Prop combine ball

Class hierarchy
CPropCombineBall ↳CBaseAnimating ↳CBaseEntity
prop_combine_ball.cpp

prop_combine_ball demo.

Not to be confused with prop_energy_ball.

prop_combine_ball is a model entity available in Half-Life 2 series and Portal series. It is a high-energy ball that disintegrates any organic material in its path. It is primarily found in the Citadel as an energy source, and weaponized by elite Combine soldiers. It can be constrained to other physics objects using hinges or other constraints. It can also be configured to break when it takes enough damage.

See func_combine_ball_spawner and point_combine_ball_launcher for an entity that spawns these.

Note:Default model: models/effects/combineball.mdl

Keyvalues

Name (targetname) <string>[ Edit ]

The name that other entities refer to this entity by, via Inputs/Outputs or other keyvalues (e.g. parentname or target).
Also displayed in Hammer's 2D views and Entity Report.

See also:  Generic Keyvalues, Inputs and Outputs available to all entities

Inputs

Explode

Explodes the pellet.

FadeAndRespawn  !FGD

Quietly fades out the combine ball in 0.1s, presumably so an associated ball launcher can spawn another one.

Socketed  !FGD

Unused behavior. In Episodic, invokes undefined Alyx response concept TLK_BALLSOCKETED and deletes this entity.

Flags

SF_COMBINE_BALL_BOUNCING_IN_SPAWNER : [65536] !FGD

ConVars

Cvar/Command	Parameters or default value	Descriptor	Effect
sk_npc_dmg_combineball	15
sk_combineball_guidefactor	0.5
sk_combine_ball_search_radius	512
sk_combineball_seek_angle	15.0
sk_combineball_seek_kill	0

See also

• point_combine_ball_launcher