Gibshooter

Entity Description

An entity that shoots out gibs. Style of body part depends on language type.

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

Parentname:

Parent (parentname) <targetname>

Specifies a movement parent. An entity will maintain its initial offset from its parent. An attachment point can be added to the end of the name, separated by a comma.

• angles

<angles> The direction the gibs will fly.

• m_iGibs

<integer> Total number of gibs to shoot each time it's activated.

• delay

<float> Delay, in seconds, between shooting each gib. If 0, all gibs shoot at once.

• gibangles

<angles> The angular orientation of the spawned gibs.

• m_flVelocity

<float> Speed of the fired gibs

• m_flVariance

<float> How much variance in the direction gibs are fired.

• m_flGibLife

<float> Time in seconds for gibs to live, +/- 5%

Flags

• 1 : Repeatable

Inputs

Parentname:

SetParent <stringRedirectInput/string>

Move with this entity. See Entity Hierarchy (parenting).

SetParentAttachment <stringRedirectInput/string>

Change this entity to attach to a specific attachment point on its parent. The entity will teleport so that the position of its root bone matches that of the attachment. Entities must be parented before being sent this input.

SetParentAttachmentMaintainOffset <stringRedirectInput/string>

As above, but without teleporting. The entity retains its position relative to the attachment at the time of the input being received.

ClearParent

Removes this entity from the the movement hierarchy, leaving it free to move independently.

• Shoot

Force the gibshooter to create and shoot a gib.