$no_draw

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$no_draw is a material shader parameter available in all Source games. It is a setting that causes the material to not be drawn or rendered at all. Usually used to quickly hide parts of a model, without having to make a transparent texture.

Similar to %CompileNoDraw, except this can be applied to models. This can be used as a workaround to the broken "Removemodel" on $lod, or to have a material disappear in a specific skin.

Bug:Doesn't actually skip drawing the faces, but instead acts like an $alphatest texture that is completely transparent.  (tested in: ^{[citation needed]})

Example

VertexLitGeneric
{
$no_draw 1
}