PrecacheMaterial
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PrecacheMaterial is a function provided to Precache materials by string. It is generally used to Precache assets used by an entity.
Usage
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Purpose: Add material to precache
// Input : *pMaterialName - material name
// Output :
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void PrecacheMaterial( const char *pMaterialName )
Examples
void CFireTrail::Precache( void )
{
PrecacheMaterial( "sprites/flamelet1" );
PrecacheMaterial( "sprites/flamelet2" );
PrecacheMaterial( "particle/particle_smokegrenade" );
PrecacheMaterial( "particle/particle_noisesphere" );
}
void CCitadelEnergyCore::Precache()
{
BaseClass::Precache();
PrecacheMaterial( "effects/combinemuzzle2_dark" );
}