Visibility hint

visibility_hint is a point entity which is used to alter visibility in Half-Life: Alyx based mods.

Entity description

The visibility hint ostensibly affects visibility inside its bounds via the use of a voxel grid of variable resolution.

Todo: Test the use of this entity for its behavior.

Properties

Transform

• origin <float X> <float Y> <float Z>

location in the world

• angles <float X> <float Y> <float Z>

rotation in the world

• scales <float X(default 1)> <float Y(default 1)> <float Z(default 1)>

scale in the world

• Transform Locked <boolean (default 0)>

Lock the transform at its current value, preventing the transform of the node from being modified.

• Force Hidden <boolean (default 0)>

Visually hide the entity from the viewports. The Outliner pane will still list hidden entities.

• Editor Only <boolean (default 0)>

Entity is only displayed in Hammer and will not appear in game.

Box Mins <float X (default -64)> <float Y (default -64)> <float Z (default -64)>

The minimum bounds for the volume, can be dragged out in the 3d view or entered manually

Box Maxs <float X (default 64)> <float Y (default 64)> <float Z (default 64)>

The maximum bounds for the volume, can be dragged out in the 3d view or entered manually

Hint Type <choices>

1. Use Low Resolution (64 unit grid) (default)
2. Use High Resolution
3. Z-axis split