cycler

GoldSrc

Source Engine

cycler is a point entity available in all Source games.

Class hierarchy
CGenericCycler ↳CCycler ↳CAI_BaseNPC ↳CBaseCombatCharacter ↳CBaseFlex ↳CBaseAnimatingOverlay ↳CBaseAnimating ↳CBaseEntity
h_cycler.cpp

It is used to display a model for testing purposes. Shooting it will cycle through the model's animations.

Keyvalues

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

Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X) (angles) <QAngle>

This entity's orientation in the world. Pitch is rotation around the Y axis, yaw is the rotation around the Z axis, roll is the rotation around the X axis.

Render FX (renderfx) <byte choices>

Various somewhat legacy alpha effects. See render effects.

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.

Model (model) <model path>

Model to display (MDL, BSP, or SPR). Relative to mod folder.

Sequence ([todo internal name (i)]) <integer>

Default animation sequence for the model to be playing after spawning.

Skin ([todo internal name (i)]) <integer>

Some models have multiple versions of their textures, called skins. Set this to a number other than 0 to use that skin instead of the default.

Flags

Not Solid : [1]

Inputs

SetSequence <stringRedirectInput/string>

Sets the cycler's sequence.

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.

See also

• cycler_actor - Special cycler entity for NPC`s.