Weapon physcannon

class hierarchy
CWeaponPhysCannon defined in weapon_physcannon.cpp ↳CBaseHL2MPCombatWeapon ↳CWeaponHL2MPBase ↳CBaseCombatWeapon ↳CBaseAnimating ↳CBaseEntity

weapon_physcannon is a point entity available in Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Half-Life 2: Lost Coast. It's the Zero-Point Energy Field Manipulator (AKA Gravity Gun), used to manipulate physics objects in the game world. 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 ?]

Games

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Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Players spawn with a gravity gun by default.

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

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.

Dedicated ConVars

Cvar/Command	Parameters or default value	Descriptor	Effect
g_debug_physcannon	0	bool	Enables Gravity Gun debugging, which shows a wireframe outline around objects when picked up
physcannon_cone	0.97	float	Changes how wide the pickup range is, lower numbers are wider. This is a dot product value
physcannon_ball_cone	0.997	float	The dot product of the search cone when using the charged Gravity Gun; if it detects a Prop combine ball within this cone, it'll prioritize picking it up
physcannon_punt_cone	0.997	float	Todo: Add a description for this variable.
physcannon_minforce	700.0	float	Todo: Add a description for this variable.
physcannon_maxforce	1500.0	float	Todo: Add a description for this variable.
physcannon_maxmass	250.0	float	Sets the maximum mass at which an object can be picked up by the gravity gun
physcannon_pullforce	4000.0	float	How much force to be used when pulling objects to the player
physcannon_tracelength	250.0	float	How far an object can be pulled from
physcannon_mega_enabled	0	bool	Enables Dark Energy Field Manipulator Code Fix:Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator fix.
physcannon_mega_pullforce	8000.0	float	How much force the Dark Energy Field Manipulator
physcannon_mega_tracelength	850.0	float	The distance at which the Dark Energy Field Manipulator will be able to pull an object

Console commands

Cvar/Command	Parameters or default value	Descriptor	Effect
phys_swap			Swaps between gravity gun and a weapon.

See Also

• Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator fix