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Bug:Bodygroups do not play well with this command.
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[[prop_static|Static props]] are the only models allowed to cast shadows onto the [[lightmap]] and vice-versa during [[VRAD]]. | [[prop_static|Static props]] are the only models allowed to cast shadows onto the [[lightmap]] and vice-versa during [[VRAD]]. | ||
A model flagged with <code>$staticprop</code> is ''not'' necessarily limited to just being used with the <code>prop_static</code> [[point entity]]. | A model flagged with <code>$staticprop</code> is ''not'' necessarily limited to just being used with the <code>prop_static</code> [[point entity]]. <code>[[prop_static]]</code> will not function unless the model was compiled with this command. This command is also recommended for [[physics prop]]s, since physics props have animation forcibly disabled. | ||
{{bug|If the model being compiled has a bone named <code>static_prop</code> already, it can cause the physics model for the prop to be misaligned, should the bone not be oriented how the model compiler expects it to be.}} | {{bug|If the model being compiled has a bone named <code>static_prop</code> already, it can cause the physics model for the prop to be misaligned, should the bone not be oriented how the model compiler expects it to be.}} | ||
Revision as of 06:17, 4 March 2025
$staticprop is a QC command available in all 
Source games. It tells the model compiler that this model is not intended to have any moving parts. This will cause the compiler to strip away the skeleton & animations to just a single, unmoving bone named static_prop.
Static props are the only models allowed to cast shadows onto the lightmap and vice-versa during VRAD.
A model flagged with $staticprop is not necessarily limited to just being used with the prop_static point entity. prop_static will not function unless the model was compiled with this command. This command is also recommended for physics props, since physics props have animation forcibly disabled.
Bug:If the model being compiled has a bone named static_prop already, it can cause the physics model for the prop to be misaligned, should the bone not be oriented how the model compiler expects it to be. [todo tested in ?]Bug:Bodygroups do not play well with this command. prop_static does not actually support bodygroups anyway, and therefore always defaults to whatever the default bodygroup state is.
- The
blankkeyword will outright fail compilation with an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION error. - VRAD will generate lightmaps for each bodygroup, if they're present, even though this is entirely useless. [todo tested in ?]
Example
$modelname props_junk/metal_paintcan001a.mdl $staticprop $body body metal_paintcan001a_lod0 [...]