weapon_pistol

Half-Life 2 series

Left 4 Dead series

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weapon_pistol is a point entity available in Half-Life 2 series.

Class hierarchy
CWeaponPistol ↳CBaseHLCombatWeapon ↳CBaseCombatWeapon ↳CBaseAnimating ↳CBaseEntity
weapon_pistol.cpp

Risk of Confusion:Various games have weapons with identical entity names.^[Clarify]

A semi-automatic pistol based off the USP Match. When first picked up, the player is given 18 bullets. Up to 168 bullets can be carried (including 18 loaded into the weapon). A box of rounds can be placed with item_ammo_pistol or item_ammo_pistol_large.

Before it is picked up, the pistol also follows all physics rules as if it were a prop_physics.

Flags

Start Constrained : [1]

Prevents the model from moving.

Deny player pickup (reserve for NPC) : [2]
Not puntable by Gravity Gun : [4]

Inputs

HideWeapon  !FGD

If this weapon is being held, hide the worldmodel and/or viewmodel via EF_NODRAW. Weapon will still be useable. The weapon will become visible again if the holder is to switch between weapons in their inventory.

Outputs

OnNPCPickup

Fires when an NPC picks up this weapon. (!activator is the NPC.)

OnPlayerUse

Fires when the player +uses this weapon. (!activator is the player.)

OnPlayerPickup

Fires when a player picks up this weapon. (!activator is the player.)

OnCacheInteraction

Fires when the player 'proves' they've found this weapon. Fires on: Player Touch, +USE pickup, Physcannon pickup, Physcannon punt.