func_lod

From Valve Developer Community

Jump to: navigation, search

This is a brush entity available in all Source games.

Contents

Entity Description

Brush-built model that fades out over a specified distance. Useful for creating world detail that doesn't need to be drawn far away, for performance reasons.

Note:The fading is not always consistent; brushes may suddenly "pop" into view depending on where the player is looking. This happens because of a hardware issues with rendering translucent materials. Low-end cards will fade nearer than the distance specified, and smaller objects fade nearer than a larger object with the same fade distance.
Note:The overhead required by this entity is substantial. Use it only for special effects or when fading very dense geometry, and one could then argue, shouldn't that better be a model?

Keyvalues

  • Targetname:

Name <string>
The targetname other entities refer to this entity by.

  • RenderFields:

Render Mode <choices>
Set a non-standard rendering mode on this entity. See Render Modes for details.
FX Amount (0 - 255) <int>
Intensity of the selected render mode.
FX Color (R G B) <color255>
Color used by the selected render mode (if applicable).
Disable Receiving Shadows <bool>
Prevents the entity from receiving shadows. To do: RTT and/or shadow map?

RenderFXChoices:

Render FX <choices>
Several GoldSrc-era visibility modes which change the way the entity is rendered, typically by fading it in and out.
  • _minlight
<float> The minimum level of ambient light that hits this brush.
  • DisappearDist
<integer> Distance at which these brushes should fade out.
  • Solid
<choices> Set whether or not these brushes should collide with other entities.
Literal Value Description
0 Solid
1 Nonsolid

Inputs

  • Targetname:

Kill
Removes this entity from the world.
KillHierarchy
Removes this entity and all its children from the world.
AddOutput <string>
Evaluates a keyvalue/output on this entity. It can be potentially very dangerous, use with care.
Format: <key> <value>
Format: <output name> <targetname>:<inputname>:<parameter>:<delay>:<max times to fire, -1 means infinite>
FireUser1 to FireUser4
Fire the OnUser outputs; see User Inputs and Outputs.

  • RenderFields:

Color <color255>
Set the rendercolor.
Alpha <byte>
Set the renderamt.

Outputs

  • Targetname:

OnUser1 to OnUser4
Fired in response to the FireUser inputs; see User Inputs and Outputs.
OnKilled (New with Left 4 Dead)
Fired when the entity is killed and removed from the game.
Retrieved from "http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Func_lod"
Personal tools