Has anyone noticed the new file type in the maps folder of the gcf?

Looks like we can now modify entities with just a " mapname.ent" file

I have not tried anything with them yet but I will test them out tonight to see if things can be added to a map, or if you can switch spawn points and whatnot.................

i think someone said something about those being used for the "spawn walls" to prevent the other team from getting into the spawn.

Originally posted by PanFrie
i think someone said something about those being used for the "spawn walls" to prevent the other team from getting into the spawn.
Yes, that too but I think .ent files are so called "external entities" added afterwards to the map that work outside the bsp compilation.

ie. make a map without spawn points or a flag cap/point system. Add those entities to .ent files and you have a working map.

I hope you understand what I mean :)

Very Cool !

:)

Originally posted by skdr
Yes, that too but I think .ent files are so called "external entities" added afterwards to the map that work outside the bsp compilation.

ie. make a map without spawn points or a flag cap/point system. Add those entities to .ent files and you have a working map.

I hope you understand what I mean :)

Interesting...

I wonder if the older maps could be turned into detonation maps with this?

Yes, it's possible, but you can't remove entities from the bsp compilation with these .ent files tho, so it leaves those flags in too :)

It's a cool feature. Valve added spawn protection to old maps with this method without letting people download ALL the maps again in the update just for the spawn protection fix...

So hypothetically you could remove entities with Entspy and add entities with this new external entity file system, cool.

:)

I am sure there is a way to kill an ent that is already in a map,creative use of in/outputs on existing ents could do it I bet......copy a flag aready in the maps and add a "OnCapReset" output to "kill" the ents you dont want, then make new ones ..............maybe not the most efficient way to do it

Looks like I have some testing to do.....

Originally posted by ultranew_b
So hypothetically you could remove entities with Entspy and add entities with this new external entity file system, cool.

:)

If you are going to remove entities with entspy, you might as well just add the ones you want while you have it open.