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Lavaarena Peghook

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-05

Overview​

The lavaarena_peghook is a Lava Arena enemy mob prefab responsible for spawning and managing multiple sub-prefabs (projectile, spit FX, hit FX, splash FX, and damage-over-time effect) used in the arena combat system. It is registered with the lavaarenamobtracker component on server initialization to track its activity and lifecycle. The prefab itself contains no components or logic beyond entity setup — all gameplay behavior is handled by attached prefabs and external event handlers (e.g., peghook_postinit).

Usage example​

-- The prefab is instantiated automatically by the game when spawned in the Lava Arena.
-- As a modder, you would not typically spawn this prefab manually.
-- Example of spawning its projectile sub-prefab:
local projectile = SpawnPrefab("peghook_projectile")
if projectile ~= nil and projectile.components.complexprojectile then
    projectile.components.complexprojectile:FireProjectile(target, speed, damage)
end

Dependencies & tags​

Components used: None (the prefab does not add or directly access any components). Tags: LA_mob, monster, hostile, fossilizable, NOCLICK, FX, weapon, projectile, complexprojectile, CLASSIFIED.

Properties​

No public properties are defined in this file.

Main functions​

None. This file defines only prefab constructors and helper functions used to build sub-prefabs; no public functions are exposed by the main peghook prefab instance.

Events & listeners​

  • Listens to: onremove (on tails and lavaarenapeghook_projectile) to cleanup tracking entries; animover (on FX prefabs) to auto-remove entities after animation completes.
  • Pushes: startcorrosivedebuff (from peghook_dot) when the damage-over-time effect initializes.

Event listener details​

  • onremove (on tail FX entities): Removes the tail entity from the tails table used in OnUpdateProjectileTail.
  • animover: Triggers inst.Remove for FX prefabs (peghook_spitfx, peghook_hitfx, peghook_splashfx) to clean up after animation ends.

Spawned prefabs and associated events​

  • peghook_projectile: Fires projectiles; handled via complexprojectile component (externally defined).
  • peghook_spitfx: Visual FX for spitting; listens to animover for self-removal.
  • peghook_hitfx: Hit impact FX; no direct event listeners in this file (external hitfx_postinit may add listeners).
  • peghook_splashfx: Splash animation; removed automatically after animation duration.
  • peghook_dot: Damage-over-time effect; pushes startcorrosivedebuff on initialization.

Note: Event handling logic for post-initialization hooks (peghook_postinit, projectile_postinit, etc.) is defined in external server data files (e.g., event_server_data("lavaarena", "prefabs/lavaarena_peghook")) and not included here.