monster_alien_controller #

TWHL

Bugfixes #

• Fixed alien controller resetting its facing in the idle state.

Skill variables #

• sk_controller_health - monster’s health.
• sk_controller_dmgzap - the head energy ball projectile damage.
• sk_controller_dmgball - the energy ball projectile damage.
• sk_controller_speedball - the energy ball movement speed.

Default classification #

Alien Military

Soundscripts #

• Controller.Idle - idle sounds.
• Controller.Alert - alert sounds.
• Controller.Pain - pain sounds.
• Controller.Die - death sounds.
• Controller.Attack - firing an energy ball.
• Controller.HeadElectro - when the head ball hits the enemy. Emitted from the projectile.
• Controller.ZapElectro - when the energy ball hits the enemy. Emitted from the projectile.

Visuals #

• Controller.EnergyBall - energy balls attached to arms of the controller.
• Controller.HeadOpenLight - entity light emitted when the controller’s head gets open before the headball attack.
• Controller.HeadShootLight - entity light emitted when a controller shoots its headball projectile.
• Controller.EnergyBallLight - entity light emitted from the controller’s arms when it changes/resets its energy ball brightness.
• Controller.ZapBall - energy balls coming from arms.
• Controller.HeadBall - big energy ball from the controller’s head.
• Controller.HeadBallBeam - a temporary beam produced when the headball hits the target.
• Controller.HeadBallLight - entity light emitted from the headball as it travels.

Shared visuals:

• Controller.EnergyBallBase - sprite, color and alpha shared by Controller.EnergyBall, Controller.HeadBall and Controller.ZapBall.
• Controller.EnergyBallLightBase - color shared by Controller.HeadOpenLight, Controller.HeadShootLight and Controller.EnergyBallLight.

Notes:

• Controller.ZapBall customizations are also applied to projectiles spawned by env_energy_ball_trap.

Attacks #

• Range Attack 1 - fire energy balls from arms.
• Range Attack 2 - fire energy balls from head.

Animation events #

• 1 - make entity light with Controller.HeadOpenLight visuals.
• 2 - fire a head energy ball, make entity light with Controller.HeadShootLight visuals.
• 3 - start firing energy balls. The option should be an integer number. This number is divided by 15 to calculate the end fire time. Plays Controller.Attack soundscript.
• 4 - set energy balls target brightness to 255. The option is an integer number which shows how fast the current brightness should approach the target.
• 5 - set energy balls target brightness to 192. The option is an integer number which shows how fast the current brightness should approach the target.