Mannable NPC Turrets

Well, this is one of my first Scripted Entities Mod.

If you haven’t read the title of the mod, Players can NOT use these!

A little Backstory on how these were made :

Normal Turret : I would play in Gmod with the Combine Units PLUS Mod and play around with the waves and make a base to defend against the oncoming Combine. I eventually got the idea when I started playing Lambda Wars which had you build a base and defend. I saw mounted turrets that were able to be manned by your units I saw how they did an animation for when they manned the turret which added some realism so I thought, "Why not make this in GMod." And that is how the Normal Turret came to be.

Explosive Turret : I went to a 4th of July (2017) party on July 1st (2017) and saw my cousin, James from 5 years ago (as in 2012). I was showing him my mods I made and the normal turret that I made. James then asked me, "What would you think if you made a turret like that one, but instead have it fire explosives instead of bullet?" I thought about it and began right away to code it. And that is how the Explosive Turret was created and brought to GMod.

Spotlight Turret : Someone in the comments wanted it so I made it.

Sniper Turret : After reworking these, on 5/4/2022 I thought if there were any other guns I could make into turrets and remembered the Combine Sniper rifle that is used in Episode 2. So I started working on it and had to find many workarounds to get it to work properly and was able to for the most part in the end.

This Mod adds 3 types of turrets that NPCs can use.

NOTE : You need HALF LIFE 2 EPISODE 2 in order to see the Combine Cannon ( The Gun for the Explosive Turret ) and Combine Sniper!!!

⇒ 5 Turrets for NPCs

⇒ NPCs do an animation to show they are manning the turret

⇒ Four Turret Fires bullets
⇒ One Turret Fires Explosives
⇒ Two has a spotlight on it that will illuminate in the dark when manned by an NPC.
⇒ 1 ConVar
npc_turrets_explosive_turret_light (0 = disable, 1 = enable)

⇒ You are able to put these turrets on existing Combine Barriers ( like a map and they will spawn there and work. )
⇒ The turrets can only be manned by Human/Humanoid NPCs.

⇒ If the Turret is free and there is an NPC within 2500 units of it and they have no enemies, they will run to it to man it.

Making the mod.

Suggesting the explosive turret be made.

For making the models of the guns and barrier.

– HECU Marine from Black Mesa SNPCs by Dr. Vrej.
– Tactical Rebel from my Half Life 2 Survivor NPCs + Playermodels.
– Resistance Male Engineer from my Half Life 2 Survivor NPCs + Playermodels.
– Regular Combine Soldier from Half Life 2 or Default GMod.
– Josh ( Female 9 ) from my Citizens+ Part 1 Mod.