Npc barnacle

Entity Description

Barnacle

Stationary ceiling-mounted 'fishing' monster. They were originally devised in Half-Life as a simple way to limit movement in levels, and their function remains relatively the same in Half-Life 2.

Placement Tip:Most players will prefer not to get caught by a barnacle, and prefer avoiding it altogether, so unless it would be part of a puzzle, you might want to provide a way to get past the barnacle without killing it.

Note:Some keyvalues, spawnflags, effect flags, inputs, or outputs might not affect an NPC, based on the functionality and coding of the NPC.

Dedicated Console Variables

• sk_barnacle_health (Default: 35)

<integer> Barnacle spawn health.

• npc_barnacle_swallow (Default: 0)

<boolean> Use prototype swallow code.

This makes the ragdolled yummy play this activity: ACT_GESTURE_BARNACLE_STRANGLE

Keyvalues

• Template:Kv basenpc
• RestDist

<float> Distance above the ground that the tongue should lie when the barnacle is at rest

Flags

• Template:Fl basenpc
• 65536 : Cheap death
• 131072 : Ambush Mode (in all games since )

Inputs

• Template:I basenpc

• DropTongue (in all games since )

Drop tongue

• SetDropTongueSpeed <integer> (in all games since )

Set Drop Tongue speed

Outputs

• Template:O basenpc