flags

ok i am working on a ctf map how do i have 1 flag in the middle and have it that both teams try to capture it at there base

is this even possible?

just to be clear :

1 flag

2 bases

² capture points^

1 capture point at each base

you can find all the info you need for flags and cap points here.

the tut is for a two flag setup, like 2fort, but all you need to know is there.

You should probably mark that as an answer fishy, so that its put in the database as answered.

is there a way that i can have only 1 flag thow??

and both teams compeat for that flag?

Yeah, there should be a way of only having one flag as the Push map does something similar - football in the middle of a map. The model field in item_tfgoal would need setting to models/flag.mdl and some entity fields also look as tho' they have to be set so that any player/team can pick up the flag ;

Owned by - Not owned
Team - Any
Class - Any
etc.

I ain't done much in the way of TFC mapping so that may not be enough info to get you going, Fishy's link seems to cover most of the settings.

yup, it covers everything that's needed here, and some more.

broken down to it's simplest form, the setup you are looking for, yompk, would have 1 item_tfgoal (the flag) and 2 i_t_g's (the cap points).

for the item_tfgoal (flag);

item # 1

model path/name.mdl models/flag.mdl

team allowed to use goal any

owned by, for message and item glow yellow

goal activation bitfields 4788

pause 10 .....(allows the flag to stay on the ground for 10 seconds after being dropped)

goal result bitfields 16

highlight hud 50724864 (i think :razz: )

and for somewhere to cap the flag, you'll be needing 2 i_t_g's. make a brush that covers the area you want each cap to be. turn them into i_t_g entities;

team allowed to use goal see below*

has item # 1

remove item from APA 1

add/subtract frags 10 (points for capping it)

*depends on whether the team returns to their own base, or pushes the flag into the enemies. if it's push, then the team allowed to use it would be the opposite of the base it was in. if it's a return, then the colour is the same as the base.

that's the very bare bones of what you want. or as bare as i can scrape them.

ok i am working on a ctf map how do i have 1 flag in the middle and have it that both teams try to capture it at there base

is this even possible?

just to be clear :

1 flag

2 bases

² capture points^

1 capture point at each base

Are you wanting to make a CTF map for TFC or HLDM?

If you're making a Half Life Deathmatch Map where you want "Capture the Flag" gameplay you need to do it entirely differently.

fishy said:
yup, it covers everything that's needed here, and some more.

broken down to it's simplest form, the setup you are looking for, yompk, would have 1 item_tfgoal (the flag) and 2 i_t_g's (the cap points).

for the item_tfgoal (flag);

item # 1

model path/name.mdl models/flag.mdl

team allowed to use goal any

owned by, for message and item glow yellow

goal activation bitfields 4788

pause 10 .....(allows the flag to stay on the ground for 10 seconds after being dropped)

goal result bitfields 16

highlight hud 50724864 (i think :razz: )

and for somewhere to cap the flag, you'll be needing 2 i_t_g's. make a brush that covers the area you want each cap to be. turn them into i_t_g entities;

team allowed to use goal see below*

has item # 1

remove item from APA 1

add/subtract frags 10 (points for capping it)

*depends on whether the team returns to their own base, or pushes the flag into the enemies. if it's push, then the team allowed to use it would be the opposite of the base it was in. if it's a return, then the colour is the same as the base.

that's the very bare bones of what you want. or as bare as i can scrape them.

sorry about the late response but i couldn't find the info i_t_g entities

and ^^^ i am using it for TFC not HLDM

By i_t_g I assume he is just shortening "info_team_goals". I've never mapped for TFC, but for some reason that entity name rings a bell...

you turn a brush into an i_t_g.

most people would use the 'aaa_trigger' texture, so that it's easy to see in the editor and doesn't get confused with a normal brush. [it becomes invisible in-game]

the size of the brush should cover the area that you want the cap point to be. while it's selected, hit Ctrl+T. select i_t_g from the dropdown list.

ReNo - sort of like the brush entity version of an info_tfgoal. it's got most of, if not all (not 100% on that) of the same properties. they've both got huge amounts of potential uses, so you've probably seen them mentioned in various answers.

thx

np