Env fog controller

Entity Description

The env_fog_controller entity controls fogging in a level. This has both aesthetic and functional purpose. Functionally, by adding fog to a level, you can hide a far clip plane, and reduce the amount of rendered geometry, improving game performance.

Keyvalues

• Template:Kv targetname
• Template:Kv angles
• fogcolor

<color255>

• fogcolor2

<color255>

• fogdir

<vector> A vector that determines the directions of the primary and secondary fog, relative to the env_fog_controller entity.

• fogstart

<float> How far from the point-of-view the fog should start.

• fogend

<float> How far from the point-of-view the view should be completely fogged.

• farz

<integer> This is the distance from the point-of-view that the level geometry should stop being drawn at. This can be used to control engine performance.

• fogenable

<boolean>

• mindxlevel

• maxdxlevel

• fogblend

<boolean> This will enable blending between two fog colors, based on the direction the player is looking. It approximates the aesthetic effect of diffuse light filtering through the fog.

• useangles

<boolean>

See Also

• env_sun
• Environment Entities