Env particle beam

env_particle_beam is a point entity available in Black Mesa. It creates a particle beam between itself and a given target. Similar to env_laser.

Represented by class CEnvParticleBeam.

Bug:The burn trail doesn't work in current versions of the game.

Keyvalues

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

Particle Beam Name (particlebeam) <particlesystem>

Particle system to use for the beam.

Important:Original FGD uses choices for some reason, you can write and use any particle system which can work as a beam, lc_beam or hev_crystal_glow for example.

Beam Target (target) <targetname>

Entity that the beam ends at. If omitted, the entity will instead use 0 0 0 position and will not do any damage.

Note:If entity (that the beam ends at) is killed via Kill input - beam will not disappear, but also will not do any damage.

Damage (damage) <float>

The amount of damage.

Damage Tick (damagetick) <float>

Determines the frequency of damage.

Burn Trail Material (burntrail) <material> 

Deprecated.
Material for burn trail to use.

Burn Trail Life (burntrail_life) <float> 

Deprecated.
Burn trail life time.

Burn Trail Size (burntrail_size) <float> 

Deprecated.
Burn trail size.

Burn Trail Textile (burntrail_text) <float> 

Deprecated.
Burn trail textile.

Burn Trail Flags (burntrail_flags) <choices> 

Deprecated.
Burn trail behavior.

• -1: Disabled
• 0: None
• 1: Shrink
• 2: Fade
• 3: Shrink + Fade

Inputs

TurnOn <void>

Turns beam on.

TurnOff <void>

Turns beam off.

Bug:Does not disable particle effects, only damage.

Flags

Start on : [1]

If checked - you will not need to turn on beam on map spawn manually.

See also

• env_particle_tesla