WiseLightShot: Light that can be shot out

This tutorial was originally created by wisemx. It was originally posted on SDKnuts.net.

The first thing to consider is the prop you’re using. For this effect to work optimally the light prop should have more than one skin. Skins are used in props to change their appearance. Many light props have at least two skins, On and Off.

Skins in more detail.

For this project the HL2 Prop I’m using is models/props_c17/lamp_standard_off01.mdl. There are actually several methods you can use for this effect. For this project I’m using prop_physics for the lamp because we can add outputs to OnHealthChanged. When the lamp is shot the lights will now go out via our outputs but I’ve also added a bit extra with an env_shooter, which will toss some glass shards.

In the image above you can see:

1. prop_physics with model models/props_c17/lamp_standard_off01.mdl
2. env_shooter with model models/Gibs/Glass_shard.mdl
3. light
4. light_spot
5. point_spotlight

Properties for the lamp (prop_physics):

• Name: lamp01
• World Model: models/props_c17/lamp_standard_off01.mdl
• Skin: 1
• Disable Shadows: Yes

	My Output	Target Entity	Target Input	Parameter	Delay	Only Once
	OnHealthChanged	Shooter01	Shoot		0.00	No
	OnHealthChanged	light01	TurnOff		0.25	No
	OnHealthChanged	light02	TurnOff		0.25	No
	OnHealthChanged	lamp01	Skin	0	0.75	No
	OnHealthChanged	light03	LightOff		0.75	No

Glass shard effect (env_shooter):

• Name: Shooter01
• Parent: lamp01
• Gib Direction: 0 0 0
• Number of Gibs: 3
• Gib Angle: 0 0 0
• Gib Velocity: 50
• Coarse Variance: 0.15
• Gib Life: 4
• Model: models/Gibs/Glass_shard.mdl
• Material Sound: Glass
• Simulate: Point
• Gib Skin: 0

A point_spotlight, for the cosmetic glow effects around the lightbulb:

• Name: light03
• Parent: lamp01
• Pitch: 90 0 0
• Spotlight length: 256
• Spotlight Width: 60
• Color: 238 232 221
• Flags: Start On, No Dynamic Light

Our light_spot, for directional light:

• Name: light02
• Pitch: 0 90 0
• Brightness: 238 232 221 60
• Appearance: Normal
• Inner: 0
• Outer: 54

Our light, for directional light:

• Name: light01
• Brightness: 238 232 221 60
• Appearance: Normal

See also

• Example VMF
• Example VMF backup
• Naming Lights