$selfillum

Template:Otherlang2 The $selfillum VMT command makes a material glow in the dark. Shaders commonly support this effect.

The effect is masked by default by the alpha channel of $basetexture, but there are other options (see below). Wherever the mask is located, white areas are self-illuminated while black areas are not.

Warning:Cannot be used with $translucent or similar values on models. Use UnlitGeneric shader instead

VMT syntax example

$selfillum <bool>

LightmappedGeneric
{
    $basetexture props/tvscreen005a
    $selfillum 1
    $surfaceprop glass
}

Additional parameters

$selfillumtint "[<red float> <green float> <blue float>]"

Adjusts the colour of the self-illumination effect. Default value is "[1 1 1]".

$selfillummask <texture>

Note:In Source 2007, use this, NOT $Selfillumtexture.

A dedicated mask texture for the effect. Might not work in Ep1.

$selfillum_envmapmask_alpha <bool>

Has the material derive its self-illumination mask from the alpha channel of the $envmapmask. Requires DirectX 9.

$selfillumtexture <texture>

Use a selfillum texture.

Bug:Deprecated with Source 2007; doesn't work.  [todo tested in ?]

$selfIllumFresnel<bool>

Allows the material to use Fresnel ranges.

Todo: Confirm

$selfIllumFresnelMinMaxExp [n n n]

Default: 0.0 1.0 1.0. Like the phong Fresnel ranges, but with selfillum.