point_commentary_viewpoint

point_commentary_viewpoint created by ent_create point_commentary_viewpoint console command.

Class hierarchy
CCommentaryViewPosition ↳CSprite ↳CBaseEntity
`CommentarySystem.cpp`

point_commentary_viewpoint is a point entity available in all Source games. It's an entity automatically created by point_commentary_node as part of the view-shifting feature. It appears while point_commentary_node is scrolling and controls player's view. It also can display sprite with sprites/redglow1.vmt texture, if created by ent_create point_commentary_viewpoint console command.

Keyvalues

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.

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RenderFields:

Alpha <integer 0–255>: Sets the entity's transparency to a number from 0 (invisible) to 255 (fully visible). Requires the entity to have its rendermode set to a number other than 0.

Color <color255RedirectInput/color32>: Sets an RGB color for the entity.