (hackable) or not.

Time to charge up (hacklevel) <integer>

Not configurable.

Num Wires (numwires) <integer>

If this button is hackable, how many wires it takes to hack.

Wire Columns (wirecolumns) <integer>

How big the wires are horizontally. Minimum 3, max 8.

Wire Rows (wirerows) <integer>

How big the wires are vertically. Minimum 1, max 3.

Auto-use after hack (useafterhack) <boolean>

If set, the hacking marine will automatically use the button after hacking it.

Disable After Use (disableafteruse) <boolean>

Removes the trigger after it's been hacked and/or used. Also applies if Delay Before Reset (wait) is -1.

Has Power (nopower) <choices>

Buttons without power cannot be used.

No Power Message (nopowermessage) <string>

Message to display on the HUD when the button has no power. If not specified, defaults to #asw_no_power, which says "No Power".

Inputs

PowerOn

Gives power to the panel.

PowerOff

Takes power away from the panel.

ResetHack

Relocks the panel and deletes hack progress. Cannot be used when a marine is currently hacking it.

Unlock

Unlocks the panel and counts it as hacked.

Outputs

OnButtonHackStarted

Fires when a marine begins hacking. Activator is that marine.

OnButtonHackAt25Percent

Fires when the panel is at least 25% hacked.

OnButtonHackAt50Percent

Fires when the panel is at least 50% hacked.

OnButtonHackAt75Percent

Fires when the panel is at least 75% hacked.

OnButtonHackCompleted

Fires when the panel is fully hacked.

OnButtonActivated

Fires when the button is used.

See Also

• trigger_asw_computer_area