Point energy ball launcher

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Table of contents

1 Entity description 2 Availability 3 Keyvalues 4 Inputs 5 Outputs

Entity description

An entity that spawns and launches an energy ball periodically.

Availability

This point entity is exclusive to Portal.

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.

• parentname <target_destination>

Specifies the targetname of this entity's Parent in a movement hierarchy. Child entities move with their Parent.

• 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.

• Ball Lifetime

<float> The time in seconds the ball will live before self-destructing. A negative value will give infinite life.

• Min life after portal transition

<float> When energy balls created by this launcher pass, if the remaining lifespan of the ball is less than this value, the lifespan will reset to this value.

• ballcount

<integer> The amount of balls bouncing around inside the spawner.

• minspeed

<float> The minimum speed of balls spawned.

• maxspeed

<float> The maximum speed of balls spawned.

• 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.

Inputs

• Enable

Enable this entity.

• Disable

Disable this entity.

• LaunchBall

Launch a ball from the spawner.

Outputs

• OnUser1-4

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

!activator = activator

• OnPostSpawnBall

Fire when a ball was launched.