Func dustcloud

Entity description

A brush entity that spawns a translucent dust cloud within its volume. You should use the trigger texture for this to work.

• See also func_dustmotes
• See also Dust, Fog & Smoke
• See also Wind and Dust - example VMF w/ explanation.

Keyvalues

Name (targetname) <string>[ Edit ]

The name that other entities refer to this entity by, via Inputs/Outputs or other keyvalues (e.g. parentname or target).
Also displayed in Hammer's 2D views and Entity Report.

See also:  Generic Keyvalues, Inputs and Outputs available to all entities

Start Disabled (StartDisabled) <boolean>

Stay dormant until activated (with theEnableinput).

• Color

⇆#000000rgb(0,0,0)⇆ Particle Color

• SpawnRate

<integer> Number of particles to spawn, per second.

• SpeedMax

<integer> Maximum speed that the particles can move after spawning.

• LifetimeMin

<integer> Minimum number of seconds until each particle dies. Particles live for a random duration between this and 'Maximum Particle Lifetime'.

• LifetimeMax

<integer> Maximum number of seconds until each particle dies. Particles live for a random duration between 'Minimum Particle Lifetime' and this.

• DistMax

<integer> Maximum distance at which particles are visible. They fade to translucent at this distance.

• Frozen

<boolean> If set, this entity spawns the number of particles in SpawnRate immediately, and then goes inactive.

• SizeMin

<integer> Minimum Particle Size

• SizeMax

<integer> Maximum Particle Size

• Alpha

<byte> Opacity of the dustcloud; 0-255.

Inputs

• TurnOn

Turn on.

• TurnOff

Turn off.

Outputs

• Template:O targetname