Entity Tool Help

Garry's Mod mapping
#1

Hello :slight_smile:

I am working on a map, it is almost finished and I have one thing left to figure out. So I decided to post here on Facepunch to ask for advice and help, I tried working it out but it was too difficult for me.
I got basic experience with Hammer Editor and know a bit of the content quite well.

But in this case, I must do something special with the Entity Tool: I want to set out a Entity that spawn a weapon, but not just a weapon. Once it spawn the weapon, if you pick it up, it will respawn again in 60 seconds.
When you collect the weapon, it will randomly pick between a few weapons and then spawn that weapon it picked on the Entity spot after 60 seconds again.

This is my only problem left and I am grateful for any help & tips.
If anyone can tell/teach me what to do, that would be so awesome. :slight_smile:
Thanks in advance Mappers!

#2

Point_template linked to a logic_timer.

The weapon gets placed somewhere. It’s outputs will be:
Onpickup timer enable
The timer will have:
Ontimer template forcespawn
And the template will have:
Onspawn timer disable

Fairly simple setup.

#3

Thanks for the help but

Where did I set the timer exactly?
To 60 seconds.

#4

refire interval

#5

Been waiting over 15 minutes for my map to compile now, only to test it out IF it works or not.

#6

Run everything on fast when you’re testing something small and, if possible, copy it into a separate .vmf because it will compile in a few seconds.

#7

It would be easier to use the cordon tool if you need to compile a specific area, rather than a separate VMF.