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| − | A '''gib''' is a remnant of flesh, separated from the body. The word had been originally coined by [[id software]]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carmack Adrian Carmack] during the development of ''[[Doom]]'', and is thought to be derived from [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/giblet ''giblet'']. | + | A term used when you deal so much damage to an enemy that they explode in viscera. In Quake it is usually a stream of blood and guts, most monsters also leave a damaged head on the ground. |
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| − | In Quake, gibs are utilized for an overkill event, also known as '''gibbing''', bringing an [[entity]]'s [[health]] below a certain threshold, for example -40 for a [[player]], or -60 for a [[Shambler]]. '''To gib''' is a verb to describe such an overkill. | |
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| − | The gib death manifests itself in the entity's body reduced to a severed head and some assorted chunks of flesh, which are flung in random directions with considerable force, spewing [[blood]] and [[bounce|bouncing]] around. Upon coming to a rest, gibs disappear after some time, except for heads.
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| − | ==Technical==
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| − | Main gib code resides in [[player.qc]]. The spawning of gibs is done using the ''[[ThrowGib]]'' function, citing various [[model]] files, typical ''gib1.mdl'', ''gib2.mdl'' and ''gib3.mdl''.
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| − | There is also the sister function of [[ThrowHead]] which throws a head gib model unique to the entity that was gibbed. Head gibs are considered on par with a normal monster corpse, and thus take longer to be removed.
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| − | Apart from the gib model string, these functions may also take the entity's health at the moment of death, which is used in some simple velocity calculation (via ''[[VelocityForDamage]]'') to change the gibs' initial [[speed]], thus representing the severity of the gibbing. Note that this health is normalized to -99 by ''[[Killed]]'' in [[combat.qc]]), though ''VelocityForDamage'' is able to take lower values.
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| − | Gib models are [[entity flags|flagged]] to spawn a trail of blood [[particle]]s during movement.
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| − | Another form of gib occurrences in Quake is the use of ''[[SpawnMeatSpray]]'' which specifically calls the [[zombie]] projectile gib model ''zom_gib.mdl''. These small gibs are the chosen projectile of [[zombie]]s. ''SpawnMeatSpray'' is also called during a melee attack by [[Ogre]]s, [[Fiend]]s and [[Shambler]]s.
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| − | ==Trivia==
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| − | *[[Rotfish]] in stock Quake cannot be gibbed.
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| − | *[[MultiDamage]] handling functions (which collect and apply shotgun damage as a single take) employ some imperfect code that is unable to reliably gib several targets at once.
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| − | *''gib2.mdl'' represents a dismembered human torso. Oddly enough, gibbing a [[scrag]] yields as much as ''three'' of these. In addition, gibbable rotfishes in the [[Scourge of Armagon]] spawn one too.
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