Create NPC Template

[Ehsan]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to make Dropship functional, I made everything working, except one thing that I don't know how to make.
I'm trying to flag a Combine soldier NPC entity with flag NPC Template (code: 2048), I tried this:

local ent = ents.Create( "npc_combine_s" )
ent:Fire( "SpawnFlags", 2048 )

and keyvalue, too. But none of them worked.
Please help me about this.

Thank you.

[Rubat]

ent:SeKeyValue( "spawnflags", 2048 )

[Ehsan]

I tried this already, when Dropship lands, I'll get this error in console:

npc_combinedropship : Template NPC s_1_template not found!
npc_combinedropship : Has no dustoff point for NPC 0!
npc_combinedropship : Template NPC s_1_template not found!
npc_combinedropship : Has no dustoff point for NPC 0!

Here is my code:

local npc_template = ents.Create( "npc_combine_s" )
	npc_template:SetKeyValue( "Weapon", "weapon_ar2" )
	npc_template:SetKeyValue( "SquadName", "overwatch" )
	npc_template:SetName( "s_" .. pid .. "_template" )
	npc_template:SetKeyValue( "spawnflags", "2048" )
	npc_template:Spawn()-- Won't spawn, need it for dropship!

dropship:SetKeyValue( "NPCTemplate", "s_" .. pid .. "_template" )
dropship:SetKeyValue( "Dustoff", self.Targets[pid] )

I can't understand what am I doing wrong.

[Rubat]

I think you must have a template entity, not the direct NPC entity for that. Look up some hammer tutorials for this.

[Ehsan]

I looked at TWHL, he used the same method, he created a NPC soldier and checked "Template NPC", I've used [URL="http://www.nickurko.com/source-sdk-dropships.html"]here [/URL]& [URL="http://twhl.info/tutorial.php?id=132"]here [/URL]already to create a map (and it was working), but Lua method isn't working :rolleyes: :(

[editline]3rd July 2015[/editline]

Guys looks like Source Engine doesn't support template NPC those created after loading maps, I tried with ent_create (in HL2 & GMod), but it didn't create a template. Donno where should I report to?