Cycler (GoldSrc)

GoldSrc

Source Engine

Class hierarchy
CGenericCycler ↳CCycler ↳CBaseMonster ↳CBaseToggle ↳CBaseAnimating ↳CBaseDelay ↳CBaseEntity
h_cycler.cpp

cycler is a model entity available in all GoldSrc games. A simple entity that is used for displaying model animations. When it takes damage from any weapon, it will begin to loop the next animation sequence of its model.

Often used to precache external models used by other entities that do not precache their own models, alongside a trigger_auto to killtarget the cycler.

Important:This is a debug entity. Use env_model or item_generic if available, otherwise use cycler_sprite (if multiplayer), monster_furniture (if singleplayer), or env_sprite (singleplayer or multiplayer).

Confirm:func_door_rotating (with a dummy multisource as its master) probably works as well if you want skin and bodygroup selection, but requires zhlt_usemodel to call a cycler to precache the MDL/BSP/SPR.

Key Values

Monster Cycler:

Model (model) <model path>

Model to display (MDL, BSP, or SPR). Relative to mod folder.

Colormap (colormap) <integer>

Works like the deathmatch recolor system, wherein this KV equals (bottomcolor * 256) + topcolor. This value can be calculated using .

Tip:In Sven Co-op, the topcolor and bottomcolor KVs are available to be used instead, for clarity.

Name (targetname) <string>

The targetname that other entities refer to this entity by, usually via the target, killtarget, and TriggerTarget KVs.

Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X) (angles) <QAngle>

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.

Render Mode (rendermode) <choices>

Render Mode to use.

Render modes

Normal Color Texture Glow Solid Additive

Render Amount (0-255) (renderamt) <integer>

Controls transparency when using another render mode then normal. 0 is completely invisible, and 255 is opaque. If render mode is solid, then all values except 0 are opaque.

Render Color (R G B) (rendercolor) <color255>

Color to use by the specified render mode.
Also used on brush entities to control the speed of scrolling textures; see func_conveyor for more information.

Render FX (renderfx) <choices>

Render FX mode to use, for special effects.

Render effects

Normal Slow Pulse Fast Pulse Slow Wide Pulse Fast Wide Pulse Slow Fade Away Fast Fade Away Slow Become Solid Fast Become Solid Slow Strobe Fast Strobe Faster Strobe Slow Flicker Fast Flicker Constant Glow Distort Hologram (Distort + fade)

ZHLT:

Copy lighting from (VHLT+) (zhlt_copylight) <targetname>

Copies the lighting from the named entity to the nearest lightmap luxel below this entity's origin.

Tip:To avoid having the copied lighting visibly affecting the brush lighting, put a 16x16x1 func_detail with zhlt_noclip enabled directly below this model's origin. Texture the top face with black_HIDDEN, and the rest of the faces with SKIP. If the player or any other MDL entity can go above this model, place another identical func_detail above this model's origin to reduce the chance of extraneous models being lit weirdly.

Note:Not compatible with entities using the effect flag EF_INVLIGHT.

Model shadows (UMHLT, SDHLT) (zhlt_studioshadow) <boolean>

Enable to cast shadows from MDLs found in the model KV.

Model shadow mode (SDHLT) (zhlt_shadowmode) <choices>

0 - Use Bounding Box

1 - Use triangles (default)

2 - Use Bounding boxes of triangles