$staticprop

$staticprop is a QC command available in all Source games. It tells the model compiler that this model is not intended to have any moving parts. This will cause the compiler to strip away the skeleton & animations to just a single, unmoving bone named static_prop.

Static props are the only models allowed to cast shadows onto the lightmap and vice-versa during VRAD.

A model flagged with $staticprop is not necessarily limited to just being used with the prop_static point entity. Neither prop_physics nor prop_static will function unless the model was compiled with this command.

Bug:If the model being compiled has a bone named static_prop already, it can cause the physics model for the prop to be misaligned, should the bone not be oriented how the model compiler expects it to be.  [todo tested in?]

Bug:Bodygroups do not play well with this command. prop_static does not actually support bodygroups anyway, and therefore always defaults to whatever the default bodygroup state is.

• The blank keyword will outright fail compilation with an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION error.
• VRAD will generate lightmaps for each bodygroup, if they're present, even though this is entirely useless.  [todo tested in?]

Example

$modelname props_junk/metal_paintcan001a.mdl
$staticprop
$body body metal_paintcan001a_lod0
[...]

See also

• prop_static
• prop_physics