Func monitor

Entity Desciption

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

Keys

• Template:Kv targetname

• Template:Kv parentname
• Template:Kv enabledisable

• Origin (X Y Z)

<origin> The position of this entity's center in the world. Rotating entities typically rotate around their origin.

• RenderFields:

Render Mode (rendermode) <byte choices>

Set a non-standard rendering mode on this entity.

Render Modes

0: Normal 1: Color 2: Texture 3: Glow 4: Solid/Alphatest 5: Additive 6: Removed, does nothing 7: Additive Fractional Frame 8: Alpha Add 9: World Space Glow 10: Don't Render

Render FX (renderfx) <byte choices>

Various somewhat legacy alpha effects. See render effects.

Render Amount / Transparency (renderamt) <byte>

Transparency amount, requires a Render Mode other than Normal. 0 is invisible, 255 is fully visible.

Render Color (R G B) (rendercolor) <color255>

Color tint.

• Disable Receiving Shadows (disablereceiveshadows)

<choices>

• Disable shadows (disableshadows)

<choices>

• Global Entity Name (globalname)

<string> Name by which this entity is linked to another entity in a different map. When the player transitions to a new map, entities in the new map with globalnames matching entities in the previous map will have the previous map's state copied over their state.

• Input Filter (InputFilter)

<choices> Used to specify which inputs this entity will accept.

• Minimum Light Level (_minlight)

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

• Solidity (Solidity)

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

• NPC class excluded from collisions (excludednpc)

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

• Solid BSP (solidbsp)

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

• Camera name (target)

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

Inputs

• Template:I targetname

• Template:I parentname

• Template:I enabledisable

• DisableShadow

Turn shadow off.

• EnableShadow

Turn shadow on.

• Toggle Toggle

If on, turn off, if off, turn on.

• SetCamera <string>

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

Outputs

• Template:O targetname

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See Also

• info_camera_link
• point_camera