env_spark

env_spark with directional, glowing medium-sized sparks. By default, the sparks jump up a bit from the origin of the entity, so if you are attempting to create a sparks like this, you must use the Directional flag and point the entity downwards.

Class hierarchy
CEnvSpark ↳CPointEntity ↳CBaseEntity
EnvSpark.cpp

env_spark is a point entity available in all Source games. It is used to create sparks at its origin.

Note:The "DoSpark" soundscript this entity plays on spark is set to misc/null.wav. You will need to override this soundscript in your map, or manually play sound effects using the OnSpark output

Todo: likely the case in other games, only observed in

Flags

Start ON : [64]

Glow : [128]

Silent : [256]

Directional : [512]

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

Max Delay (MaxDelay) <string>

The longest delay between sparks (in seconds). If this value is changed with AddOutput, the change will only take effect after the entity sparks again.

Magnitude (Magnitude) <choices>

The amount of the sparks.

• 1: Small
• 2: Medium
• 5: Large
• 8: Huge

Spark Trail Length (TrailLength) <choices>

Length of the spark trails. Other numbers may be entered to create extremely long or short trails.

• 1: Short
• 2: Medium
• 3: Long

Inputs

StartSpark

Start the spark effect.

StopSpark

Stop the spark effect.

ToggleSpark

Toggle the on/off state of the spark effect.

SparkOnce

Spark once.

Outputs

OnSpark  !FGD

Fired when the sparks emit.