How to spawn a friendly turret (Dev console)

Yes, in this guide I will actually show you how to spawn a friendly turret with the dev console.

INTRODUCTION

I am absolutely sure that 99% of the users reading this guide do not know how to do this, and I would like you to share this guide with your friends or other users so that they know more about this, although I do not think many will.

By the way, this is the first guide I have done, and I have done my best to make it as easy as possible for you to understand.

Before I show you the necessary command, I am going to show you how to enable the dev console (skip this part if you already know how to do it).

DEV CONSOLE

To activate the console, follow the steps below:

1. In the main menu of the game, go to Options.

2. In Options, go to Keyboard.





3. At the bottom, select Advanced, check the "Enable developer console" box and select
OK.




In Miscellaneous section you can assign the key you want to open the console with.




You should now be able to open the console with the assigned key and use it without any problems. Now, let's use the command.

HOW TO SPAWN A FRIENDLY TURRET

To spawn a friendly turret, type or copy the following command without the quotes:

“ent_create npc_turret_floor spawnflags 544”

To give you a better understanding, "spawnflags" are boolean values that set up an entity, and are stored inside a large variable. In this case, 544 makes the turret attack our enemies and not us. You can look for more information about this in your web browser if you are interested. Honestly, I have preferred not to put more information about it in order not to make this guide too long.

NOTE 1: You can do the same with Portal turrets, but they cannot be re-activated once they are down. The command is basically the same, but this time you change "npc_turret_floor" to "npc_portal_turret_floor".

NOTE 2: If you spawn a friendly turret in EP2, It can be spawned with three different skins: default skin, lambda skin and beast skin.

NOTE 3: Do NOT try to use "npc_create" to spawn it. It will not work.

NOTE 4: It is not necessary "sv_cheats 1".

That would be all. If you want me to make another guide talking about other commands, I will be happy to do it ;)


In this video you can see the demonstration:

[Tyler]

Thank you so much! I can finally bring my sidekick from entanglement, Jerry!

[Foil]

If you want to remove the sentry type "ent_remove" in console while looking at the sentry, you can also do this with virtually any other entity.

[UpsideupGaming]

is there a way to spawn the turrets facing the direction you're facing?

[arda_ucak2010]

how can l spawn friendly ceiling turret

[BKNGHT]

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[МаЯоLа® (✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞]

Man, for years playing HL2 I always searched and researched how to generate friendly towers but all failed attempts, I never managed to find a tutorial teaching it. But finally today I had the honor of meeting your guide and I was finally able to play a little HL2-EP2 protecting Alyx in a more relaxed way. Thank you my friend. I will award your guide as "Unmissable". It's not much but it's for recognition.

[jackgray2010]

SENTRY DOWN

[Who the hell]

Erectin' a sentry!

[Alex135t]

Thank you my friend, this is very helpful

[Sandvich gaming]