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Grimwar supplies 32 entity types for Vertex. Choose a type below for its placement, settings and defaults, VSig signals, and usage notes.

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Place an entity from Vertex's creation controls and edit it in the inspector. Point entities use a position and direction. Bounds entities define oriented volumes. Brush entities own the geometry beneath them in the hierarchy. Properties with metre units remain in metres even when the map uses inch-based geometry units.

Settings are the values authored into the map. Inputs are actions you call; outputs are events you listen to. Runtime properties and state snapshots describe a running entity. A server contract controls game state; a client contract controls local presentation. Use the correct VSig handler authority.

Many entity inputs accept a string parameter and parse a number, colour, or other value from it. In VSig, pass an expression: push.set_speed(18). Multiple arguments use composite formatting, such as label.set_text("Wave {0}: {1}", wave, remaining). An input with no argument receives no parameter. A string output in the catalog does not guarantee a nonempty payload on every event.

Every concrete runtime entity has kill and killed. Kill permanently removes that instance until the map reloads. Operational entities also have enable, disable, toggle, enabled, disabled, and is_enabled. Doors and continuous movers use their own motion controls; toggle does not mean the same thing for every entity.

When a state type is listed, capture entity.state and restore it with entity.restore(saved_state). Reads require one matching entity. VSig explains refs, hierarchy matching, and !activator/!caller/!self.

Entity index

Entity	Editor name	Placement	Use
env_ambient	Ambient	point	Play a base-game audio event or a custom sound.
env_explosion	Explosion	point	Apply radial damage and force, with an optional visual effect.
env_light	Light	point	Place a light and optionally control it with scripts or a built-in effect.
env_particle	Particle effect	point	Place a particle or VFX effect, with optional scripted playback.
env_screenshake	Screen Shake	point	Shake player cameras within a radius.
func_button	Button	point	Emit a pressed signal from native interaction or a script.
func_damageable	Damageable	volume	Give owned geometry health and a reversible broken state.
func_door	Door	volume	Move owned geometry between closed and open positions.
func_ladder	Ladder	volume	Create a two-sided climbable volume.
func_resupply	Resupply Locker	point	Refill health, magazines, and reserve ammunition for living players.
func_rotate	Rotate	volume	Rotate owned geometry as a door or a continuously moving object.
func_team_barrier	Team Barrier	volume	Allow selected teams through a barrier.
func_tracktrain	Track Train	volume	Move owned geometry along an authored path.
game_blitz_checkpoint	Blitz Checkpoint	point	Mark a named checkpoint along a Blitz tank route.
game_blitz_tank	Blitz Tank	volume	Create a Blitz escort objective with a path and checkpoints.
game_capture_flag	Capture Flag	volume	Create a flag in an Uplink capture graph.
game_capture_point	Capture Point	volume	Create a team capture objective.
info_label	Label	point	Display world-space text.
info_observer_point	Observer Point	point	Place a spectator or presentation camera.
info_player_spawn	Spawn Point	point	Choose where a team player spawns and faces.
info_stage_point	Stage Point	point	Place a postgame or staged player pose.
info_teleport_destination	Teleport Destination	point	Set the destination pose for a teleport trigger.
item_pickup	Pickup	point	Spawn a health, ammunition, or skull pickup.
logic_script	Logic Script	logic	Configure a reusable VSig module in the map.
trigger_gravewar_skull_deposit	Gravewar Skull Deposit	volume	Let Gravewar survivors bank carried skulls.
trigger_gravewar_upgrade_zone	Gravewar Upgrade Zone	volume	Open Gravewar upgrades for eligible players inside a volume.
trigger_hurt	Trigger Hurt	volume	Damage or heal accepted occupants at an interval.
trigger_multiple	Trigger	volume	Emit events as accepted objects enter, stay in, and leave a volume.
trigger_push	Trigger Push	volume	Accelerate occupants or give them a one-time velocity impulse.
trigger_spawn_zone	Spawn Zone	volume	Register participants inside a team spawn zone.
trigger_teleport	Trigger Teleport	volume	Move accepted occupants to a destination point.
trigger_water	Water	volume	Create a swimmable volume with a water surface.

Common setup mistakes

• Set a trigger's team filters. trigger_multiple defaults to None, which blocks participants.
• Set each spawn's Team explicitly. A new info_player_spawn defaults to Union.
• Parent moving geometry under its entity. Use Path Points for Vertex trains and Blitz tanks.
• Check the entity's authority before adding a script handler. Ambient sound calls are client-side; gameplay triggers and movers are server-side.
• Give entities stable hierarchy names for VSig refs. Copying an object gives it a new internal identity.

Retired entities

game_crystal is no longer in the current SDK. Older maps that used it need an authored replacement suited to their game mode. Use func_damageable for a breakable object; it does not automatically recreate an old objective's rules.