item_box_buckshot

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January 2024

item_box_buckshot is an e0 available in Half-Life 2. It's a box of 12 gauge buckshot shotgun shells that will provide ammunition for the shotgun.

Despite the appearance of its model, the amount of ammo the box will provide depends on the current difficulty setting:

• Easy: 24
• Normal: 20
• Hard: 12

In code, it is represented by theCItem_BoxBuckshotclass, defined in theitem_ammo.cppfile.

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]

Spawns with motion disabled.

Outputs

Item:

OnPlayerTouch

Fires when the player touches this item. !activator is the player.

OnCacheInteraction

This output fires when the player proves they have "found" this item.

Fires on:

• Player Touch (whether or not player actually acquires the item).
• Picked up by +use.
• Picked up by gravity gun.
• Punted by gravity gun.