Func dustcloud

Template:Base brush It spawns randomly-sized dust particles within its volume. Use the trigger texture with this entity.

Bug:This entity is hardcoded to use the material particle/sparkles.vmt, which is now extremely low-res and shared with func_dustmotes. You may consider overriding this .vmt for improved appearance.  [todo tested in ?]

Func_dustcloud

Keyvalues

Alpha ([todo internal name (i)]) <integer>

Transparency of the particles. 0 means that they are invisible, 255 means opaque.

Minimum Particle Size ([todo internal name (i)]) <string>

This value determines the minimum size the particles can be.

Maximum Particle Size ([todo internal name (i)]) <string>

This value determines the maximum size the particles can be.

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

BModelParticleSpawner:

Start Disabled (StartDisabled) <boolean>

Suspend spawning particles after spawning ? Default value is 0

Particle Color (R G B) (Color) <color255>

Color of the particles.

Particle Per Second (SpawnRate) <integer>

Number of particles to spawn, per second.

Note:Fourth number effects transparency after reload.

Maximum Particle Speed (SpeedMax) <string>

Maximum speed that the particles can move after spawning.

Minimum Particle Lifetime (LifetimeMin) <string>

Minimum number of seconds until each particle dies. Particles live for a random duration between this and 'Maximum Particle Lifetime'.

Maximum Particle Lifetime (LifetimeMax) <string>

Maximum number of seconds until each particle dies. Particles live for a random duration between 'Minimum Particle Lifetime' and this.

Maximum Visible Distance (DistMax) <integer>

Maximum distance at which particles are visible. They fade to translucent at this distance.

Frozen (Frozen) <boolean>

Spawn the number of particles in SpawnRate immediately, and then go inactive ? Default value is 0

Inputs

BModelParticleSpawner:

TurnOn

Turn on.

TurnOff

Turn off.

See also

• func_dustmotes
• Dust, Fog & Smoke
• Wind and Dust - example VMF w/ explanation