VERC: Half-Life's Entity Counts Last edited 2 years ago2022-09-29 07:54:51 UTC

After having played through a long game of Half-Life, you are tired, exhausted, slightly annoyed by the cliff-hanger ending but strangely satisfied. Looking back you think of all the grunts and slaves you annihilated and you wonder just how many there were. Well I can tell you exactly how many there are.

Attached to this article is an excel file and a doc (Word) file, they contain the counts of every entity in the game. When I mean the game I mean just the single-player missions ( and training levels ).

Note that the excel file is the prefered file since it is formated best and is ideal for representing this type of data. The doc file is for those who don't have excel but its a lot less easy to read. Sorry.

Admittedly there are probably a huge number of inconsistencies in the counts, due to a huge variety of reasons. such as:

1. Some Entities are created in game and do not exist at the start of the map, e.g. The Grunts dropping their machine guns.
2. These are only references to the entities, i.e. There is only one G-Man but he is referred to 14 times in the game.
3. Due to laziness of certain mappers, no names mentioned. Some 'entities' are not 'in' the game i.e. You won't see them but they were still left in the maps.

I would not recommend trying to check these results manually as that would be a total waste of time and it would not work out anyway. You just have to trust me. They are not made up.

Some of the Results will seem a little unusual but in retrospect they are logical e.g. Cockroaches.

Entity class	Count
info_node	4804
light	2039
func_wall	1905
func_breakable	1874
ambient_generic	1559
infodecal	1536
env_sprite	965
multi_manager	856
path_corner	831
light_spot	753
path_track	750
info_target	747
env_sound	695
env_beam	677
func_door	623
trigger_once	528
func_illusionary	469
scripted_sequence	417
trigger_relay	324
func_pushable	302
monstermaker	283
info_node_air	261
trigger_hurt	246
func_train	243
env_shooter	243
env_explosion	242
info_landmark	227
trigger_changelevel	222
func_button	222
func_door_rotating	220
env_glow	216
env_shake	183
env_spark	181
trigger_multiple	178
func_ladder	174
monster_headcrab	166
monster_human_grunt	163
trigger_autosave	155
trigger_push	152
func_monsterclip	147
monster_cockroach	144
info_player_start	135
trigger_auto	132
func_rotating	131
item_healthkit	129
scripted_sentence	122
func_friction	118
multisource	115
monster_leech	105
env_render	103
monster_alien_slave	98
worldspawn	96
func_water	94
monster_scientist	93
func_healthcharger	87
func_conveyor	87
monster_barnacle	86
item_battery	83
env_laser	77
xen_plantlight	76
trigger_teleport	71
light_environment	66
func_wall_toggle	61
env_fade	60
monster_tripmine	58
monster_scientist_dead	57
env_bubbles	57
func_pendulum	55
weapon_handgrenade	51
info_teleport_destination	50
monster_generic	49
env_message	48
monster_bullchicken	42
ammo_buckshot	42
monster_alien_grunt	42
monster_houndeye	41
func_tracktrain	38
gibshooter	36
monster_zombie	36
monster_barney	35
cycler	35
xen_hair	35
monster_hgrunt_dead	34
ammo_9mmAR	33
speaker	31
trigger_transition	31
func_rot_button	31
ammo_glockclip	30
xen_spore_small	30
weapon_satchel	29
weaponbox	29
trigger_cdaudio	28
monster_sentry	28
info_bigmomma	28
ammo_crossbow	26
ammo_gaussclip	25
func_recharge	24
xen_tree	24
monster_hevsuit_dead	22
weapon_tripmine	21
ammo_rpgclip	21
monster_barney_dead	20
ammo_9mmclip	19
player_loadsaved	18
monster_alien_controller	18
env_global	16
func_tank	16
world_items	15
ammo_357	15
ammo_ARgrenades	15
xen_spore_medium	15
monster_gman	14
env_beverage	14
ammo_mp5clip	14
trigger_gravity	14
aiscripted_sequence	13
weapon_shotgun	12
target_cdaudio	11
momentary_rot_button	10
weapon_snark	10
monster_sitting_scientist	9
momentary_door	9
ammo_mp5grenades	9
func_tankcontrols	9
func_mortar_field	8
monster_tentacle	8
weapon_9mmAR	8
monster_human_assassin	7
func_platrot	6
monster_ichthyosaur	5
weapon_rpg	5
func_tankmortar	5
func_tanklaser	5
env_funnel	4
weapon_357	4
func_trackchange	4
monster_gargantua	4
monster_apache	4
xen_spore_large	4
weapon_crowbar	3
weapon_mp5	3
monster_osprey	3
func_tankrocket	3
monster_flyer_flock	3
func_trackautochange	2
monster_furniture	2
weapon_glock	2
monster_miniturret	2
trigger_monsterjump	2
cycler_sprite	2
func_traincontrols	2
weapon_crossbow	2
player_weaponstrip	2
trigger_camera	2
weapon_gauss	2
weapon_hornetgun	2
weapon_9mmhandgun	2
weapon_egon	2
ammo_9mmARclip	1
monster_turret	1
item_longjump	1
monster_bigmomma	1
env_blood	1
monster_nihilanth	1