item_ammo_ar2_altfire

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January 2024

Class hierarchy
CItem_AR2AltFireRound ↳CItem ↳CBaseAnimating ↳CBaseEntity
item_ammo.cpp

item_ammo_ar2_altfire is a point entity available in Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. This entity provides secondary ammunition for the Overwatch pulse rifle. Secondary fire will shoot an orb (prop_combine_ball) capable of vaporizing enemy NPCs, but not allies. It will always provide merely a single shot regardless of the current difficulty setting.

Keyvalues

Name (targetname) <string>

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.

See Also

• weapon_ar2
• prop_combine_ball