prop_russell_headset

prop_russell_headset is a point entity available in  Half-Life: Alyx.

Entity description

Russell's headset that the player can pick up and put on.

Keyvalues

Model (model) (???) <model path>

models/props/choreo_office/headset_prop.vmdl

Glow:

Glow State (glowstate) <choices> (only in )

• OFF
• +use
• look-at
• ON

Glow Range (glowrange) <integer> (only in )

Range at which the glow becomes visible. 0 means always visible.

Glow Range Min (glowrangemin) <integer> (only in )

Range at which the glow stops being visible. 0 means always visible.

Glow Color Override (R G B) (glowcolor) <color255> (only in )

Change the render color of the glow.

SystemLevelChoice:

Minimum / Maximum Effect Details Level (mincpulevel / maxcpulevel) <choices> (in all games since )

Don't render for players with Effect Details levels that exceed the minimum or maximum.^{[Key names are related to cpu_level cvar used by Effect Details.]}

Choices

0: Default ("Low" formincpulevel, "High" formaxcpulevel) 1: Low 2: Medium 3: High

Minimum / Maximum Shader Details Level (mingpulevel / maxgpulevel) <choices> (in all games since )

Don't render for players with Shader Details levels that exceed the minimum or maximum.^{[Key names are related to gpu_level cvar used by Shader Details.]}

Choices

0: Default ("Low" formingpulevel, "Very High" formaxgpulevel) 1: Low 2: Medium 3: High 4: Very High

BreakableProp:

Explosion Damage (ExplodeDamage) <float>

If non-zero, when this entity breaks it will create an explosion that causes the specified amount of damage. See also Explosion Radius.

Explosion Radius (ExplodeRadius) <float>

If non-zero, when this entity breaks it will create an explosion with a radius of the specified amount. See also Explosion Damage.

Sound to make when punted (puntsound) <sound> (in all games since )

Sound to make when punted by gravity gun.

Break Model Message (BreakModelMessage) <string>

"If set, will use this break model message instead of the normal break behavior."

Confirm:Is this new with Source SDK 2013...? It isn't in Alien Swarm or 2007 code but is in 2013. New with L4D?

Breakable (common):

Performance Mode (PerformanceMode) <choices>

Used to limit the amount of gibs produced when this entity breaks, for performance reasons.

• 0: Normal
• 1: No Gibs
• 2: Full Gibs on All Platforms (Xbox 360, PS3, etc)
• 3: Reduced gibs

Min Damage to Hurt (minhealthdmg) <integer>

If a single hit to the object doesn't do at least this much damage, the prop won't take any of the damage it attempted to give.

Pressure Delay (pressuredelay) <float>

Seconds to delay breaking from pressure. Allows creaking/groaning sounds to play.

Health (health) <integer>

How close to breaking the object is.

Maximum Health (max_health) <integer>

Health cannot exceed this amount.

Physics Impact Damage Scale (physdamagescale) <float>

Multiplier for damage amount when this entity is hit by a physics object. With a value of 0 the entity will take no damage from physics.

Breakable By (BreakableType) <choices> (only in )

Who can break this?

• 0: Everyone
• 1: All Infected
• 2: Only Tanks

HL:A BasePropPhysics:

Min Damage to Hurt (minhealthdmg) (???) <integer>

The prop will ignore any damage events if the damage is less than this amount.

Shadow Cast Distance (shadowcastdist) (???) <integer>

Physics Impact Damage Scale (physdamagescale) (???) <float>

Scales damage energy when this object is hit by a physics object. NOTE: 0 means this feature is disabled for backwards compatibility.
Set to 1.0 for materials as strong as flesh, smaller numbers indicate stronger materials.

Impact damage type (Damagetype) (???) <choices>

Value	Description
0	Blunt
1	Sharp

Damaging it Doesn't Push It (nodamageforces) (???) <choices>

Used to determine whether or not damage should cause the brush to move.

Value	Description
0	No
1	Yes

Accept damage from player held objects (acceptdamagefromheldobjects) (???) <boolean>

Set to true so the player can bash this with held props.

Scale Factor For Inertia (inertiaScale) (???) <float>

Scales the angular mass of an object. Used to hack angular damage and collision response.

Mass Scale (massScale) (???) <float>

A scale multiplier for the object's mass.

Health Level to Override Motion (damagetoenablemotion) (???) <integer>

Health Level to Override Motion" : 0 : "If specified, this object will start motion disabled. Once its health has dropped below this specified amount, it will enable motion.

Physics Impact Force to Override Motion (forcetoenablemotion) (???) <float>

If specified, this object will start motion disabled. Any impact that imparts a force greater than this value on the physbox will enable motion.

Sound to make when punted (puntsound) (???) <sound>

AI AddOn (addon) (???) <string>

If specified this object will use this addon behavior when installed in a composite AI

interactAs (???) <string>

comma-separated list of interaction layers

Force Nav Ignore (forcenavignore) (???) <boolean>

If set, NPCs will ignore this prop when navigating.

Force NPC Exclude (forcenpcexclude) (???) <boolean>

If set, NPC movement will ignore this prop

Auto Convert back from Debris (auto_convert_back_from_debris) (???) <boolean>

If set, this prop will automatically convert back to interactive debris after coming to rest as Debris.

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.

CanBeClientOnly:

Create Client-Only Entity (clientSideEntity) (???) <choices>

Is the entity client-side only?

Value	Description
0	No
1	Yes

Studiomodel:

World Model (model) <string>

The model this entity should appear as. 128-character limit.

Skin (skin) <integer>

Some models have multiple skins. This value selects from the index, starting with 0.

Tip:Hammer's model browser automatically updates this value if you use it to view different skins.

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Model Scale (modelscale) <float> (in all games since )

A multiplier for the size of the model.

Shadow:

Disable Shadows (disableshadows) <boolean>

Prevents the entity from creating cheap render-to-texture shadows, or lightmap shadows if the entity is a prop_static. Does not affect shadow mapping.

Disable Receiving Shadows (disablereceiveshadows) <boolean>

Prevent the entity from receiving dynamic shadows on itself.

Shadow Cast Distance (shadowcastdist) <integer> !FGD

Sets how far the entity casts dynamic shadows. 0 means default distance from the shadow_control entity.

Disable ShadowDepth (disableshadowdepth) <boolean> (in all games since )

Used to disable rendering into shadow depth (for projected textures) for this entity.

Disable flashlight (disableflashlight) <boolean> (in all games since )

Used to disable projected texture lighting and shadows on this entity.

Projected Texture Cache (shadowdepthnocache) <choices> (in all games since )

Used to hint projected texture system whether it is sufficient to cache shadow volume of this entity or to force render it every frame instead.

Choices

0 : Default 1 : No cache - render every frame 2 : Cache it - render only once

Reflection:

Render in Fast Reflections (drawinfastreflection) <boolean> (in all games since )

If enabled, this entity will render in fast water reflections (i.e. when a water material specifies $reflectonlymarkedentities) and in the world impostor pass.

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Flags

HLA BasePropPhysics:

• 1: Start Asleep.
• 2: Don't take physics damage.
• 4: Debris - Don't collide with the player or other debris.
• 8: Motion Disabled.
• 64: Enable motion when grabbed by gravity gun.
• 128: Not affected by rotor wash.
• 256: Generate output on +use.
• 512: Prevent pickup.
• 1024: Prevent motion enable on player bump.
• 4096: Debris with trigger interaction.
• 8192: Force non-solid to players
• 32768: Enable +use glow effect
• 1048576: Physgun can ALWAYS pick up. No matter what.
• 16777216: Important Gravity Glove target.

Inputs

Glow:

StartGlowing  (only in )

Turn on a permanent glow effect for this prop.

StopGlowing  (only in )

Turn off this prop's glow effect.

BreakableProp:

Break

Breaks the breakable.

SetHealth <integer>

Sets a new value for the breakable's health. If the breakable's health reaches zero it will break.

AddHealth <integer>

Adds health to the breakable.

RemoveHealth <integer>

Removes health from the breakable.

physdamagescale <float>

Sets Physics Impact Damage Scale. 0 means this feature is disabled for backwards compatibility.

EnablePhyscannonPickup

Makes the breakable able to picked up by the gravity gun.

DisablePhyscannonPickup

Makes the breakable not able to picked up by the gravity gun.

EnablePuntSound  (in all games since )

Allow this prop from playing its Punt Sound sound when punted by the gravity gun.

DisablePuntSound  (in all games since )

Prevent this prop from playing its Punt Sound sound when punted by the gravity gun.

Studiomodel:

Skin <integer>

Changes the model's skin to the specified number.

SetBodyGroup <integer>

Set the model's body group.

AlternativeSorting <boolean>

Uses an alternative method for telling which objects are in front of others. Use if this object draws incorrectly when seen through transparent things.

SetModelScale <string> (only in )

Sets the model scale. Takes two values separated by a space. The first is the target model scale. The second value is the number of seconds the change in scale will be spread over. If there is no second value, the model will scale instantly.

Warning:Negative or extremely high values can cause crashes!

Shadow:

DisableShadow

Turn dynamic shadows off for this entity. Identical to applying  EF_NOSHADOW.

EnableShadow

Turn dynamic shadows on for this entity.

DisableReceivingFlashlight  (in all games since )

This object will not receive light or shadows from projected textures.

EnableReceivingFlashlight  (in all games since )

This object may receive light or shadows from projected textures.

Reflection:

DisableDrawInFastReflection  (in all games since )

Turns off rendering of this entity in reflections when using $reflectonlymarkedentities in water material.

EnableDrawInFastReflection  (in all games since )

Turn on rendering of this entity in reflections when using $reflectonlymarkedentities in water material.

ToggleDraw:

DisableDraw  (in all games since )

Add the EF_NODRAW flag to this entity. Some entities manage this on their own so be aware you can override that value.

EnableDraw  (in all games since )

Remove the EF_NODRAW flag from this entity. Some entities manage this on their own so be aware you can override that value.

HLA BasePropPhysics:

Wake

Wake up this physics object, if it is sleeping.

Sleep

Put this physics object to sleep. It will wake if given the Wake input, or if force is applied to it. Note that physics objects go to sleep automatically after coming to rest for a while, so you don't really need to use this.

EnableMotion

Enable physics motion/collision response.

DisableMotion

Disable physics motion/collision response.

EnablePickup

Enable player pickup of this prop.

DisablePickup

Disable player pickup of this prop.

DisableFloating

Disable fluid/floating simulation to reduce cost.

SetBodyGroup <string>

Sets bodygroup. Format is <BodygroupName,index>

physdamagescale <float>

Set the Physics Impact Damage Scale for this character. NOTE: 0 means this feature is disabled for backwards compatibility.

EnableDamageForces

Damaging the entity applies physics forces to it.

DisableDamageForces

Damaging the entity does *not* apply physics forces to it.

EnablePuntSound

Allow this prop to play its own sound when punted.

DisablePuntSound

Prevent this prop from playing its own sound when punted.

SetAutoConvertBackFromDebris <boolean>

Set whether or not this prop should automatically convert back to interactive debris after it comes to rest as debris.

AddAttribute <string>

Add an attribute with a value of 1.

RemoveAttribute <string>

Remove an attribute.

VScript:

CallPrivateScriptFunction <string>

Calls a script function from this entity's private script scope.

CallGlobalScriptFunction <string>

Calls a script function in the global script scope.

Parentname:

SetParent <string>

Move with this entity. See Entity Hierarchy (parenting).

SetParentAttachment <string>

Change this entity to attach to a specific attachment point on its parent. The entity will teleport so that the position of its root bone matches that of the attachment. Entities must be parented before being sent this input.

SetParentAttachmentMaintainOffset <string>

As above, but without teleporting. The entity retains its position relative to the attachment at the time of the input being received.

ClearParent

Removes this entity from the the movement hierarchy, leaving it free to move independently.

Base:

AddContext <string>

Adds to the entity's list of response contexts. See Context.

AddOutput <string>

Assigns a new keyvalue/output on this entity. For keyvalues, some rely on extra necessary code to be ran and won't work if its simply just changed through this input. There is a strict format that must be followed:

// Format of changing KeyValues: "AddOutput [key] [value]" //// Raw text: "OnUser1" "!self,AddOutput,targetname new_name" // Format of adding an Output: "AddOutput {targetname}:{inputname}:{parameter}:{delay}:{max times to fire, -1 means infinite}" //// Raw text: "OnUser1" "!self,AddOutput,OnUser1:SetParent:!activator:0.0:-1" // Arguments can be left blank, but the empty blank should still be contained. //// Raw text: "OnUser1" "!self,AddOutput,OnUser1:ClearParent::0.0:-1"

ClearContext

Removes all contexts from this entity's list.

ClearParent

Removes this entity from the the movement hierarchy, leaving it free to move independently.

FireUser1 to FireUser4

Fires the respectiveOnUseroutputs; see User Inputs and Outputs.

Kill

Removes this entity and any entities parented to it from the world.

KillHierarchy

Functions the same as Kill, although this entity and any entities parented to it are killed on the same frame, being marginally faster thanKillinput.

RemoveContext <string>

Remove a context from this entity's list. The name should match the key of an existing context.

SetParent <string>

Move with this entity. See Entity Hierarchy (parenting).

SetParentAttachment <string>

Change this entity to attach to a specific attachment point on its parent. The entity will teleport so that the position of its root bone matches that of the attachment. Entities must be parented before being sent this input.

SetParentAttachmentMaintainOffset <string>

As above, but without teleporting. The entity retains its position relative to the attachment at the time of the input being received.

Use  !FGD

Same as a player invoking +use; no effect in most cases.

DispatchResponse <string> !FGD

Dispatches a response to the entity. See Response and Concept.

DispatchEffect <string> (removed since ) !FGD

Dispatches a special effect from the entity's origin; See also List of Client Effects. Replaced by the particle system since .

RunScriptFile <script> (in all games since ) (also in )

Execute a VScript file from disk, without file extension. The script contents are merged with the script scope of the receiving entity.

RunScriptCode <string> (in all games since ) (also in )

Execute a string of VScript source code in the scope of the entity receiving the input. String quotation may be needed when fired via console.

Bug:In Hammer, using string arguments will corrupt the VMF file's structure, making the file unviewable for the next Hammer session.

Fix:Remove the string argument manually with a text editor.

Note: Backtick characters ` are replaced with quotation marks at runtime, allowing quotation marks to be used when normally not possible.

CallScriptFunction <string> (in all games since ) (also in ) !FGD

Calls a VScript function defined in the scope of the receiving entity.

TerminateScriptScope  (only in ) !FGD

Destroys the script scope of the receving entity.

SetLocalOrigin <coordinates> (in all games since ) !FGD

Send this entity to a spot in the map. If the entity is parented to something, it will be offset from the parent by this amount.

SetLocalAngles <angles> (in all games since ) !FGD

Set this entity's angles.

Outputs

OnPutOnHeadset

Fired when headset is put on.

Studiomodel:

OnIgnite

Fired when this object catches fire.

BreakableProp:

OnBreak

Fired when this object breaks. !activator is whatever breaks the object.

OnHealthChanged <float>

Fired whenever the health of the breakable has increased or decreased. This output automatically puts the new health amount as a decimal percent (e.g. 45% = 0.45) into the parameter box for inputs, if the mapper does not override the parameter with something else.

OnTakeDamage

Fired when damage is taken.

OnPhysCannonAnimatePreStarted

Fired when prop starts its ACT_PHYSCANNON_ANIMATE_PRE activity. Caused by the object being picked up by the gravity gun.

OnPhysCannonAnimatePullStarted

Fired when prop has started its ACT_PHYSCANNON_ANIMATE activity. ACT_PHYSCANNON_ANIMATE_PRE plays once, then ACT_PHYSCANNON_ANIMATE starts looping.

OnPhysCannonDetach

Fired when prop has started its ACT_PHYSCANNON_DETACH activity (caused by the gravity gun ripping it from a wall).

OnPhysCannonAnimatePostStarted

Fired when prop has started its ACT_PHYSCANNON_ANIMATE_POST activity (caused by the player letting the prop go from the gravity gun).

OnPhysCannonPullAnimFinished

Fired when prop has finished all gravity gun-related animations.

HLA BasePropPhysics:

OnMotionEnabled

Fired when motion is enabled on this prop, either via 'Health Level to Override Motion' or from the EnableMotion input.

OnAwakened

Fired when this entity becomes awake (collision/force is applied to it while it's asleep).

OnPhysGunPickup

Fired when the player picks up the prop with the physcannon or +USE.

OnPhysGunPunt

Fired when a player punts this object with the physgun.

OnPhysGunOnlyPickup

Fired when a player picks this object up WITH THE PHYSGUN. +USE pickups do not fire this output.

OnPhysGunDrop

Fired when the player drops the prop with the physcannon or USE.

OnPlayerUse

Fired when the player tries to +USE the prop. This output will fire only if the Generate output on +USE spawnflag is set.

OnPlayerPickup

Fired whenever the player picks up this prop (with the physcannon or with +USE).

OnOutOfWorld

Fired whenever the prop is out of the allowed world bounds.

Targetname:

OnUser1 to OnUser4

These outputs each fire in response to the firing of the like-numbered FireUser1 to FireUser4 Input; see User Inputs and Outputs.

OnKilled  (only in )

This output fires when the entity is killed and removed from the game.