Vort Energy Gloves

Introduction

This tutorial will teach you how change the player hands to use Vortigaunt Energy Gloves, seen at the climax of Half-Life: Alyx. Make sure you have the latest SDK Tools.

Setup

Create a test room. Insert a info_hlvr_equip_player entity and check at least the following keys:

Key	Value
Equip on Map Start	✓
Grabbity Gloves	✓

Insert a logic_playerproxy entity and, for this tutorial, set it's name to playerproxy.

Insert a logic_auto entity. In the outputs, add the following output:

My Output	Target Entity	Target Input	Parameter	Delay
OnNewGame	playerproxy	HapticPulseHands		0.00

Charging the gloves

Using an input

You can charge the gloves with a logic_relay or similar entity with the following output:

My Output	Target Entity	Target Input	Parameter	Delay
<output>	!player	GiveVortEnergy		0.00

Using energy rings

Insert a point_vort_energy entity and rotate it accordingly. Make sure Start Enabled is checked:

Key	Value
Equip on Map Start	✓
Grabbity Gloves	✓

If you want it to charge the glove only once, add the following output:

My Output	Target Entity	Target Input	Parameter	Delay
OnEnergyPulled	!self	Disable		0.00

You can recharge the energy ring by using the following input:

My Output	Target Entity	Target Input	Parameter	Delay
<output>	<entity_name>	Enable		0.00

Finishing up

Compile and run your map, and you should have the Vortigaunt Energy Gloves and working Energy Rings.

You can download the example map here [[1]].