Brush entity/Rendering related keyvalues and inputs

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Render in Fast Reflections (drawinfastreflection) <boolean> (in all games since )

If enabled, this entity will render in fast water reflections (i.e. when a water material specifies $reflectonlymarkedentities) and in the world impostor pass.

Inputs

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 Render Mode (rendermode) set to a number other than 0.

AlternativeSorting <booleanRedirectInput/boolean>

Swaps the rendering order of the entity. Used to attempt to fix sorting problems when rendering, for example an object rendering in front of translucent materials.

Color <color255RedirectInput/color32>

Sets an RGB color for the entity.

EnableDraw  (in all games since )

Removes EF_NODRAW from the entity.

DisableDraw  (in all games since )

Applies EF_NODRAW to the entity. Note that this is different from rendermode 10.

EnableReceivingFlashlight  (in all games since )

Makes it so that the entity is lit by env_projectedtextures.

DisableReceivingFlashlight  (in all games since )

Prevents the entity from being lit by env_projectedtextures. The shadow made by the texture will still cast.

Reflection:

DisableDrawInFastReflection  (in all games since )

Turns off rendering of this entity in reflections when using $reflectonlymarkedentities in water material.

EnableDrawInFastReflection  (in all games since )

Turn on rendering of this entity in reflections when using $reflectonlymarkedentities in water material.

Shadow:

DisableShadow

Turn dynamic shadows off for this entity. Identical to applying  EF_NOSHADOW.

EnableShadow

Turn dynamic shadows on for this entity.

DisableReceivingFlashlight  (in all games since )

This object will not receive light or shadows from projected textures.

EnableReceivingFlashlight  (in all games since )

This object may receive light or shadows from projected textures.

See Also

• VMT