Point commentary viewpoint

This entity is not in the FGD by default.
It should not be put directly in a map.

Example in ep2_outland_05.

point_commentary_viewpoint created by ent_create point_commentary_viewpoint console command.

Class hierarchy
CCommentaryViewPosition ↳CSprite ↳CBaseEntity
CommentarySystem.cpp

point_commentary_viewpoint is a point entity available in all Source games. It's an entity automatically created by point_commentary_node as part of the view-shifting feature. It appears while point_commentary_node is scrolling and controls player's view. It also can display sprite with sprites/redglow1.vmt texture, if created by ent_create point_commentary_viewpoint console command.

Keyvalues

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.

Inputs

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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.

See also

• Commentary System
• Commentary_Editor