These strong, armored creatures make up the bulk of the
Nihilanth's military forces. They are armed with a
hive hand, a biological weapon that spawns an endless supply of hornets, small insects that act as homing projectiles. At close range, they will simply punch their opponents. The dark armored parts will reduce incoming damage by 20 points - any projectile that does less damage simply ricochets off of the armor.
Their great strength allows them to burst through concrete walls and blast doors alike. They are found at the frontlines of the invasion of earth, assisted by
alien slaves and
controllers. In Half-Life's Interloper chapter, it is shown that they are bio-engineered or augmented, being transported in large holding vats throughout an alien factory.
|
Health |
Punch damage |
Hornet damage |
Easy |
60 |
10 |
4 |
Medium |
90 |
20 |
5 |
Hard |
120 |
20 |
8 |
Attributes
- Name (targetname) - Property used to identify entities.
- Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X) (angles) - Sets the pitch (up / down), yaw (left / right) and roll (bank) respectively. The compass in WorldCraft / Hammer / J.A.C.K. corresponds to Yaw. Monsters will spawn facing this direction.
- Patrol Path or Target (target) - Name of a
path_corner
that the monster entity would start patrolling.
- Squad Name (netname) - For squad leaders, will unconditionally recruit other monsters (up to 3) with the same squad name.
- Render FX (renderfx) - Gives objects special render effects. Think of it as modifying whatever the Render Mode puts out. The options are as follows:
- 0 = Normal
- 1 = Slow Pulse
- 2 = Fast Pulse
- 3 = Slow Wide Pulse
- 4 = Fast Wide Pulse
- 5 = Slow Fade Away
- 6 = Fast Fade Away
- 7 = Slow Become Solid
- 8 = Fast Become Solid
- 9 = Slow Strobe
- 10 = Fast Strobe
- 11 = Faster Strobe
- 12 = Slow Flicker
- 13 = Fast Flicker
- 14 = Constant Glow
- 15 = Distort
- 16 = Hologram (Distort and Fade)
- Render Mode (rendermode) - Controls the type of rendering that is used for an object. Options are:
- 0 = Normal
- 1 = Color
- 2 = Texture
- 3 = Glow
- 4 = Solid
- 5 = Additive
- FX Amount (0 - 255) (renderamt)
- FX Color (R G B) (rendercolor)
- Trigger Target (TriggerTarget) - The event to trigger when the Trigger Condition is met. Used by monsters.
- Trigger Condition (TriggerCondition) - This controls the condition under which a monster will trigger its Trigger Target. The options are:
- 0 = No Trigger
- 1 = See Player, Mad at Player
- 2 = Take Damage
- 3 = 50% Health Remaining
- 4 = Death
- 7 = Hear World
- 8 = Hear Player
- 9 = Hear Combat
- 10 = See Player Unconditional
- 11 = See Player, Not In Combat
- Animation Sequence (editor) (sequence)
Flags
- WaitTillSeen (1) - Stands in place until seen by a player.
- Gag (2) - Makes no idle sounds.
- MonsterClip (4) - Makes
func_monsterclip
solid/impassable to this monster.
- Prisoner (16) - Won't attack, or be attacked by, other monsters.
- Squad Leader (32)
- WaitForScript (128) - Does nothing, not implemented.
- Pre-Disaster (256) - For some NPCs, switch to pre-disaster dialogues and behaviour (busy and won't follow players).
- Fade Corpse (512)
Notes