manhack

Hey, ive been looking for a good tutorail on creating Manhacks, if
anyone can help me get them to actually attack and move like they are
supposed to that would be amazing. All ive ever gotten one to do
is fly from the roof to the floor, but never attack or move in any
other way. So please if there is a known tutorial or solution I
would be grateful. Also if there is info such as they are unable
to be done in multiplayer that would be great too, thanks.

You probably need to place info nodes around so they can navigate
to the player (info_node_air or something like that). And you might
want to use ai_relationship to make the man hacks hate !player, so they
will attack you.

I think someone else had a similar problem a while ago, and it was discovered that they're a bit of a pain to use... try decompiling the map with the effect you want, tools can be found on our files page :smile:

All you need is info_node_air. I used them in my map, and as long as you have enough nodes in the air, they know where to go and do a good job hunting the player down.

You may have to use npc clip brushes to prevent them from getting lost though, or they might fly out of the room and disappear on you.

can they be used in deathmatch?

Manhacks in deathmatch? Thanks for the idea of what should go next on the list of SnarkPit mapping commandments...

can they be used in deathmatch?

Putting NPCs in a multiplayer map is bound to cause trouble. but it was
done in dm_island17, mazemaster posted the source file awhile back
------->SEARCH BUTTON! (look at it to figure out how he did it).
There is a low to send back and forth between server and client when it
comes to npcs in multiplayer