Env flare

The beginning of d2_prison_08, as mentioned on the left.

Entity Description

Creates a red flare. Useful for creating a dark environment with just enough light to navigate. The flickering red light of the flare creates a tense atmosphere and a strong feeling of fight-or-die, as it's mainly used in HL2 only by the Combine.

Note:This entity is derived from CBaseCombatCharacter and can have relationships defined towards it.

See the beginning of d2_prison_08 for an example of its use.

Availability

Template:In game Template:Game In code it is represented by class CFlare, defined in hl2_dll\weapon_flaregun.cpp.

Keyvalues

• Template:Kv targetname
• Template:Kv parentname
• Template:Kv angles
• scale

<float> Scale.

• duration

<float> Duration.

Flags

• 1 : No DLight
• 2 : No Smoke
• 4 : Infinite
• 8 : Start off

Inputs

• Template:I targetname
• Template:I parentname
• Start <float>

Start

• Die <float>

Die

• Launch <float>

Launch the flare forward with the specified speed.

Outputs

• Template:O targetname