need to know what entity to use

im making a hl2 sp map and need to know what entitie to use for the player spawn

i tried info_player_start but i can't choose a squad with that one cuz i need to let it be at the combine , so when i play it i won't get killed by the combine forces

you dont control that -- its a dm map, the server just choses team or free for all, if you want to specify teams just do cs. dm is totally different as far as i know. it isnt the style of gameplay your looking for.

Uh ... he said he's making a Single Player map, not a Death Match map.

Mobiuz, I don't think you can do that. There is only a player start.

However, there are ways to make friendlies, I imagine you'd have to look at
the flags for the combine soldiers and see if there's an option
or something like that.

I'll edit this later if I find out a better way or something.

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Nevermind, there are no such flags. I thought maybe there'd be a way to
use a citizen or reble with a combine skin, but that isn't possible
either.

Not sure, sorry :sad:

Check out ai_relationship...it's annoying that I've seen a tutorial in some post somewhere but I do NOT remember where it is :sad: It should be fairly self-explantory...but perhaps not? Post again if you want me to clarify usage.

well i know its possible cuz i played a map where you where one of the combines and you had to kill antlions

I dont mean to be pedantic, but how did you know you were a combine? You can't even see the players model, I thought. (unless there were other combine too.. where did you get it?)

I think the ai_relationship thingy is the way to go, if you want the combine you place in your map to be on 'your' side. There was a tutorial here:

http://www.hl2world.com/wiki/index.php/Ai_relationship_tutorial

but for some reason the page seems to be down, the last couple of days :sad:

Ok well, the page is working now, but that's the right link.

I think that just sets relationship between two or more NPCs. I think he wants to set a NPC to be his ally, i.e a Combine in singleplayer

Yeah, it's the same thing, but set the target to player.

There is this: in an env_global you can set it so that the combine don't attack you (Gordon Pre Criminal)

use an ai_relationship. i did it once. you name all the combine something like combine_1, combine_2 etc. and in the ai_relationship under 'target whos disposition changes' put the name of a combine, then in the other variable put !player, then choose the right disposition and set to 10.

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Ahhh, old thread revival!

oh i didnt notice this thread was ancient. i just clicked on it through the 'XX users online' tab.

whoops!

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