item_antidote in TFC Created 4 years ago2020-05-10 07:54:56 UTC by outis

So as far as I know, item_antidote is one of three planned collectibles unused in Half-Life. The other two didn't get as far before being cut. I've read that the antidote can be used in Sven Co-op but it's also found in the TFC .fgd. Personally, with extensive TFC experience, I've never seen it in a map. And when I put it in a map, it can be picked up but does seemingly nothing. I was wondering if there was a way to give it some functionality without needing to code. Maybe to cure infection from enemy medics?

Other than triggering some in-game effect using the entities available in the editor, I doubt there is anything that can be done without some form of coding. Otherwise I'm sure somebody would have found some way to implement it in the last 20 years.

I was about to give the same answer, but decided to check the source code to be sure, and found that antidotes do have a function. The poison and nerve-gas damage types apply damage over time, but having an antidote will stop that effect after a few seconds. The HEV will notify you when an antidote is used.

That's HL bytheway, I don't know whether this behavior has been removed in TFC.

Was thinking maybe the TFC developers were considering its use but decided against it. Thanks for the thoughts and the code.

That's HL bytheway, I don't know whether this behavior has been removed in TFC.

Probably the Team Fortress Classic player class extends CBasePlayer - it wouldn't be the only Team Fortress Classic code in the Half-Life SDK anyway.