Info overlay transition: Difference between revisions

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The "Wave" effect from the info_overlay_transition.

info_overlay_transition is an internal logical entity available in all Source games since Source 2006. This entity creates a scrolling texture between a displacement and a water brush, so you can create a "wave" effect.

Unlike regular overlays, overlay transitions cannot modified by env_texturetoggle or material_modify_control.

Note:This is an internal entity. When the map is compiled by VBSP, it is processed and then removed; it does not exist when the map is running.

Keyvalues

Note:These KVs are used by

Hammer only; the actual information that VBSP uses to create the overlay is a separate OverlayTransition{} block in the VMF.

Name (targetname) <string>: Name of this entity. Displayed in Hammer's 2D views and Entity Report. No effect in-game, nor in map compilers.

Material (material) <material>: Texture to use with this overlay.

Brush faces (sides) <sidelist>: Brush faces on which the overlay will be applied.

Water faces (sides2) <sidelist>: Water brush faces on which the overlay will be applied.

Texcoord Length Start (LengthTexcoordStart) <float>

Texcoord Length End (LengthTexcoordEnd) <float>

Texcoord Width Start (WidthTexcoordStart) <float>

Texcoord Width End (WidthTexcoordEnd) <float>

Width Land (Width1) <float>: Width of the overlay on displacements from the coastline, in Hammer units.

Width Water (Width2) <float>: Width of the overlay on water from the coastline, in Hammer units.

Show Debug (DebugDraw) <boolean>

If set, visualizes overlay width with helper cubes, as well as coastline angles in

Hammer.

Red Cubes - Width Land
Blue Cubes - Width Water

Bug:When enabled, it causes models and sprites to render as wireframe when the info_overlay_transition is in the camera view. (tested in:

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-{{wrongtitle|title=info_overlay_transition}}
+[[File:Info_overlay_transistion_effect.png|The "Wave" effect from the info_overlay_transition.|200px|thumb|right]]
-{{base_point_ep1}}
+{{this is a|logical entity|internal=1|name=info_overlay_transition|since=Source 2006}}
+This entity creates a scrolling texture between a displacement and a water brush, so you can create a "wave" effect.
-==Entity Description==
+Unlike regular overlays, overlay transitions cannot modified by {{ent|env_texturetoggle}} or {{ent|material_modify_control}}.
-Overlay Transition
+{{Internal entity note}}
-==Keyvalues==
-* '''material'''
+== Keyvalues ==
-: <material> Material
+{{note|These KVs are used by {{hammer|2}} only; the actual information that [[VBSP]] uses to create the overlay is a separate OverlayTransition{} block in the VMF.}}
-* '''sides'''
+{{KV Targetname null|hammer only=y}}
-: <sidelist> Brush faces
+{{KV|Material|intn=material|material|Texture to use with this overlay.}}
-* '''sides2'''
+{{KV|Brush faces|intn=sides|sidelist|Brush faces on which the overlay will be applied.}}
-: <sidelist> Water faces
+{{KV|Water faces|intn=sides2|sidelist|Water brush faces on which the overlay will be applied.}}
-* '''LengthTexcoordStart'''
+{{KV|Texcoord Length Start|intn=LengthTexcoordStart|float}}
-: <float> Texcoord Length Start
+{{KV|Texcoord Length End|intn=LengthTexcoordEnd|float}}
-* '''LengthTexcoordEnd'''
+{{KV|Texcoord Width Start|intn=WidthTexcoordStart|float}}
-: <float> Texcoord Length End
+{{KV|Texcoord Width End|intn=WidthTexcoordEnd|float}}
-* '''WidthTexcoordStart'''
+{{KV|Width Land|intn=Width1|float|Width of the overlay on displacements from the coastline, in Hammer units.}}
-: <float> Texcoord Width Start
+{{KV|Width Water|intn=Width2|float|Width of the overlay on water from the coastline, in Hammer units.}}
-* '''WidthTexcoordEnd'''
+{{KV|Show Debug|intn=DebugDraw|bool|If set, visualizes overlay width with helper cubes, as well as coastline angles in {{hammer|2}}.}}
-: <float> Texcoord Width End
+:* Red Cubes - Width Land
-* '''Width1'''
+:* Blue Cubes - Width Water
-: <float> Width Land
+:{{bug|When enabled, it causes models and sprites to render as wireframe when the {{ent|info_overlay_transition}} is in the camera view.|tested={{src13sp}}}}
-* '''Width2'''
-: <float> Width Water
-* '''DebugDraw'''
-: {{boolean}} Show Debug

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