User talk:Godlike

Entity Description

An invisible light source. Can be turned on and off through inputs. The light entity is very basic but yet essential to almost every map.

. The SetPattern input sets the light's custom appearance to the input's parameters; the FadeToPattern input fades from the light's old pattern to the new one.

Entity Values

Keys

• Name targetname <target_source>

The name of this entity. Allows other entities in the map to trigger this one.

• Brightnes red green blue brightness

The color and brightness of the light. RGB colors need to be between 0 and 255. Brightness can be higher.

• Parent parentname <target_destination>

The name of this entity's parent in the movement hierarchy. Entities with parents move with their parent.

• Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X) angles <angle>

This entity's orientation in the world. Pitch is rotation around the Y axis, yaw is the rotation around the Z axis, roll is the rotation around the X axis.

• Spotlight Length spotlightlength <integer>

Length of the spotlight beam.

• Spotlight Width spotlightwidth <integer>

Width of the spotlight beam.

• Color (R G B) rendercolor <color255>

The color of the spotlight cone.

Flags

• Start On

Sets the point_spotlight to be turned on when it spawns.

• No Dynamic Light

Prevents a dynamic light from being generated by the point_spotlight. Dynamic lights can be costly for performance, so this flag should be checked to improve framerate.

Inputs

• Kill

Removes this entity from the world.

• KillHierarchy

Removes this entity and all its children from the world.

• AddOutput <string> <output name> <targetname>:<inputname>:<parameter>:<delay>:<max times to fire (-1 == infinite)>

Adds an entity I/O connection to this entity. Very dangerous, use with care.

• FireUser1

Causes this entity's OnUser1 output to be fired.

• FireUser2

Causes this entity's OnUser2 output to be fired.

• FireUser3

Causes this entity's OnUser3 output to be fired.

• FireUser4

Causes this entity's OnUser4 output to be fired.

• SetParent <string>

Changes the entity's parent in the movement hierarchy.

• SetParentAttachment <string>

Change this entity to attach to a specific attachment point on its parent. Entities must be parented before being sent this input. The parameter passed in should be the name of the attachment.

• ClearParent

Removes this entity from the the movement hierarchy, leaving it free to move independently.

• LightOn

Turn the spotlight on.

• LightOff

Turn the spotlight off

Outputs

• OnUser1

Fired in response to FireUser1 input.

• OnUser2

Fired in response to FireUser2 input.

• OnUser3

Fired in response to FireUser3 input.

• OnUser4

Fired in response to FireUser4 input.

See Also

• point_spotlight
• Light entities