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func_mover

This is an entity on id Tech 4 engines, present on DOOM 3, Quake 4 and Prey. Below you can find its spawnflags, keys and editor settings for each game that defines it.

DOOM 3

Movers are objects meant to be controlled through scripts.

Keys

Key Type Default Description
snd_accel snd sound to play when acceleration starts. Played on SND_CHANNEL_BODY & SND_CHANNEL_BODY2.
snd_move snd sound to play when movement starts. Played on SND_CHANNEL_BODY & SND_CHANNEL_BODY2.
snd_decel snd sound to play when deceleration starts. Played on SND_CHANNEL_BODY & SND_CHANNEL_BODY2.
accel_time var how long it takes the mover to accelerate to full speed.
decel_time var how long it takes the mover to deccelerate to a stop.
move_time var how long it takes the mover to complete a move. cannot be used with 'move_speed'.
move_speed var how many units the mover travels per second. cannot be used with 'move_time'.
solidForTeam var whether mover is solid to objects bound to it, or objects it is bound to.
damage var how much damage to cause entities that block mover.
solid var whether the mover is solid to other entities.
nopush var set to 1 to disable pushing objects that block the mover.
guiTarget var GUI's associated with mover.
health var when non-zero, how much damage to take before triggering targets.

Editor

Property Value
Type brush entity
Spawn class idMover -> idEntity -> idClass
Color 0 .5 .8

Script events

Event Declared by
stopMoving idMover
stopRotating idMover
speed idMover
time idMover
accelTime idMover
decelTime idMover
moveTo idMover
moveToPos idMover
move idMover
accelTo idMover
decelTo idMover
rotateDownTo idMover
rotateUpTo idMover
rotateTo idMover
rotate idMover
rotateOnce idMover
bob idMover
sway idMover
openPortal idMover
closePortal idMover
accelSound idMover
decelSound idMover
moveSound idMover
enableSplineAngles idMover
disableSplineAngles idMover
removeInitialSplineAngles idMover
startSpline idMover
stopSpline idMover
activate idMover
isMoving idMover
isRotating idMover
getName idEntity
setName idEntity
activateTargets idEntity
numTargets idEntity
getTarget idEntity
randomTarget idEntity
bindToJoint idEntity
removeBinds idEntity
bind idEntity
bindPosition idEntity
unbind idEntity
setOwner idEntity
setModel idEntity
setSkin idEntity
getShaderParm idEntity
setShaderParm idEntity
setShaderParms idEntity
setColor idEntity
getColor idEntity
isHidden idEntity
hide idEntity
show idEntity
cacheSoundShader idEntity
startSoundShader idEntity
startSound idEntity
stopSound idEntity
fadeSound idEntity
getWorldOrigin idEntity
setWorldOrigin idEntity
getOrigin idEntity
setOrigin idEntity
getAngles idEntity
setAngles idEntity
getLinearVelocity idEntity
setLinearVelocity idEntity
getAngularVelocity idEntity
setAngularVelocity idEntity
getSize idEntity
setSize idEntity
getMins idEntity
getMaxs idEntity
touches idEntity
setGuiParm idEntity
setGuiFloat idEntity
getNextKey idEntity
setKey idEntity
getKey idEntity
getIntKey idEntity
getFloatKey idEntity
getVectorKey idEntity
getEntityKey idEntity
restorePosition idEntity
distanceTo idEntity
distanceToPoint idEntity
startFx idEntity
waitFrame idEntity
wait idEntity
hasFunction idEntity
callFunction idEntity
setNeverDormant idEntity
setGui idEntity
precacheGui idEntity
getGuiParm idEntity
getGuiParmFloat idEntity
guiNamedEvent idEntity
remove idClass

Quake 4

Movers are objects meant to be controlled through scripts.

Keys

Key Type Default Description
snd_accel snd sound to play when acceleration starts. Played on SND_CHANNEL_BODY & SND_CHANNEL_BODY2.
snd_move snd sound to play when movement starts. Played on SND_CHANNEL_BODY & SND_CHANNEL_BODY2.
snd_decel snd sound to play when deceleration starts. Played on SND_CHANNEL_BODY & SND_CHANNEL_BODY2.
snd_stopped snd sound to play when the mover has stopped. Played on SND_CHANNEL_BODY & SOUND_CHANNEL_BODY2.
snd_idle snd sound to play all the time on this object.
accel_time var how long it takes the mover to accelerate to full speed.
decel_time var how long it takes the mover to deccelerate to a stop.
move_time var how long it takes the mover to complete a move. cannot be used with 'move_speed'.
move_speed var how many units the mover travels per second. cannot be used with 'move_time'.
solidForTeam var whether mover is solid to objects bound to it, or objects it is bound to.
damage var how much damage to cause entities that block mover.
solid var whether the mover is solid to other entities.
nopush var set to 1 to disable pushing objects that block the mover.
guiTarget var GUI's associated with mover.
health var when non-zero, how much damage to take before triggering targets.
attenuate var Allow the sound on this object to be attenuated based on speed.
attenuationScale var Scale for attenuation. Set this to be roughly the average speed of the mover. Tweak as necessary.
maxAttenuation var Maximum attenuation allowed.

Editor

Property Value
Type brush entity
Spawn class idMover -> idEntity -> idClass
Color 0 .5 .8

Script events

Event Declared by
stopMoving idMover
stopRotating idMover
speed idMover
time idMover
accelTime idMover
decelTime idMover
moveTo idMover
moveToPos idMover
move idMover
accelTo idMover
decelTo idMover
rotateDownTo idMover
rotateUpTo idMover
rotateTo idMover
rotate idMover
rotateOnce idMover
bob idMover
sway idMover
openPortal idMover
closePortal idMover
accelSound idMover
decelSound idMover
stoppedSound idMover
moveSound idMover
enableSplineAngles idMover
disableSplineAngles idMover
removeInitialSplineAngles idMover
startSpline idMover
stopSpline idMover
activate idMover
isMoving idMover
isRotating idMover
getSplineEntity idMover
moveAlongVector idMover
getName idEntity
setName idEntity
activateTargets idEntity
numTargets idEntity
getTarget idEntity
randomTarget idEntity
bindToJoint idEntity
removeBinds idEntity
bind idEntity
bindPosition idEntity
unbind idEntity
setOwner idEntity
setModel idEntity
setSkin idEntity
getShaderParm idEntity
setShaderParm idEntity
setShaderParms idEntity
setColor idEntity
getColor idEntity
isHidden idEntity
hide idEntity
show idEntity
cacheSoundShader idEntity
startSoundShader idEntity
startSound idEntity
stopSound idEntity
fadeSound idEntity
getWorldOrigin idEntity
setWorldOrigin idEntity
getOrigin idEntity
setOrigin idEntity
getAngles idEntity
setAngles idEntity
getLinearVelocity idEntity
setLinearVelocity idEntity
getAngularVelocity idEntity
setAngularVelocity idEntity
getSize idEntity
setSize idEntity
getMins idEntity
getMaxs idEntity
touches idEntity
setGuiParm idEntity
setGuiFloat idEntity
getNextKey idEntity
setKey idEntity
getKey idEntity
getIntKey idEntity
getFloatKey idEntity
getVectorKey idEntity
getEntityKey idEntity
restorePosition idEntity
distanceTo idEntity
distanceToPoint idEntity
startFx idEntity
waitFrame idEntity
wait idEntity
hasFunction idEntity
callFunction idEntity
setNeverDormant idEntity
clearSkin idEntity
setContents idEntity
getLastBlocker idEntity
playEffect idEntity
stopEffect idEntity
stopAllEffects idEntity
getHealth idEntity
hideSurface idEntity
showSurface idEntity
guiEvent idEntity
playbackCallback idEntity
getBindMaster idEntity
applyImpulse idEntity
removeNullTargets idEntity
isA idEntity
isSameTypeAs idEntity
matchPrefix idEntity
clearTargetList idEntity
appendTarget idEntity
removeTarget idEntity
setHealth idEntity
remove idClass

Prey

Movers are objects meant to be controlled through scripts.

Keys

Key Type Default Description
crusher bool 0 whether mover crushes when blocked
snd_accel snd sound to play when acceleration starts.
snd_move snd sound to play when movement starts.
snd_decel snd sound to play when deceleration starts.
snd_stop snd sound to play when movement stops
accel_time var how long it takes the mover to accelerate to full speed.
decel_time var how long it takes the mover to deccelerate to a stop.
move_time var how long it takes the mover to complete a move. cannot be used with 'move_speed'.
move_speed var how many units the mover travels per second. cannot be used with 'move_time'.
solidForTeam var whether mover is solid to objects bound to it, or objects it is bound to.
damage var amount of damage to do when crushing. Is done 60x a second (1)
solid var whether the mover is solid to other entities.
nopush var set to 1 to disable pushing objects that block the mover.
guiTarget var GUI's associated with mover.
health var when non-zero, how much damage to take before triggering targets.
noclipmodel bool create without clipmodel

Editor

Property Value
Type brush entity
Spawn class hhMover -> idMover -> idEntity -> idClass
Color 0.55 0.55 1.0

Script events

Event Declared by
stopMoving idMover
stopRotating idMover
speed idMover
time idMover
accelTime idMover
decelTime idMover
moveTo idMover
moveToPos idMover
move idMover
accelTo idMover
decelTo idMover
rotateDownTo idMover
rotateUpTo idMover
rotateTo idMover
rotateTo_world idMover
rotate idMover
rotateOnce idMover
bob idMover
sway idMover
openPortal idMover
closePortal idMover
accelSound idMover
decelSound idMover
moveSound idMover
enableSplineAngles idMover
disableSplineAngles idMover
removeInitialSplineAngles idMover
startSpline idMover
stopSpline idMover
activate idMover
isMoving idMover
isRotating idMover
moveToJoint idEntity
moveToJointWeighted idEntity
moveJointToJoint idEntity
moveJointToJointOffset idEntity
setSkin idEntity
spawnDebris idEntity
delayDamageEntity idEntity
dispose idEntity
setDeformation idEntity
setFloatKey idEntity
setVectorKey idEntity
setEntityKey idEntity
playerCanSee idEntity
setContents idEntity
setClipmask idEntity
setPortalCollision idEntity
killbox idEntity
getName idEntity
setName idEntity
findTargets idEntity
activateTargets idEntity
numTargets idEntity
getTarget idEntity
randomTarget idEntity
bindToJoint idEntity
removeBinds idEntity
bind idEntity
bindPosition idEntity
unbind idEntity
setOwner idEntity
setModel idEntity
getShaderParm idEntity
setShaderParm idEntity
setShaderParms idEntity
setColor idEntity
getColor idEntity
isHidden idEntity
hide idEntity
show idEntity
cacheSoundShader idEntity
startSoundShader idEntity
startSound idEntity
stopSound idEntity
fadeSound idEntity
getWorldOrigin idEntity
setWorldOrigin idEntity
getOrigin idEntity
setOrigin idEntity
getAngles idEntity
setAngles idEntity
getLinearVelocity idEntity
setLinearVelocity idEntity
getAngularVelocity idEntity
setAngularVelocity idEntity
getSize idEntity
setSize idEntity
getMins idEntity
getMaxs idEntity
touches idEntity
setGuiParm idEntity
setGuiFloat idEntity
getNextKey idEntity
setKey idEntity
getKey idEntity
getIntKey idEntity
getFloatKey idEntity
getVectorKey idEntity
getEntityKey idEntity
restorePosition idEntity
updateCameraTarget idEntity
distanceTo idEntity
distanceToPoint idEntity
startFx idEntity
waitFrame idEntity
wait idEntity
hasFunction idEntity
callFunction idEntity
setNeverDormant idEntity
playRumble idEntity
stopRumble idEntity
remove idClass

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