Weapon hopwire

This entity is obsolete. Its use is discouraged. It may only exist/function in older engine branches.

This entity is not in the FGD by default.
See below for instructions on making it available.

Class hierarchy
CWeaponHopwire ↳CBaseHLCombatWeapon ↳CBaseCombatWeapon ↳CBaseAnimating ↳CBaseEntity
weapon_hopwire.cpp

weapon_hopwire is an entity available in Half-Life 2: Episode One and Portal. A highly unstable black hole generator.

Note:Cut from after updates; included in Episode 1 client DLLs (which is also carried over , since it used same DLLs), but not the server DLLs. Included in both the client and server DLLs for Portal 1.

Warning:Crashes has been reported after enabling this weapon. Use with caution.

Flags

Start Constrained : [1]

Prevents the model from moving.

Deny player pickup (reserve for NPC) : [2]

Not puntable by Gravity Gun : [4]

Inputs

HideWeapon  !FGD

If this weapon is being held, hide the worldmodel and/or viewmodel via EF_NODRAW. Weapon will still be useable. The weapon will become visible again if the holder is to switch between weapons in their inventory.

Outputs

OnNPCPickup

Fires when an NPC picks up this weapon. (!activator is the NPC.)

OnPlayerUse

Fires when the player +uses this weapon. (!activator is the player.)

OnPlayerPickup

Fires when a player picks up this weapon. (!activator is the player.)

OnCacheInteraction

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