Cable

Cable is a pixel shader available in all Source games. It is used for ropes such as those created by the keyframe_rope and move_rope entities.

Parameters

$basetexture <texture>

The diffuse texture for the rope.
Should be very small, usually 16x16 to 64x64.

$bumpmap <texture>

Normal map for the rope.
Most of the vanilla materials use cable/cablenormalmap.

$vertexcolor <boolean>

Enables vertex coloring, allowing for more accurate lighting.

$MinLight <normal>

Minimum amount of light received. Default 0.1.

$MaxLight <normal>

Maximum amount of light received. Default 0.3.

$nocull <boolean>

Disables backface culling. Default 1.

See also

• SplineRope
• Cables and Ropes