Respawning dead enemies

[JasonX]

I'm trying to write a simple respawning function. If an enemy is killed by the player, after an X amount of seconds another enemy is spawned in a random entity from the map.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

[frag.machine]

I'd say the "any entity" idea is prone to run-time problems like spawning monsters into walls. A more easier to do way would be "any other dead monster", like in doom nightmare mode. Also, you'll need to precache all required monster models and sounds during startup. Otherwise, it's kinda straight code.

[JasonX]

I'd say the "any entity" idea is prone to run-time problems like spawning monsters into walls. A more easier to do way would be "any other dead monster", like in doom nightmare mode. Also, you'll need to precache all required monster models and sounds during startup. Otherwise, it's kinda straight code.

Oh, by any entity i meant any "info_mymonster" on the map.

How can i know when the monster is dead, so i can call the monster spawn function again?

[frag.machine]

From the top of my mind, this should do the trick:

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if ((monster.health <= 0) && (monster.solid == SOLID_NOT)) {
// spawn another monster
}


[JasonX]

What about the random entity info_monster?

[MauveBib]

I'd do it as part of the monster's death animation. The last death frame for each monster sets nextthink to time + 0.1 and think to SUB_Null. Set think to your respawning function, and nextthink to a random time that you like.

[Swift]

Haha. Idea: Have death animations play in reverse in the respawning function MauveBib described.

[Pulseczar]

Haha. Idea: Have death animations play in reverse in the respawning function MauveBib described.

The Gizmo's CustomTF Coop does that when you resurrect/revive a dead player.