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Point spotlight
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point_spotlight
Source(core) Point Entity
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description
An entity to draw a spotlight. Will draw a beam when the player views it side on, and a halo when it's facing towards the player. Unless the 'No Dynamic Light' spawnflag is checked, it will also create a dynamic light wherever the end of the spotlight rests.
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properties
- Name targetname(target_source)
The name that other entities refer to this entity by. - Parent parentname(target_destination)
The name of this entity's parent in the movement hierarchy. Entities with parents move with their parent. - Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X) angles(angle) - default: 0 0 0
This entity's orientation in the world. Pitch is rotation around the Y axis, yaw is the rotation around the Z axis, roll is the rotation around the X axis. - Spotlight Length spotlightlength(integer) - default: 500
Length of the spotlight beam. - Spotlight Width spotlightwidth(integer) - default: 50
Width of the spotlight beam. - Color (R G B) rendercolor(color255) - default: 255 255 255
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spawn flags
- 1: Start On - default: ON
- 2: No Dynamic Light - default: OFF Note: Checking this box will greatly reduce dynamic lighting load, and in turn improve performance.
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inputs
- Kill(void)
Removes this entity from the world. - KillHierarchy(void)
Removes this entity and all its children from the world. - AddOutput(string)
Adds an entity I/O connection to this entity. Format - FireUser1(void)
Causes this entity's OnUser1 output to be fired. - FireUser2(void)
Causes this entity's OnUser2 output to be fired. - FireUser3(void)
Causes this entity's OnUser3 output to be fired. - FireUser4(void)
Causes this entity's OnUser4 output to be fired. - SetParent(string)
Changes the entity's parent in the movement hierarchy. - SetParentAttachment(string)
Change this entity to attach to a specific attachment point on it's parent. Entities must be parented before being sent this input. The parameter passed in should be the name of the attachment. - ClearParent(void)
Removes this entity from the the movement hierarchy, leaving it free to move independently.
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outputs
- OnUser1(void)
Fired in response to FireUser1 input. - OnUser2(void)
Fired in response to FireUser2 input. - OnUser3(void)
Fired in response to FireUser3 input. - OnUser4(void)
Fired in response to FireUser4 input.
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related tutorials
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