Garry's Mod

Garry's Mod

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Content Type: Addon
Addon Type: NPC
Addon Tags: Fun, Scenic, Realism
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26 Aug @ 10:16am
30 Aug @ 4:13am
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Rebels vs Aircrafts

Description
THE REBELS HAVE HAD ENOUGH WITH THE HELICOPTERS!

Frustrated with the rebels constantly running away from the chopper battles and instead, you have to do the dirty work cleaning up the chasing choppers against you? Well, fret not, this addon helps that, now the rebels will fight back against the choppers (including gunship) !

I DO NOT SUGGEST USING THIS ADDON AT SOME CERTAIN POINTS IN HL2 CAMPAIGN MAPS, IT WILL BREAK SOME SCRIPTS, SOFTLOCKING SOME CONTENT BECAUSE HL2 CAMPAIGN LEVELS OFTEN ASSUME THE PLAYER MUST DESTROY GUNSHIPS. WITH THIS ADDON ENABLED, REBELS MIGHT KILL THEM FOR YOU, POTENTIALLY SKIPPING INTENDED TENSION OR SCRIPTED DIALOGUE.

Cons:
- Haven't fully tested yet, tested on singleplayer sandbox only
- Not sure if this compatible with all HL2 (even Episodic) campaign maps
- Convars and adjustable sliders are limited to vanilla HL2 weapons only
- Not all friendly NPCs work, it works with vanilla HL2, as well VJ Base SNPCs and ZBase NPCs
- Sometimes, due to GMod's odd system, the NPCs will be a bit fixated and shooting out of the sights continuously, just move them with physics gun to the choppers and it will be done (No guarantee, sometimes they fixed themselves when the choppers shoot them)
- Vortigaunts are excluded, their mechanics make it complex for me to code as well tricky to meet the requirements, because, unlike the rebels who uses weapons, vortigaunts use their own beam zaps which make it hard to code in
- Unsure if level transition will break the addon
- Unsure if this addon conflicts with other addons
- Rebels will try to attack helicopters and gunships even if they’re in bad positions. Expect them to fire RPGs at awkward upward angles. They may miss a lot, waste rockets, or stand still while aiming.
- The Think loop continuously forces rebels to pick aircraft enemies. This is ok for small maps, but with a lot of rebels + choppers spawned in, you may see the AI hitches.

Anyhow, enjoy, half of this description and this addon is assisted by A.I
13 Comments
MEGATRON 6 Oct @ 4:35am 
hey, williamnalyan1. have you used the npc relation ships to make the rebels attack the helicopters?
WilliamNalyan1  [author] 4 Sep @ 7:34am 
@<<Mr. (ant) tenna>> I have tried to code the Vortigaunts to use their power to crash the aircrafts, it's near-to-impossible considering their zap doesn't register much at metals, unlike HL2 bullets.

But if you do know a trick, then lemme know
MEGATRON 4 Sep @ 6:07am 
the vorts should use the vortessence control the helicopters the crash
Th3TopMuglet 1 Sep @ 4:21am 
things that vanilla GMOD should had
Tyler 31 Aug @ 11:37am 
HL2 Lore accurate rebels
WilliamNalyan1  [author] 30 Aug @ 8:41am 
@<<Mr. (ant) tenna>> No, I am not coding the Vortigaunts only to make them look cowardly just like the vanilla Vortigaunts, you can turn off the addon if you want them to return to their original state.
WilliamNalyan1  [author] 30 Aug @ 8:38am 
@<<Mr. (ant) tenna>> Vanilla HL2 dropship have been hard-coded to get shot by the rebels
MEGATRON 30 Aug @ 8:34am 
make the vorts run away
MEGATRON 30 Aug @ 8:23am 
YESS. can you also make them hate dropships
Sunny 28 Aug @ 8:56pm 
Finally