A brush that does a command when you touch it.

Is there a way to make a brush entity that actually enters a command into the console when you touch it? For example you might walk into it and it would put noclip in the console so you would then be in noclip mode. It would be useful if something like this existed.

yea, you can achieve this easily with two entities. You can use a trigger_multiple for your invisible brush trigger area, and a point_clientcommand in order to send the cvar to the console.

The Point_clientcommand works by having other entities send inputs to it. The output from your invisible trigger_multiple will look like this:

My Output> OnStartTouch
Target Entity> Name of your point_clientcommand
Target Input> Command
Parameter> noclip

That would input the "noclip" command into console without you ever actually having to type it in yourself! Note however, if you do not specify "sv_cheats 1" then the command will have no effect. But you can just as easlit fix this by adding in the same output from your trigger_multiple but adding it before your "noclip" command. That should give you the effect you're looking for!

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Thanks, noclip was just my example but it doesn't matter.

You'd need a point_servercommand to set sv_cheats, but I don't recommend using it if you're mapping for a multiplayer game. Most server admins wouldn't thank you for a map that messes with their server settings.

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