Mapping Entities For Zp

[Maveric]

Which mapping entities are for ZP?

Where should i put the entities at (suggestions for best gameplay ballance?)

How many of these entities should I place, if necessary?



BTW expect something nice from me on monday. :rolleyes:

(you should look like :huh: and then :lol: otherwise something's wrong with your brain, if you can't figure it out.)

[Caboose]

I have to know you know what entities are before I can help ya :P You don't sound so sure :P

[Maveric]

Entities are doors, moveable crates, and other objects that the player can interact with or have some meaningful use in-game. They do not block visibility calculations like normal brushes do, so having a door entity halfway down the hallway wont work out that well.

Which entities are for ZP, and how many of them do i need for my map to work properly for the mod?

I thought my question was strait forward enough... probably too strait forward, eh? :rolleyes:

I just have one more section to do...

Then i'll begin tweaking and other... things, with my map.
Lets just say it's a large map, consuming nearly 70-85% of all available build-space top-down, and 1/5th from the side in VHE... and my original plans were grander. B)

[built in about .8 to 1.7 weeks, i might add; held in my brain for far longer, though, so i had a good mental image...]

[Caboose]

Just normal HL entities.

You will need to d/l the zp fgd also. It has 2 zp specific entities info_team1 and info _team2

That's IIRC. Havn't been able to check in a few days...

[Maveric]

I would hope that those two entities specific to ZP (info_team1/info_team2) are all that i need to place...

not like other mods where other special entities are required (res nodes in NS, bomb sites in CS, capture points in DoD, etc)

[Caboose]

well, one for each spawn you want.. and also you would need to place weapons and junk.

[Seph Kimara]

For now, those are the only mod specific entities we have so far, though they are critical.

[NEO_Phyte]

use the modified FGD posted on the forums, it has some of the more useful NS entities (info_texlights, etc)

[Maveric]

Shotguns, Assualt Rifles, 357's (the other, revolver-like pistol fyi) Grenades and Satchels (only 1!) all with their respective ammo. I also have medpacks and batteries in my level.

Just wondering if these are the weapons that every zombie panic map should have.

[Vahn_Paktu]

Ideally you need 31 survivor spawns and 31 zombie spawns to support HL max of 32 players

[Maveric]

Excellent, because i just sent 40 minutes compiling it, and i would hate to have to spend another 40 re-compiling with replaced/altered entites.

[Caboose]

No, you just would have to add the switch -onlyents to csg when compiling it. It just updates the entities and does nothing else.