Visibility hint

visibility_hint is a point entity available in SteamVR Home and Half-Life: Alyx.

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It is a point entity which is used to define visibility grid properties.

Entity description

The visibility hint ostensibly affects visibility inside its bounds via the use of a voxel grid of variable resolution.

Todo: Test the use of this entity for its behavior.

Properties

Box Mins ([todo internal name (i)]) <coordinates>

The minimum bounds for the volume, can be dragged out in the 3d view or entered manually.

Box Maxs ([todo internal name (i)]) <coordinates>

The maximumbounds for the volume, can be dragged out in the 3d view or entered manually.

Hint Type ([todo internal name (i)]) <choices>

• 0: Use Low Resolution (64 unit grid) (default)
• 3: Use High Resolution
• 6: Z-axis split

Source 2 Transform:

Origin (origin) <coordinates>

The world space origin of the entity.

Angles (angles) <angles>

The pitch, yaw, roll orientation of the entity.

Scale (scales) <vector>

The x, y, z scales of the entity. Not all entities can use this.

Transform Locked (transformLocked) <boolean>

Lock the transform at its current value, preventing the transform of the node from being modified. Only applies within Hammer.

Force Hidden (force_hidden) <boolean>

Visually hides the entity from the viewports. The Outliner pane will still list hidden entities.

Editor Only (editorOnly) <boolean>

Entity is only displayed in Hammer and will not appear in game.

See also

SteamVR Home - Precomputed Visibility Tutorial