item_suitcharger

Half-Life 2

Black Mesa

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item_suitcharger is a point entity available in Black Mesa. This is the HEV suit charger which gradually replenishes suit power on use, until empty or the suit is at full power (in multiplayer it refills automatically).

Placement Tip:

• Chargers are best placed with a height of around 48 units between the floor and the center of the recharger entity.
• To ensure that the player will gain battery rather than lose it, place them in areas occluded from immediate danger, like constant enemy fire from helicopters or tanks. Consider however that, since the player is required to stare at the wall while they are using the charger, they can be used to create tension by placing them where an enemy might still reach the player. Note that chargers could also add good or bad stress to the player if they have to exterminate a load of enemies in a room which a health charger is placed before using it.

Tip:

• If you create a map for Black Mesa there player is not HEV/PCV guy - use sk_charger_suit_maxarmor 0 cvar to prevent charger use.

Note:

• A suit charger will contain the same total charge regardless of the difficulty setting.
• Players can change weapons while charging.
• Players can fire any weapon while charging.
• Players can reload weapons while charging.
• Players can't use it without the suit.
• Players can't use it past the limit. The limit for chargers can be changed via the cvar, it is hardcorded only for batteries (100).
• Cannot be used by two (or more) players at the same time, even if they are in the same team.

Bug:Sometimes skins and animations doesn't displays properly in multiplayer (usually happens when it is empty).

Represented by class CItem_SuitCharger.

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

Charge (charge) <float>

How full the charger should be. Min value is 0, max value is 100.

Force Skin (skintype) <choices>

Determines model that the charger will use, dirty or clean.

• 0: None/Clean
• 1: Clean
• 2: Dirty

Images of both Clean and Dirty versions

Clean Dirty

Inputs

Fill <float> !FGD

Fills the charger with specified number if the charger is empty.

Enable <void>

Allows to use, sets skin 0, turns light on.

Disable <void>

Prevents to use, sets skin 1, turns light off.

Outputs

OnEmpty

Fired when the charger is empty.

OnUse

Fired when the player tries to +use the charger.

OnTurnOff  !FGD

Fires on disable.

OnTurnOn  !FGD

Fires on enable.

ConVars/Commands

Cvar/Command	Parameters or default value	Descriptor	Effect
cl_suitcharg_light_col_r	0	Arbitrary number	Red color value for dynamic light from suit chargers.
cl_suitcharg_light_col_g	255	Arbitrary number	Green color value for dynamic light from suit chargers.
cl_suitcharg_light_col_b	255	Arbitrary number	Blue color value for dynamic light from suit chargers.
cl_suitcharg_light_intensity	32	Arbitrary number	Intensity value for dynamic light from suit chargers.
cl_suitcharg_light_on	1	Arbitrary number	Sets state of dynamic light spawn by suit chargers. 0 - disallow to spawn, 1 - allow to spawn.
cl_suitcharg_light_range	64	Arbitrary number	Range value for dynamic light from suit chargers.
cl_suitcharg_light_debug	0	Arbitrary number	Sets debug state of suit chargers light.
sk_charger_suit_maxarmor	100	Arbitrary number	If amount of player's armor exceeds number specified in this cvar - player will not be able to charge from suit chargers.
sk_charger_suit_rate	1	Arbitrary number	Sets charging speed from suit chargers.
sk_charger_refill_delay	15	Arbitrary number	Delay before refill for suit and health chargers in seconds. Multiplayer only.

See also

• item_healthcharger, a version of this entity meant for health.