Point energy ball launcher

Entity description

An entity that spawns and launches an energy ball periodically.

Availability

This point entity is exclusive to Portal.

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

Parentname:

Parent (parentname) <targetname>

Specifies a movement parent. An entity will maintain its initial offset from its parent. An attachment point can be added to the end of the name, separated by a comma.

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.

• Ball Lifetime

<float> The time in seconds the ball will live before self-destructing. A negative value will give infinite life.

• Min life after portal transition

<float> When energy balls created by this launcher pass, if the remaining lifespan of the ball is less than this value, the lifespan will reset to this value.

• ballcount

<integer> The amount of balls bouncing around inside the spawner.

• minspeed

<float> The minimum speed of balls spawned.

• maxspeed

<float> The maximum speed of balls spawned.

• 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.

Inputs

• EnableDisable:

Enable / Disable

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

• LaunchBall

Launch a ball from the spawner.

Outputs

• OnPostSpawnBall

Fire when a ball was launched.

See also

• Creating an energy ball launcher and catcher