I may have forgotten to mention the fact that the command to reset convars alongside the button to do so in Options is not working

how do I reset my convars? the reset convars button doesn't work and for some reason my radiuses are too big, resulting in zero spawns

Is it possible to make a survival minigame with this addon? Like how weaker enemies spawn at wave 1 and then it gets progressively harder until wave 10. It could be right underneath the "Help" button in the NPCD tab.

i thought this would of been a controlling npc that summons minions, but this is more interesting.

well to be exact itll drop it on them if either the npc doesnt have Give() or what youre trying to give is not classified as a weapon

if it drops the weapon on them instead of equipping it that means the npc internally does not have the Give() function. its up to whoever made the npc to handle code for giving weapons.

@Blackstaff It's near the very top near the setting where you pick the npc itself. You can even give npcs weapons even if it's an npc that can't usen them normally. Such as giving manhacks the hl2 pulse rifle.

Kind of clueless. Is there any way to give lua NPCs (it's what I'm assuming this entity is) weapons on spawn? Currently, the script ordains itself to drop whatever weapon is defined ontop of it's head, instead of giving it to them directly. Normal weapon overrides through context menu work as expected, even when spawned through NPCD tab. Is there any solution here?

I'm not actually sure what button you're talking about, but if you ever delete a profile (accidentally or otherwise) it will be moved to garrysmod/data/npcd/trash/

OKAY NEVERMIND WE'RE GOOD, JESUS FUCK I was scared I just PERMANENTLY fucked my file

okay this is really bad, I can't find ANYTHING, the NPCs are fucking gone:tm:, everything is gone, I don't know what to do, please help

So uhm, I may have just fucked up, I hit 'Clear NPC Profiles' and everything's gone, I dunno what to do, how do I have to reinstall the addon?

Oh, wish I thought of that! Thanks a bunch!

Radiuses have the value "Spawn Distance Hard Minimum" to stop them from spawning too close, though sometimes the spawn velocities push enemies closer than you'd expect.

I wish there was an exclusion area for player spawning in this addon. NPCs and ents like to spawn next to me for some reason

Are you thinking of perhaps adding spawnpoints for NPCs? This would be extremely useful for scenario building in case you want them to spawn in a specific area and not just haphazardly around the map.

is it possible to set up a behavior similar to a shotgunner? There are a ton of shotguns for NPCs, but they are absolutely useless for these same NPCs (they behave like a combine with an SMG that shoots from afar)

The number of options is overwhelming, but at the same time allows for incredible customisation. Insane for custom addon setups that change gameplay drastically, and I don't think any other spawner comes close.

So far there is this basic tutorial https://imgur.com/a/npcd-tutorial-basic-profile-preset-creation-HB44zE9 Besides that I've been thinking recently of how to integrate more of the gmod wiki into the addon since that's where most of the information would come from

Probably a dumb question, but is there any documentation or guides on how to use this? I have a hard time finding where to start

@johnppjc if those killzone npcs have custom weapons they could be given it with the "weapon" value
or you can try npcd options > Profiles > "Generate Profile from Current Install To Pending" and it might give you a template for those vjbase npcs

thanks a bunch! You're a lifesaver, this is gonna RULE!

@sockpuppetclock i there a way for vjbase npcs to keep there custom weapon. Like the killzone npcs

Hmm, right now not specifically when they spawn. For when they die, the closest is (damage filter) > Actions: Attacker > Entity Functions, and then running the ConCommand function, but thatd only be called if the killer is a player.

Is there a way to output commands when an NPC spawns or dies? I want to make it so when a certain preset spawns it turns off the autospawning functions, so it's like a climactic fight that makes things stop.

is there ever going to be a spawn on wall value

how to reset, it stopped spawning stuff in

it could be very interesting to mess around with if that works

i'll look into player preset limits!

as for prop_data.... it might be possible? if its really just a keyvalue you could add a "prop_data" keyvalue with the lines as the values. but QC scripts may or may not require each entry be a separate line, so i might need to add multiline support to the text entry???

is it possible to embed prop_data into entities? if so how could it be done?

Can we have player preset limits? I want to have hero characters of whom there can only be one of at a time, so there's not 20 gordon freemen

suggestion: a damage <condition> that passes depending on how far the player/attacker/victim is, basically a distance check, passes or doesn't pass if the player is far or near

is there a way to simulate gibbing particles made by breakable surfaces by using effects/deatheffects?

The "reset" button next to convars don't work

Suggestion: a percentage or number next to the stress/pressure bars to see exactly how much pressure/stress there is

ah yeah, thats the term i meant, profiles. it would be nice if there was a discord to share and find some

ah, there's isn't a place yet. though you can import profiles and copy the presets from the profile

No, I mean a place to download and find presets.

preset creating/editing is done in the Configure Profiles option. there's also a NPCD spawnmenu tab

Where can I find presets?

i think conditional spawning for entity/squad/spawnpool is a good idea

or like a certain amount of specific npcs dying causing another spawnpool to trigger

like 40 combine soldiers dying cause a gunship or dropship to spawn

do you think you could having certain npcs dying a certain amount of times being able to trigger an npc spawn on your todo list?

Guiltron: in the spawnmenu, go to Options -> NPCD -> Configure Profiles. i'd suggest duplicating a profile, which is on the left side of the menu. then click NPCs, right click the center panel, then add a NPC. then you have to add that to a spawnpool.

it's a bit of a complicated process but oh so worth it to spawn archviles fighting dinosaurs fighting mechas fighting dragons.

and i absolutely love this addon, its pretty much my favorite mod...ever. thanks sockpuppetclock. i will never forgive you for the hundreds of hours i spent just watching NPCs fight each other.

yeah, i could make that an option. it'll put it on my todo list

When an entity has multiple effects in a single table (sounds, for example) and are set to repeat multiple times, only one effect gets chosen to be repeated. Could you make it so that you can choose if it chooses another sound to be played after each repeat instead of choosing only one sound and sticking with it?

The latest update is out. I've renamed "squadpools" to "spawnpools," and you can now test custom entities to see if they will work with any values.

hey, so where would I go to make an antlion worker spit 50 times a second?

I did that OK so the entities that I chose for them just might not work with this then ok. thanks for the response!