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cycler_actor

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This entity is not in the Counter-Strike: SourceDay of Defeat: SourceTeam Fortress 2Counter-Strike: Global Offensive FGD by default.
See below for instructions on making it available.
Class hierarchy
CFlextalkActor
CGenericActor
CAI BaseActor
CAI_ExpresserHost
CAI_BaseHumanoid
CAI_BaseHumanoidBase
CAI_BaseNPC
CBaseCombatCharacter
CBaseFlex
CBaseAnimatingOverlay
CBaseAnimating
CBaseEntity
genericactor.cpp

cycler_actor is a point entity available in all Source Source games except Left 4 Dead series Left 4 Dead series. It is used to display a model for testing purposes. Shooting it will cycle through the model's animations. This version of the cycler entity is used for NPCs.

Warning.pngWarning:Most actors simply die after being shot.

Keyvalues

Name (targetname) <string>
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

Sentence Group (Sentence) <string>
[Todo]
CBaseAnimating

Studiomodel:

World Model (model) <string>
The model this entity should appear as. 128-character limit.
Skin (skin) <integer>
Some models have multiple skins. This value selects from the index, starting with 0.
Tip.pngTip:Hammer's model browser automatically updates this value if you use it to view different skins.
Model Scale (modelscale) <float> (in all games since Alien Swarm) (also in Source 2013)
A multiplier for the size of the model.
Tip.pngTip:In Hammer++ Hammer++ with a prop selected in 3D view, hold Ctrl and scroll the mouse wheel to change the modelscale in increments of 0.5. Holding Shift will scale it in smaller increments of 0.05.
Bodygroup (body / SetBodyGroup) <integer>
Some models have multiple submodels. This value selects from the index, starting with 0. May be overridden by animations and/or game code.
Note.pngNote:If both body and SetBodyGroup are present (even if set to 0), body will be prioritized.
Sequence (sequence) <integer> !FGD
Default animation sequence for the model to be playing after spawning. May be overridden by game code.
Lighting Origin (lightingorigin) <targetname>
Select an entity (not info_lighting!) from which to sample lighting instead of the entity's origin or $illumposition.

Shadow:

Disable Shadows (disableshadows) <boolean>
Prevents the entity from creating cheap render-to-texture shadows, or lightmap shadows if the entity is a prop_static. Does not affect shadow mapping.
Disable Receiving Shadows (disablereceiveshadows) <boolean>
Prevent the entity from receiving dynamic shadows on itself.
Shadow Cast Distance (shadowcastdist) <integer> !FGD
Sets how far the entity casts dynamic shadows. 0 means default distance from the shadow_control entity.
Disable Shadow Depth (disableshadowdepth) <boolean> (in all games since Portal 2)
Used to disable rendering into shadow depth (for projected textures) for this entity.
Disable flashlight (disableflashlight) <boolean> (in all games since Portal 2)
Used to disable projected texture lighting and shadows on this entity.
Projected Texture Cache (shadowdepthnocache) <integer choices> (in all games since Portal 2)
Used to hint projected texture system whether it is sufficient to cache shadow volume of this entity or to force render it every frame instead.
Choices
  • 0 : Default
  • 1 : No cache - render every frame
  • 2 : Cache it - render only once
Render in Fast Reflections (drawinfastreflection) <boolean> (in all games since Portal 2)
If enabled, this entity will render in fast water reflections (i.e. when a water material specifies $reflectonlymarkedentities) and in the world impostor pass.

Inputs

Alpha <integer>
Set Alpha Value

See Also