Info particle system

Template:Base point It dispatches and offers some control over a specified particle system.

Keyvalues

Particle System Name (effect_name) <string>

The name of the particle system to spawn. NOT the name of a PCF file!

Start Active? (start_active) <boolean>

Whether the particle system should begin as soon as the entity spawns.

Flag as Weather? (flag_as_weather) <boolean> (in all games since )

Is this particle system going to be used as a weather effect? If so the particle system will not be rendered if the user has disabled weather effects.

Render in front? (render_in_front) <boolean> (only in )

Hack to allow particles to render in front of everything else.

Control Point 1 (cpoint1) to Control Point 63 (cpoint63) <targetname>

Parents a control point to the given entity's origin. If any value is left blank all those following it will be ignored.

Tip:Control point 0(1) is the origin of the info_particle_system itself.

Note:Because the control point is configured on the client, the entity you specify must exist there. This means that most invisible entities (info_target is an exception, as it has the "Transmit to client" spawnflag) will not work. Your best bet is an info_particle_system, e.g. itself or another one with blank particle name.

Control Point 1's Parent (cpoint1_parent) to Control Point 7's Parent (cpoint7_parent) <integer>

The control point to act as a parent to this one.

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

Start

Stop

Tell the particle system to start/stop emitting.

Note:To forcibly restart an effect, you must fire Stop first. Start has no effect if the server thinks the system is already running.

DestroyImmediately  (in all games since ) (also in )

Particle System disappears immediately instead of fading out

StopPlayEndCap  (in all games since )

Seems to be the same as stop

See Also

• info_particle_target
• Category:Particle Effects
• Category:Particle System.