func_combine_ball_spawner

Entity description

A volumetric trigger that creates combine balls.

See the combine_ball_generator and combine_ballspawner prefabs for examples of uses.

For the point entity variant, see point_combine_ball_launcher.

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

Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X) (angles) <QAngle>

This entity's orientation in the world. Pitch is rotation around the Y axis, yaw is the rotation around the Z axis, roll is the rotation around the X axis.

Global:

Global Entity Name (globalname) <string>

Name by which this entity is linked to another entity in a different map. When the player transitions to a new map, entities in the new map with globalnames matching entities in the previous map will have the previous map's state copied over their state.

• ballcount

<integer> This is how many balls will be bouncing around inside the spawner.

• minspeed

<float> The minimum speed of balls that fly in the spawner.

• maxspeed

<float> The maximum speed of balls that fly in the spawner.

• ballradius

<float> The radius of the energy balls.

• balltype

<choices>

Literal Value	Description
0	Combine Energy Ball 1
1	Combine Energy Ball 2
2	Combine Energy Ball 3

• ballrespawntime

<float> The energy balls' respawn time.

Flags

• 4096 : Start Inactive
• 8192 : Combine Power Supply

If set, balls will bounce as if in a power generator, like in d3_c17_10b (Overwatch Nexus). If not set, they will behave like balls inside the pillars of light seen frequently in the Citadel.

Inputs

EnableDisable:

Enable / Disable

Enable/disable this entity from performing its task. It might also disappear from view.

Outputs

OnBallGrabbed

Fires when a ball is disrupted and considered outside the container, normally by punting or pulling with the gravity gun. !activator is the prop_combine_ball.

OnBallHitBottomSide

Fires when a ball hits the bottom of its container, then bounces back up.

OnBallHitTopSide

Fires when a ball hits the top of its container, then bounces back down.

Note:This and the output above do not fire if the ball is disrupted.

OnBallReinserted

Fires when a ball re-enters the container.

OnFirstBallReinserted

Fires when there's only one ball (remaining), and it re-enters the container. Useful for re-powering something.

Note:OnBallReinserted will also fire whenever this does.

OnLastBallGrabbed

Fires when there's only one ball (remaining), and it is disrupted.

Note:OnBallGrabbed will also fire whenever this does.