cycler

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

Sequence (sequence) <integer>: Default animation sequence for the model to be playing after spawning.

Skin (skin) <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.

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.

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.