monster_bigmomma Last edited 2 months ago2024-09-24 14:46:05 UTC

monster_bigmomma - Point Entity

The Gonarch, the mother of all headcrabs. Encountered in Xen as a boss enemy, it constantly spawns baby headcrabs. At a distance it launches globs of acid but will also frequently charge the player to attack with its claws. It's behavior is extremely aggressive and it can withstand a great deal of punishment, but dealing enough damage will force it to retreat to its lair.

Its behavior can be controlled by a trail of info_bigmomma nodes. The Gonarch will be invincible as long as it's still 'on the trail': applying enough damage will make it move to the next node. When it reaches a node that specifies a health value, the Gonarch's health will be set to that value and it will start fighting the player again. It can only be killed at the end of the trail, when there is no next node to move to.

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. This doesn't suit the Gonarch's gameplay; use the following attribute instead.
• First node (netname) - Name of the first info_bigmomma for the Gonarch to follow.

• 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.
• 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

• The Gonarch has 150 health by default, but its actual health depends on the use of info_bigmomma nodes. Health values are multiplied based on the difficulty level.
• The Gonarch can be turned into a 'normal' monster by using a single info_bigmomma node with no next node - this will make it fight the player freely, and die once its health has been exhausted. It can also be turned into an unkillable menace by creating a looping info_bigmomma trail: because it is never left without a next node, it cannot be killed.
• At most 20 spawned baby headcrabs can be alive at any given time.