monster_snark Last edited 4 weeks ago2024-09-24 13:18:13 UTC

monster_snark - Point Entity

Snarks are small, fast and aggressive Xenian creatures that attack anyone in their vicinity. Once released, they will bounce around and bite their enemies for about 15 seconds before self-destructing. The Xen military occasionally uses them to create biological tripmines, but the player can also use them as a 'smart grenade' if they can grab a nest (see weapon_snark).

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. Doesn't work for this monster.

• 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. Doesn't work for this monster. 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

• Can spawn in deathmatch (e.g. snark_pit).
• Neither affected by func_monsterclip nor CLIP brushes.
• To create a Xen 'tripmine', use a func_breakable to trigger a monstermaker that is set to produce monster_snark's.