Func combine ball spawner

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Table of contents

1 Entity Description 2 Availability 3 Keyvalues 4 Flags 5 Inputs 6 Outputs

Entity Description

A volumetric trigger that creates combine balls.

See the combine_ball_generator and combine_ballspawner prefabs for examples of uses.

Availability

This brush-based entity is available in: HL2. In code it is represented by class CFuncCombineBallSpawner (http://doxygen.page.needed/class_c_func_combine_ball_spawner.html), defined in hl2_dll\prop_combine_ball.cpp (http://doxygen.page.needed/prop__combine__ball_8cpp-source.html).

Keyvalues

• targetname <target_source>

Defines the name that other entities refer to this entity by.

• hammerid [Episode Two Update]

<integer readonly> This id is used for debugging purposes in Hammer.

• angles <angle>

Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X)

This entity's angular orientation in the world (also used for angular effect entities).

• globalname

<string> Name by which this entity is linked to another entity in a different map. When the player transitions to a new map, entities in the new map with globalnames matching entities in the previous map will have the previous map's state copied over their state.

• ballcount

<integer> This is how many balls will be bouncing around inside the spawner.

• minspeed

<float> The minimum speed of balls that fly in the spawner.

• maxspeed

<float> The maximum speed of balls that fly in the spawner.

• ballradius

<float> The radius of the energy balls.

• balltype

<choices>

Literal Value	Description
0	Combine Energy Ball 1
1	Combine Energy Ball 2
2	Combine Energy Ball 3

• ballrespawntime

<float> The energy balls' respawn time.

Flags

• 4096 : Start Inactive
• 8192 : Combine Power Supply

If set, combine balls will bounce in this entity's volume.

Inputs

• Kill

Removes this entity from the world.

• KillHierarchy

Removes this entity and all its children from the world.

• AddOutput <string>

Evaluates a keyvalue/output on this entity. It can be potentially very dangerous, use with care.

Format: <key> <value>

Format: <output name> <targetname>:<inputname>:<parameter>:<delay>:<max times to fire (-1 == infinite)>

• FireUser1-4

Causes this entity's OnUser1-4 outputs to be fired. See User Inputs and Outputs.

• Enable

• Disable

Outputs

• OnUser1-4

Fired in response to FireUser1-4 inputs. See User Inputs and Outputs.

!activator = activator

• OnBallGrab

To do: Write what it does.

!activator = prop_combine_ball

• OnBallHitBottomSide

To do: Write what it does.

!activator = prop_combine_ball

• OnBallHitTopSide

To do: Write what it does.

!activator = prop_combine_ball

• OnBallReinserted

To do: Write what it does.

!activator = prop_combine_ball

• OnFirstBallReinserted

To do: Write what it does.

!activator = prop_combine_ball