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Tested it. It really doesn't work. (I used a book). |
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The entity description does say it only works on entities that can enter the brush on their own, which most likely means actors only. Could be worth testing whether post-KO ragdolls / dropped ragdolls can activate such a trigger brush. Otherwise this would need to become an issue about expanding trigger brushes to react to other entities beyond just actors. |
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Is this really necessary. Triggers were originally intented to trigger events when the player enters an area or interacts with something. Things like an object is in a location can normally be handled via objectives or Stim and Response. We get a lot of redundant systems without adding anything new, imho. |
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Testing confirms that only walking AIs, not post-KO ragdolls, can activate a trigger_once_entityname. It's probably fine if that stays as it is, since the description has always stated that only entities that can move into the trigger by themselves can activate it. The player dragging the AI into the trigger is a very different situation which the trigger brush currently can't distinguish from the AI walking into it on its own - so it would be risky for us to retroactively add this feature, possibly allowing for unforeseen behaviour in released missions. |
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Yes I agree, we already have 2 methods of checking whether an entity is in a certain place: 1) objective + location clip 2) Stim/Response The advantage of doing it via triggers is that it's probably easier to learn and use, but the gain is slim compared to the work, has potential performance implications, and the other 2 methods are well documented on the wiki. So I'll be closing this ticket. |
- Anonymous
