Knight

Knight

"Canned meat. Open 'er up and see if it's still fresh."
Health	75
Gib threshold	-40
Attacks	Sword
Drop	nothing
1st appearance	e1m2
Game version†	Shareware
Death message	Player was slashed by a Knight
† The data files for monsters that appear only in the registered version of Quake reside in pak1.pak rather than pak0.pak.

Knights have a sharp sword and strong arms, but their drawback is their lack of a ranged attack. Two good spanks from the Double-Barrelled Shotgun will work (or, more efficiently, a Shotgun blast immediately followed by a double-barrelled shot).

Tactics[edit]

monster_knight
(Knight)

Entity type	point
Entity class	monster
Dimensions	32 x 32 x 64
Quake-C	knight.qc
Precaches	progs/knight.mdl progs/h_knight.mdl knight/kdeath.wav knight/khurt.wav knight/ksight.wav knight/sword1.wav knight/sword2.wav knight/idle.wav

Entity information[edit]

monster_knight is the entity for placing Knights in a level.

Usage[edit]

Attributes[edit]

Keys[edit]

targetname	The targetname of the Knight. When triggered, the Knight will wake up if inactive.
target	The targetname of the entity to be triggered when the Knight dies.
killtarget	The targetname of the entity to be removed when the Knight dies.

Spawnflags[edit]

The monster_knight entity supports the following spawnflags:

Flag	Common Name	Description
1	Ambush	The Knight will not wake up from seeing other monsters wake up or hearing sounds.

It also supports the standard spawnflags for difficulty and deathmatch presence.

Flag	Common Name	Description
256	Not on Easy	The Knight will not spawn on Easy difficulty.
512	Not on Normal	The Knight will not spawn on Normal difficulty.
1024	Not on Hard	The Knight will not spawn on Hard difficulty.
2048	Not in Deathmatch	The Knight will not spawn in Deathmatch mode.

Definitions[edit]

FGD Definition[edit]

This is the format used by TrenchBroom and Worldcraft. Note that the model(...) parameter is not supported by Worldcraft. This does not include the Monster base class definition, which is also required.

@PointClass base(Monster) size(-16 -16 -24, 16 16 40) model(":progs/knight.mdl")
    = monster_knight: "Knight" []

DEF Definition[edit]

This is the definition format used for most old Quake editors, including the original QuakeEd.

/*QUAKED monster_knight (1 0 0) (-16 -16 -24) (16 16 40) Ambush
*/