Spawning items at player location

[TorQueMoD]

Hey everyone!

Wondering if its possible to have an item spawn at the player's location rather than simply where its placed in Hammer?

Basically I'm using a point_template to force some ammo to spawn, but I'd like it to actually spawn at the player's location so he automatically gets it rather than an arbitrary spot.

Thought of using a teleporter to re-locate the ammo, but apparently ammo cannot be teleported

Thanks!

[Welsh Mullet]

Use a point_clientcommand and do "give item_(whatever the name of the item is)" ?

for example "give item_suit" gives gordon the suit. You can also "give weapon_smg1" for the smg

[Zecrah]

Will that require sv_cheats 1 to be on or does point_clientcommand override that?

[LordDz]

Can't you spawn a weapon with the template at his position?
Somehow.

[TorQueMoD]

I forgot to mention that this is for Single player so I'm not sure if you can run client commands in SP?
And yes, you'd also have to turn cheats on and off again in order for that to work, but its definitely a possible hack if I can't get it working any other way.

[omnicoder]

Parent an env_entity_maker set to spawn a point_template with your stuff to the player.

[TorQueMoD]

Great idea Omni, I'll try that out on Monday when I'm back at work!

Thanks!

[Smurftyours]

You will most likely need to use a trigger_once on top of where the player spawns with an output like "Ontrigger>env_entity_maker>set parent >!activator" To make sure the entity maker gets parented to the player on the map spawn.

[TheFuzz]

Why don't you just place the specific ammo type at the feet, he will pick it up automatically.. If you trying to do a timed thing like a dispenser or like a checkpoint then the entity make would work or client command

[nub]

Like Fuzz mentioned, use a point_clientcommand to do a "give" command for whatever ammo entity you wish to spawn. That would be the easiest and most effective route I think.

[TorQueMoD]

does point_clientcommand work in Single Player? And again, having to enable cheats to do this isn't the best solution.

And yes Fuzz, I'm trying to place the ammo at his feet... I simply don't know where he's going to be at any given time and don't want to place ammo all over the map.

[uuk]

What about "game_player_equip"?
or is this only used for multiplayer games?

[TorQueMoD]

yeah, game_player_equip only works in MP and either at spawn time, or when the player "uses" it so it doesn't work for me. Didn't get a chance to try Omni's suggestion but I'll do it asap and let you know how it worked.

[TorQueMoD]

With my initial test, Omni's idea and smurftyours' suggestion of setting the parent to !activator doesn't seem to work. I'll probably need to play around with a setup in a stand along map to figure out definitively if it will work but I'm in crunch mode at the moment so it'll have to wait.

I'll keep everyone posted

[Gary]

After about 20 seconds of playing around in Hammer, I believe I have solved your problem and it doesn't involve parenting anything to the player or to anything.

Env_entity_maker has a "ForceSpawnAtEntityOrigin" input with a parameter override option. Just give it "!player".

The stuff you want to spawn need to have a similar origin for it to be effective. Just mess with it a little.