Weapon physcannon

Template:Entity It's the Zero-Point Energy Field Manipulator (AKA Gravity Gun), used to manipulate physics objects in the game world. In Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, players spawn with a gravity gun by default. Before it is picked up, the gravity gun also follows all physics rules as if it were a prop_physics.

Tip:To supercharge the Gravity Gun, use an env_global entity to enable the global state super_phys_gun. This does not work in Half-Life 2: Deathmatch or Portal.

Bug:Sometimes the game may crash when the player is holding something at the moment they pick up the gravity gun.  [todo tested in ?]

Dedicated ConVars

g_debug_physcannon

g_debug_physcannon <bool>

Enables Gravity Gun debugging, which shows a wire frame outline around objects when picked up(Default: 0)

physcannon_cone

physcannon_cone <float>

Changes how wide the pickup range is, lower numbers are wider (Default: 0.97)

physcannon_ball_cone

physcannon_ball_cone <float>

Todo: Add a description for this variable.

(Default: 0.997)

physcannon_punt_cone

physcannon_punt_cone <float>

Todo: Add a description for this variable.

(Default: 0.997)

physcannon_minforce

physcannon_minforce <float>

Todo: Add a description for this variable.

(Default: 700.0)

physcannon_maxforce

physcannon_maxforce <float>

Todo: Add a description for this variable.

(Default: 1500.0)

physcannon_maxmass

physcannon_maxmass <float>

Sets the maximum mass at which an object can be picked up by the gravity gun(Default: 250.0)

physcannon_pullforce

physcannon_pullforce <float>

How much force to be used when pulling objects to the player(Default: 4000.0)

physcannon_tracelength

physcannon_tracelength <float>

How far an object can be pulled from(Default: 250.0)

physcannon_mega_enabled

physcannon_mega_enabled <bool>

Enables Dark Energy Field Manipulator(Default: 0). See also Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Super gravity gun fix.

physcannon_mega_pullforce

physcannon_mega_pullforce <float>

How much force the Dark Energy Field Manipulator (Default: 8000.0)

physcannon_mega_tracelength

physcannon_mega_tracelength <float>

The distance at which the Dark Energy Field Manipulator will be able to pull an object(Default: 850.0)

player_throwforce

player_throwforce <float>

Todo: Add a description for this variable.

(Default: 1000.0)

KeyValues

BaseFadeProp:

Start Fade Dist (fademindist) <float>

Distance at which the entity starts to fade.

End Fade Dist (fademaxdist) <float>

Max fade distance at which the entity is visible.

• If start fade is <0, the entity will disappear instantly when end fade is hit.
• If end fade is <0, the entity won't disappear at all. (This is the default behavior.)

The values will scale appropriately if the entity is in a 3D Skybox.

Fade Scale (fadescale) <float>

If you specify so in worldspawn, or if the engine is running below DirectX 8 (DX7 in ), props will fade out even if the fade distances above aren't specified. This value gives you some control over when this happens: numbers smaller than 1 cause the prop to fade out at further distances, while those greater than 1 cause it to fade out at closer distances. Using 0 turns off the forced fade altogether. See also the QC command $noforcedfade.

Flags

Start Constrained : [1]

Prevents the model from moving. Off by default.

Start without grab functionality. : [2]

Obsolete (in all games since )

Deny player pickup (reserve for NPC) : [2] (in all games since )

Not puntable by Gravity Gun : [4] (in all games since )

Inputs

EnableGrab

Enable the grab functionality. Obsolete (in all games since )

Outputs

Weapon:

OnNPCPickup

!activator = NPC
!caller = this entity
Fires when an NPC picks up this weapon.

OnPlayerUse

!activator = player
!caller = this entity
Fires when the player +uses this weapon.

OnPlayerPickup

!activator = player
!caller = this entity
Fires when a player picks up this weapon.

OnCacheInteraction

Fires when the player 'proves' they've found this weapon. Fires on: Player Touch, +USE pickup, Physcannon pickup, Physcannon punt.