Env spritetrail

Template:Base point It frequently emits a sprite, intended to create a trail effect when moving.

In code, it is represented by theCSpriteTrailclass, defined in theSpriteTrail.cppfile.

Keyvalues

Lifetime (lifetime) <float>

How long the beam is shown.

Start Width (startwidth) <float>

The width of the beam to the beginning.

End Width (endwidth) <float>

The width of the beam when it has full expanded.

Sprite Name (spritename) <string>

The material to draw.

Animated (animate) <boolean> !FGD

Todo: Untested. Tells the sprite to animate if it can. All the keyvalues, flags, and inputs from env_sprite may be used.

RenderFields:

Render Mode (rendermode) <byte choices>

Set a non-standard rendering mode on this entity.

Render Modes

0: Normal 1: Color 2: Texture 3: Glow 4: Solid/Alphatest 5: Additive 6: Removed, does nothing 7: Additive Fractional Frame 8: Alpha Add 9: World Space Glow 10: Don't Render

Render FX (renderfx) <byte choices>

Various somewhat legacy alpha effects. See render effects.

Render Amount / Transparency (renderamt) <byte>

Transparency amount, requires a Render Mode other than Normal. 0 is invisible, 255 is fully visible.

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

Color tint.

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

Inputs

RenderFields:

Alpha <integer 0–255>

Sets the entity's transparency to a number from 0 (invisible) to 255 (fully visible). Requires the entity to have its rendermode set to a number other than 0.

Color <color255RedirectInput/color32>

Sets an RGB color for the entity.