<cat>classfunc</cat>⤶ <function name="TriggerOutput" parent="Entity" type="classfunc">⤶ <function name="TriggerOutput" parent="ENTITY" type="hook">⤶ <description>Triggers all outputs stored using <page>ENTITY:StoreOutput</page>. </description> <realm>Server</realm> <file line="105-L123">gamemodes/base/entities/entities/base_entity/outputs.lua</file> <predicted>No</predicted> <args> <arg name="output" type="string">Name of output to fire</arg> <arg name="activator" type="Entity">Activator entity</arg> <arg name="data" type="string" default="nil">The data to give to the output.</arg> </args> </function> ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>⤶ Creates a brush entity that will run `OnEndTouch` outputs when compiled into a map⤶ </description>⤶ <code>⤶ ENT.Type = "brush"⤶ ENT.Base = "base_brush"⤶ ⤶ function ENT:Initialize()⤶ self:SetSolid(SOLID_BBOX)⤶ self:SetTrigger(true) -- Generates EndTouch and StartTouch callbacks⤶ end⤶ ⤶ function ENT:KeyValue( k, v )⤶ -- Store 'OnEndTouch' outputs for map created entities⤶ if ( k == "OnEndTouch" ) then⤶ self:StoreOutput( k, v )⤶ end⤶ end⤶ ⤶ function ENT:EndTouch(ent)⤶ -- Trigger all stored outputs⤶ self:TriggerOutput("OnEndTouch", ent)⤶ end⤶ </code>⤶ </example>⤶ <example> <description> For engine entities you can use <page>Entity:Fire</page> to hook outputs. This example hooks all `trigger_teleport`. <note>ACTIVATOR / CALLER / TRIGGER_PLAYER globals are only available during execution, they are unset directly afterwards.</note> </description> <code> local function SetupMapLua() local MapLua = ents.Create( "lua_run" ) MapLua:SetName( "triggerhook" ) MapLua:Spawn() for _, v in ipairs( ents.FindByClass( "trigger_teleport" ) ) do v:Fire( "AddOutput", "OnStartTouch triggerhook:RunPassedCode:hook.Run( 'OnTeleport' ):0:-1" ) end end hook.Add( "InitPostEntity", "SetupMapLua", SetupMapLua ) hook.Add( "PostCleanupMap", "SetupMapLua", SetupMapLua ) hook.Add( "OnTeleport", "TestTeleportHook", function() local activator, caller = ACTIVATOR, CALLER print( activator, caller ) end ) </code> <output> When player touches trigger_teleport this will be printed in the console: ``` Player [1][Player1] Entity [3][trigger_teleport] ``` </output> </example>