Embedded Attributes

Instead of unexposed C++ variables in the source code, there are attributes that are already "embedded" and read from a related Postal3Script for given entities.

For example, "ea_health" is the health of the entity that uses the assigned p3s behaviour, or the health of a set target, and can be read, changed, and set using the various "Attr" statements.

There are a variety of attributes and they each serve their own purposes.

All Embedded Attributes

ea_lean                 -- Whether NPC or Player is currently covering
ea_consciousness        -- Gets or sets the consciousness of an NPC, setting it to zero does nothing
ea_health               -- Health
ea_status               -- Status (Killer, Victim, Corpse, etc..)
ea_armed                -- Stored/Active Weapon ID
ea_hostage              -- Whether the Player currently has a hostage
ea_NumEnemy             -- Number of enemies
ea_NumFear              -- Number of fear enemies
ea_NumVisibleEnemy      -- Number of visible enemies
ea_NumVisibleFear       -- Number of visible fear enemies
ea_ammo                 -- Gets the Ammo of NPC's weapon (broken)
ea_Faction              -- Faction
ea_Manner               -- Manner
ea_ActiveWeapon         -- Gets the weapon type
-1  = FLESH
 0  = NONE
 1  = ANIMAL
 2  = GADGET
 3  = NONLETHAL_MELEE
 4  = NONLETHAL_RANGED
 5  = MELEE
 6  = RANGED
 7  = BIGGUN

ea_games                -- Whether the Player is currently peeing (0 if they aren't)
ea_takeable             -- Player can interact with Cat/Human by pressing USE on them
ea_distance             -- UNUSED, won't do anything
ea_name                 -- Given name by the mapper to the entity
ea_crit_disabled        -- Taken crit damage (is this a leftover from TF2?)
ea_no_gibs              -- NPC's limbs can no longer be deattached if died
ea_dmg_absorb           -- ALL Damage type absorption
ea_flamedmg_absorb      -- Flame DMG absorption (DMG_BURN)
ea_bulletdmg_absorb     -- Bullet DMG absorption (DMG_BULLET)
ea_clubdmg_absorb       -- Club DMG absorption (DMG_CLUB)
ea_physdmg_absorb       -- Physics DMG absorption (DMG_CRUSH)
ea_fakedmg_absorb       -- UNUSED (DMG_PHYSGUN), this attribute still works and functions
ea_blastdmg_absorb      -- Blast Explosion DMG absorption (DMG_BLAST)
ea_krotchydmg_absorb    -- Krotchy DMG absorption (DMG_BUCKSHOT), parallel to Blast DMG
ea_blast_immune         -- Blast from Explosion immunity, boltons won't fall off from the NPC
ea_tased                -- Whether the NPC is currently tased
ea_autokill             -- NPC will disappear if it's too far from the Player (1920 Hammer units)
ea_gibs                 -- Only exists on ragdolls
 1  = Full body/Lower body/Lower body with legs
 3  = Single Head/Upper body with head (and arms)
 4  = Single Arm/Single Leg/Upper body (with arms)

Embedded Attribute Example

st_EmbeddedAttrTutorial
{
    Group Neutral
    Patterns
    {
        pt_default
        {
            actions
            {
                SetAttr "covering 0"
                IfAttr "ea_lean == 1 SetAttr covering 1"

                SetAttr "ea_consciousness 120"
                SetAttr "ea_health 100"

                IfAttr "target.ea_status == sCORPSE Pattern pt_eeek"

                IfAttr "ea_armed != WPN_NONE Pattern pt_gungun"
                IfAttr "ea_hostage == 1 Pattern pt_victim"

                IfAttr "ea_NumEnemy > 0 Pattern pt_seek"
                IfAttr "ea_NumFear > 0 Pattern pt_fear"
                IfAttr "ea_NumVisibleEnemy > 0 Pattern pt_destroy"
                IfAttr "ea_NumVisibleFear > 0 Pattern pt_hide"

                // Note: ea_ammo is broken
                IfAttr "ea_ammo == 0 Pattern pt_reload"

                IfAttr "ea_Faction == Faction:Player Pattern pt_player"
                IfAttr "ea_Manner == Manner:Police Pattern pt_police"

                IfAttr "Object:target == Object:Player AND ea_ActiveWeapon < 6 Pattern pt_meleeOnly"

                IfAttr "Object:target == Object:Player AND target.ea_games == 1 Pattern pt_yuck"

                SetAttr "ea_takeable 0"

                IfAttr "ea_name == String:pizza_vendor State st_vendor"

                SetAttr "ea_crit_disabled 1"
                SetAttr "ea_no_gibs 1"

                SetAttr "ea_dmg_absorb 50"
                SetAttr "ea_flamedmg_absorb 50"
                SetAttr "ea_clubdmg_absorb 50"
                SetAttr "ea_physdmg_absorb 50"
                SetAttr "ea_fakedmg_absorb 50"
                SetAttr "ea_blastdmg_absorb 50"
                SetAttr "ea_krotchydmg_absorb 50"

                SetAttr "ea_blast_immune 1"

                CheckAttr "ea_tased RemoveAttr ea_tased"

                SetAttr "ea_autokill 1"
            }
        }
    }
}