event_lightning

event_lightning (Chthon death trap (end Boss of the Shareware episode))
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The event_lightning entity is the lightning that kills the end boss (Chton) at the end of Episode one (the Shareware episode).

Usage

There really is only one way to use this entity and it can be a little tricky. The entity tells the game engine to turn two doors into electrodes and then to send an electrical "Zap" between the two of them. They both must have the target set to "lightning" for event_lightning to know that they are electrodes. They must also be at the same horizontal plane or the trigger will not go off.

In the released Romero map files these are the attributes of all of the elements for event_lightning as used in e1m7.

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event_lightning entity:
targetname: t14
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Electrodes
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Electrode door 1:
targetname: t12
Angles: -90 0 0
lip: 64
Wait: 20
Target: lightning
Speed: 100
Flags: starts open
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Electrode door 2:
targetname: t13
Angles: -90 0 0
lip: 64
Wait: 20
Target: lightning
Speed: 100
Flags: starts open
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Buttons
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Button for electrode door 1:
angles: -90 0 0
target: t12
speed: 40
Lip: 4
health: 0
wait: 1
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Button for electrode door 2:
angles: -90 0 0
target: t13
speed: 40
Lip: 4
health: 0
wait: 1
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Button for triggering event_lightning:
angles: -90 0 0
target: t14
speed: 40
Lip: 4
health: 0
wait: 1

Attributes

Note that event_lightning can be placed anywhere inside the map much like trigger_relay. The only available attribute is targetname.

Spawnflags

The entity_name entity supports the following spawnflags:

Flag	Common Name	Description
flag #	flag name in editor (TrenchBroom is ideal)	Description of flag effects

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

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

Definitions

FGD Definition

[ @PointClass base(Appearflags, Targetname) = event_lightning : "Chthon's lightning" [] ]

DEF Definition

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

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