Infodecal

Infodecal with Cubemap decaltexture

Template:Entity It is used to place a decal in a map.

Bug:In games where this entity is not preserved, such as Team Fortress 2, large amounts of this entity present may overflow the decal limit after round restarts and not allow any more decals to be spawned. This can be be workarounded by spawning the decals once-off via VScript or point_templates instead.  [todo tested in ?]

Important:Unlike most entities with the prefix info, infodecal does not have an underscore!

Entity Description

It is the entity created when the Decal tool is used. It places a texture on any surface, with transparency if the texture being applied supports transparency. In GoldSrc, these textures were indicated by being in decals.wad, while in Source, they are indicated by the $decal material parameter and typically placed in the decals/ texture folder. When needed, an overlay can be used for more control over the applied texture. For example, an infodecal cannot be applied to a displacement, resized, or rotated, while an overlay can; however, overlays cannot be applied dynamically.

Note:Naming this entity will make it count towards the Entity limit and make it more expensive, similar to a light entity.

Keyvalues

texture (texture) <decal>

The image to apply as a decal.

Low Priority (can be replaced) (LowPriority) <boolean>

If true, allows the decal to be removed to accommodate newly-placed decals. Default behavior is false (high priority), meaning it is always present.

Apply Entity (ApplyEntity) <targetname> (in all games since )

An optional entity to apply the decal to. If this is empty, the decal will locate the entity by tracing.

Note:Mainly present in FGDs, but is still implemented in future branches.

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

Inputs

Activate

Force the decal to apply itself to the world.

See also

• Creating Decals
• Hammer Decal Tool and Hammer Overlay Tool
• info_overlay
• info_projecteddecal