Npc barnacle

Entity Description

Barnacle

Stationary ceiling-mounted 'fishing' monster. They were originally devised in Half-Life as a simple way to limit movement in levels, and their function remains relatively the same in Half-Life 2.

Placement Tip:Most players will prefer not to get caught by a barnacle, and prefer avoiding it altogether, so unless it would be part of a puzzle, you might want to provide a way to get past the barnacle without killing it.

Note:Some keyvalues, spawnflags, effect flags, inputs, or outputs might not affect an NPC, based on the functionality and coding of the NPC.

Dedicated Console Variables

• sk_barnacle_health (Default: 35)

<integer> Barnacle spawn health.

• npc_barnacle_swallow (Default: 0)

<boolean> Use prototype swallow code.

This makes the ragdolled yummy play this activity: ACT_GESTURE_BARNACLE_STRANGLE

Keyvalues

• Template:Kv basenpc
• RestDist

<float> Distance above the ground that the tongue should lie when the barnacle is at rest

Flags

BaseNPC flags 

Wait Till Seen : [1]

Prevents this NPC from seeing (or being seen) until it enters a player's viewcone.

Gag : [2]

Won't make IDLE sounds until it's angry.

Fall to ground (unchecked means teleport to ground) : [4]

Drop Healthkit : [8]

Causes this NPC to drop an item_healthvial upon dying.

Efficient : [16]

Don't acquire enemies or avoid obstacles

Wait For Script : [128]

Forces this NPC to "wait" in an idle state until it finishes playing a scripted_sequence.

Long Visibility/Shoot : [256]

By default, increases a NPC's sight range to 6,000 units and allows it to attack from anywhere within that distance.

Fade Corpse : [512]

Think outside PVS : [1024]

Allows this NPC to run its regular AI outside of any player's PVS.

Template NPC : [2048]

Marks this NPC as a template for entities like npc_template_maker. The NPC will not spawn on its own. This is not needed for point_template.

Do Alternate collision for this NPC (player avoidance) : [4096]

Note:This flag is disabled in episodic for player companions, because the StartScripting input does this.

Don't drop weapons : [8192]

Ignore player push : [16384] (in all games since )

Entity won't give way to player.

• 65536 : Cheap death
• 131072 : Ambush Mode (in all games since )

Inputs

• Template:I basenpc

• DropTongue (in all games since )

Drop tongue

• SetDropTongueSpeed <integer> (in all games since )

Set Drop Tongue speed

Outputs

• Template:O basenpc