HL2 - Custom NPCs Thread

First off, I don't mean creating a whole new NPC from scratch with new behaviors. I just want to duplicate an NPC, with a different skin, model, and name. I don't want to just reskin it outright, because I need both "versions" of the NPC for my needs. Unless there is a way to have multiple skins for an NPC, I need to know how to make a copy with a different skin/model.

The following NPCs are the ones I want to duplicate:

1. Headcrab

2. Hunter

3. Strider

4. Combine Solider

Thanks in advance...

Half-Life 2 IIRC does not support duplicates I mean that you cannot have a different graphical representation and yet the same code for the selected NPC. You should read the Source engine documentation and firstly, create a mod for HL2 via the SDK tool. The tool can also extract models for modifying. Source SDK is the key.

Reborn:X wrote: Half-Life 2 IIRC does not support duplicates I mean that you cannot have a different graphical representation and yet the same code for the selected NPC. You should read the Source engine documentation and firstly, create a mod for HL2 via the SDK tool. The tool can also extract models for modifying. Source SDK is the key.

I already have the mod made (ish) (no moddb page yet), using the "create a mod" tool.

You mean like having the same with just a different appearance, like e.g. companion cubes in Portal or combine soldiers in HL2?
Maybe you'll find something on the Valve developer wiki, here's what a quick search got me: Developer.valvesoftware.com

There should be more on that in the modeling section.

You can duplicate npc's, why should't you be able to do that? (Reborn
- For beginners, it might be a bit tricky to duplicate npc's, however, if you just want to reskin or add a new model to a npc entity, turn off smart edit in hammer and change the mdl location. You can also add a new entry to the fgd.

Hmm...