Entity type

An Entity type is an NPC’s personality / appearance template — the broad-strokes character archetype. Each NPC has a .type of one of these. Used by Entity role and Control post configs to constrain who can fill what.

Inheritance: dbdata → entitytype.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`.name`	string	Display name
`.rawname`	string	Raw text entry reference
`.description`	string	Description
`.icon`	string	Icon id

Minimal datatype — just localization + icon.

Vanilla entity types

(Verified types vary by DLC; check vanilla libraries/entitytypes.xml for the full list.) Common examples include:

entitytype.civilian
entitytype.military
entitytype.aipilot
entitytype.engineer
entitytype.shadyguy
entitytype.passenger

Common patterns

”Read an NPC’s entity type”

<do_if value="$npc.type == entitytype.military">
    <!-- this NPC is military — treat differently -->
</do_if>

.type is on Entity / NPC.

”Filter NPCs by type”

<do_for_each name="$npc" in="$Station.crew">
    <do_if value="$npc.type == entitytype.civilian">
        <!-- civilian NPC -->
    </do_if>
</do_for_each>

Common gotchas

⚠ Entity type is not the same as entity role. Type is the broad archetype (military / civilian); role is the specific job (engineer / pilot / passenger). One NPC has one type but may have a role.
⚠ Entity types are db-defined. Mods extending NPCs add types via data files.

NPC — .type accessor.
Entity role — .type of role points to entity type.
Control post — .type accessor for compatible NPCs.