Func monitor

Entity desciption

A monitor that renders the view from a given point_camera entity. Template:Brushmodel

When a func_monitor is created, the surface in which the view from the point_camera will be displayed from must be assigned to a material that uses the special value "_rt_Camera" in its "$basetexture" property (such as the dev/dev_combinemonitor* and dev/dev_tvmonitor* textures). It is also a good idea to Justify to Fit in the Face Edit Sheet texture dialog for the combinemonitor surface so the camera view isn't cut off.

Any number of func_monitor entities can only display one point_camera view at any one time (unless you reprogram this entity in some way). So, if monitor A is set to show camera A, and monitor B is set to show camera B, both monitors would show camera A, unless either monitor A or camera A were disabled in-game. You can use info_camera_link as a workaround.

Keyvalues

• Template:Kv targetname
• Template:Kv parentname
• Template:Kv origin
• Template:Kv renderfields
• Template:Kv global
• Template:Kv enabledisable
• Template:Kv shadow
• _minlight

<float> The minimum level of ambient light that hits this brush.

• Solidity

<choices> Used to control the solidity/collision of these brushes.

Literal Value	Description
0	Toggle
1	Never Solid
2	Always Solid

• solidbsp

<boolean> Set this if this brush is in hierarchy with a moving object of some kind, and the player can stand on this brush.

• excludednpc

<target_destination> If an NPC classname (i.e. npc_zombie) is specified here, NPCs of that type won't collide with these brushes.

• target

<target_destination> The point_camera in which the viewpoint is rendered from.

Inputs

• Template:I targetname
• Template:I renderfields
• Template:I parentname
• Template:I enabledisable

• DisableShadow

Turn shadow off.

• EnableShadow

Turn shadow on.

• Toggle

Toggle on/off.

• SetCamera <target_destination>

Sets the camera to use for this monitor. Takes the name of a point_camera entity in the map.

Outputs

• Template:O targetname

See also

• info_camera_link
• point_camera