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I'm very interested in Valve's little code words for different things.

General[edit | edit source]

  • Combat Character - Anything that NPCs should be able to react dynamically to. (CBaseCombatCharacter)
  • DNC - Do Not Compile. Denotes a visgroup that only exists for helping the mapper in some way and needs to be turned off before the map is compiled.

Alien Swarm[edit | edit source]

  • Alien - NPC. Probably specifically CASW_Aliens.
  • Commander - Non-bot player?
  • Marine - A game character
  • Swarm - Any alien lifeform. Equivalent to "Infected" in L4D.

Half-Life 2[edit | edit source]

  • Streetwar - War-torn City 17
  • Monk - Father Grigori
  • Physgun or Physcannon - Gravity gun
  • Striderbuster - Magnusson device

Left 4 Dead[edit | edit source]

  • Biker - Francis
  • Charge - Charger
  • Coach - Coach. Presumably, Valve realized the name fits him just fine during development.
  • Common Infected - Normal zombies
  • Coop, Normal - Refers to the normal four-player gamemode.
  • DLC3 - The Sacrifice
  • Gambler - Nick
  • Girl, TeenGirl, TeenAngst - Zoey
  • Hulk, Throw - Tank
  • Infected - Zombies
  • Leap - Jockey
  • Lunge - Hunter
  • Manager - Louis
  • Mechanic - Ellis
  • NamVet (Vietnam veteran) - Bill
  • Producer - Rochelle
  • PZ (Player Zombie) - A player-controlled special infected, for Versus mode.
  • Self Destruct - Leaker
  • Spit - Spitter
  • Special Infected - The not-regular zombies
  • Survivors - The non-infected players
  • Terror - A very old codename for L4D. The game that eventually evolved into L4D1 was called "Terror-Strike".
  • Tongue - Smoker
  • Vomit - Boomer

Portal[edit | edit source]

  • Antique, Under - Old Aperture
  • Aperture AI - GLaDOS
  • Ball - Atlas
  • Bounce - Repulsion gel
  • Egg - P-body
  • Erase - Cleansing gel
  • Paint - Gel
  • Portal (in the context of gel) - Conversion gel
  • "The portal mod" - Sometimes said in code to avoid confusion with visibility "portals".
  • Reflect - Reflection gel
  • Stick - Adhesion gel
  • Speed - Propulsion gel
  • Tbeam - Excursion Funnel
  • Wall - Light Bridge

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[edit | edit source]

  • 2v2 - Wingman
  • Creep - Name for the red area in danger zone.
  • CS:S 1.5 - Internal name for CS:GO.
  • Survival - Danger Zone

Team Fortress 2[edit | edit source]

  • Train Escort - Payload