DeadlockEntityHelper Copyright (C) 2026 Michael Manis

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Deadlock Entity Helper

Extract entity properties from the Deadlock map (currently just "Midtown").

Usage

For arguments, run ./DeadlockEntityHelper --help For command arguments, run e.g ./DeadlockEntityHelper extract --help

Example: To extract the positions of all wooden crates on the map:

./DeadlockEntityHelper extract Deadlock/game/citadel/maps/dl_midtown.vpk subclass_name citadel_breakable_prop_wooden_crate subclass_name string origin vector3

Building

For release

dotnet publish

The resulting executable will be in DeadlockEntityHelper/bin/Release/net10.0/<your platform>/publish/

Useful entities

Entity	Description	Useful properties
citadel_breakable_prop_wooden_crate	Wooden crates	initial_spawn_time_override (double)
citadel_breakable_item_container	Golden Statues	initial_spawn_time_override (double)

Development

Versioning

1. Push the change
2. Increment new versions in DeadlockEntityHelper/DeadlockEntityHelper.csproj
3. Tag new releases by running:
   1. NEW_VER=vX.Y.Z
   2. git tag -a $NEW_VER -m "$NEW_VER release"
   3. Push the tag by running git push origin $NEW_VER