Player

Player #

Player is represented by player entity in-game.

Special entity names #

Certain player related events automatically trigger entities with special targetnames, providing the player as activator (in most cases).

See also: Special Entity Names on TWHL wiki

game_playerspawn #

Triggered when player spawns. This can be used to configure some player parameters. It also can serve as an indicator that the map was loaded via a Start game menu or a console command and not through the changelevel.

In original Half-Life entities named game_playerspawn are triggered only in multiplayer. Featureful SDK fires them in singleplayer as well.

game_playerdie #

Triggered when player dies.

In original Half-Life entities named game_playerdie are triggered only in multiplayer. Featureful SDK fires them in singleplayer as well.

Skill variables #

  • sk_flashlight_drain_time - time in seconds for flashlight to fully drain its battery. By default it’s 120 seconds (like in Half-Life).
  • sk_flashlight_charge_time - time in seconds for flashlight to fully recharge. By default it’s 20 (like in Half-Life).
  • sk_plr_armor_strength - the armor strength relative to health strength. By default in Half-Life 1 armor point has the same strength as 2 health points.

Soundscripts #

  • Player.Death - death sound (unless player is gibbed). This is empty by default.
  • Player.DeathUnderwater - death sound to use if player died underwater (unless player is gibbed). This is empty by default.
  • Player.FlashlightOn - turn on the flashlight.
  • Player.FlashlightOff - turn off the flashlight.
  • Player.NVGOn - turn on the NVG. This is empty by default.
  • Player.NVGOff - turn off the NVG. This is empty by default.
  • Player.FallBodySplat - played when player dies from fall damage.
  • Player.FallPain - played when player lands from the height enough to get a fall damage.
  • Player.Jump - played when player jumps (like in Team Fortress Classic or Deathmatch Classic). This is empty by default. If it’s empty the material step sound is played on jump (Half-Life behavior).
  • Player.TrainUse - start using a train.
  • Player.VehicleUse - start using a vehicle.
  • Player.UnderwaterExhale - player is underwater and losing air. In Half-Life it’s the sound of exhaling bubbles.
  • Player.Undrown - player gets out of the water while having no air left in lungs.
  • Player.EmergeInhale - player get out of the water after spending some amount of air.
  • SprayCan.Paint - player paints a spray on the wall. It’s actually played on the entity created temporarily, not on the player.

Maximum speed #

The player’s base maximum speed depends on the value of the sv_maxspeed cvar value. This is 320 by default. Multiplayer configs (listenserver.cfg and server.cfg) usually set it to 270.

There’re several factors that may contribute to the change in the player’s maximum speed:

The actual maximum speed can’t exceed the one set by the sv_maxspeed cvar. None of the above factors can change that even if the resulting speed is higher. You need to set a custom value sv_maxspeed in features/featureful_exec.cfg to allow higher speeds, e.g. sv_maxspeed 400.