Editing Design PointTemplate with hammer map editor (section)

==Design==

===Tank / Bot PointTemplate===
Start up Hammer and create a new file. In the origin of the map, create a prop_detail entity with the model of the tank or bot (models/bots/boss_bot/boss_tank.mdl and other bots models are in /models/bots directory).
[[File:Hammer - design a tank, preview.png|none|thumb|Tank prop used to preview how the tank would be seen in the game]]
Create additional entities as you would like to see them in the game, like this:
[[File:Hammer - design a tank.png|none|thumb|Tank with entities]]
Save the map file somewhere, then open it with a text editor. Copy all sections with "entity". Open the popfile, then in WaveSchedule, create a new section:
 PointTemplates
 {
 	TemplateName
 	{
 		Paste the copied text from map file here
 	}
 }
Example:
 PointTemplates [$SIGSEGV]
 {
 	TemplateName
 	{
 		entity
 		{
 			"id" "10"
 			"classname" "light_dynamic"
 			"_cone" "45"
 			"_inner_cone" "30"
 			"_light" "255 255 255 0"
 			"angles" "0 0 0"
 			"brightness" "0"
 			"distance" "0"
 			"pitch" "0"
 			"spawnflags" "3"
 			"spotlight_radius" "80"
 			"style" "0"
 			"target" "turretSpider_trackdir"
 			"targetname" "turretSpider_projected"
 			"origin" "44 -6.001 199.999"
 		}
 		entity
 		{
 			"id" "18"
 			"classname" "logic_timer"
 			"RefireTime" "0.35"
 			"spawnflags" "0"
 			"StartDisabled" "1"
 			"targetname" "turretSpider_firetimer"
 			"UseRandomTime" "0"
 			connections
 			{
 				"OnTimer" "turretSpider_firerelay,Trigger,,0,-1"
 			}
 			"origin" "-196 -48.352 12.004"
 		}
 	}
 }
Now, in Tank/TFBot spawner, create a new value
 SpawnTemplate TemplateName [$SIGSEGV]
This will spawn the entities parented to the bot/tank

=== Mission / Wave Point Template ===
Download BSPSource https://github.com/ata4/bspsrc/releases and use it to decompile the map. Load the map in hammer. In menu, select Instancing->Create Manifest. Select View->Screen Elements->Manifest Bar if not already selected.

On the right side, a panel named Manifest would appear. Right click on it and select Insert->Empty Sub Map.
[[File:Hammer map pointtemplate.png|none|thumb|Manifest Panel]]
In the window that appears, Set the filename and friendly name. Now click on the newly created item in the manifest panel. Any entity created in this mode will be spawned by the pointtemplate. To switch back, click the unnamed item.

Once you are done creating entities, save the map. Now, navigate to the directory where the map was saved, then to the newly created directory with the same name as the map name. Open the file that has the same name as specified in New Sub Map dialog, in the text editor. Now follow the same steps as with the section above, but now, the SpawnTemplate value should be put in WaveSchedule or Wave.

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