Kill Player if X NPC dies

[c0ldpr0xy]

Hello. Does any of you know how to make the fade-to-black screen come up (where it says mission failed) when you kill a specific NPC? I'm assuming that screen was only made for ally NPCs? Thanks.

I tried to do it with logic_auto but I can't since it fires all outputs immediately. How can I make a trigger that will kill the player? I tried using "trigger_once" but the player doesn't have an entity name.

[ErikKiller]

!player is the player entity name. Try again.

[greenman]

The player does have an entity name, it's "!player" without the quotation marks; You could also use the consolecommand entity to fire a "kill" command in the console.

[marnamai]

Killing the !player entity can cause a crash you're better off using "sethealth 0"

[ErikKiller]

Killing the !player entity can cause a crash you're better off using "sethealth 0"

Ah, good point, this is way more elegant.

[c0ldpr0xy]

Thank you guys, I will have a look when I get back.

[Major Banter]

I think all allied NPCs have a flag for this specific scenario as well - 'essential?' or something like that.

[c0ldpr0xy]

I think all allied NPCs have a flag for this specific scenario as well - 'essential?' or something like that.

Yes, that's for ally NPCs. I was looking a way to make the "mission failed" screen come up if you kill a specific enemy NPC. I'm still working on it.

[Armageddon]

1. Place a logic_relay give it a name.

2. Go to your NPC and add an output that says OnDeath>Relay01>Trigger.

3. Place an player_loadsaved and an env_message. Give the player_loadsaved a fade duration of 0.6 and hold the fade for 8. Make sure it's color is black and give it a realod delay of 8 as well. Use whichever message you think fits best for the env_message or write your own in the hl2_%language% file. Name both of them.

4. Add an output to your relay OnTrigger>Loadsaved01>Reload add another, OnTrigger>Message01>ShowMessage, give it a delay of 1.50.

[c0ldpr0xy]

1. Place a logic_relay give it a name.

2. Go to your NPC and add an output that says OnDeath>Relay01>Trigger.

3. Place an player_loadsaved and an env_message. Give the player_loadsaved a fade duration of 0.6 and hold the fade for 8. Make sure it's color is black and give it a realod delay of 8 as well. Use whichever message you think fits best for the env_message or write your own in the hl2_%language% file. Name both of them.

4. Add an output to your relay OnTrigger>Loadsaved01>Reload add another, OnTrigger>Message01>ShowMessage, give it a delay of 1.50.

Thanks for that mate. Honestly, I still haven't started using the logic_relay entity yet. Nevertheless, I figured out a workaround for my issue. Here is what I did:

I have 3 entities, one is point_clientcommand, next is env_fade and last one is game_text. Basically I made an output on the NPC with "OnDeath", it will trigger all 3 of them at the same time. Worked out pretty well

[Armageddon]

You really don't want to kill the player, it's not good like that...

[c0ldpr0xy]

You really don't want to kill the player, it's not good like that...

Alright, I don't seem to understand the downsides of it. It's a single level for singleplayer for HL2. I'm still learning my ways through the Hammer editor. Thankfully, this forum is still active!

[Armageddon]

The downside is 1, your text will look bad, and 2, when the player is dead he clicks to reload and the screen is tinted red, and 3, it doesn't fit HL2 gameplay aesthetic.

[c0ldpr0xy]

The downside is 1, your text will look bad, and 2, when the player is dead he clicks to reload and the screen is tinted red, and 3, it doesn't fit HL2 gameplay aesthetic.

That's right. That's why I asked if there is any way to make the "mission failed" screen like in HL1 when you kill an important scientist (ally NPC). I tried to recreate that, but if there is any proper way to do that "mission failed" screen come up, please let me know .

[Armageddon]

I, I already told you, it's env_message.