env_smoketrail

env_smoketrail with default settings in action

Class hierarchy
SmokeTrail ↳CBaseParticleEntity ↳CBaseEntity
smoke_trail.cpp

env_smoketrail is a point entity available in all Source games. It creates a smoke trail.

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

Sprite Opacity (opacity) <float>

Opacity of the sprites (range from 0 - 1).

Spawn Rate (spawnrate) <float>

Number of particles to emit each second.

Particle Life Time (lifetime) <float>

Number of seconds until each particle dies.

Start Color (startcolor) <color255>

Starting color of the emitted particles.

End Color (endcolor) <color255>

Ending color of the emitted particles.

Emitter Life Time (emittime) <float>

Number of seconds until the env_smoketrail stops emitting particles. 0 means never stop emitting particles.

Bug:A value of 0 means it will never emit particles in . Only if the KV is deleted will it emit indefinitely.  [todo tested in?]

Minimum Random Speed (minspeed) <float>

Minimum randomly-directed speed to use for emitted particles.

Maximum Random Speed (maxspeed) <float>

Maximum randomly-directed speed to use for emitted particles.

Minimum Directed Speed (mindirectedspeed) <float>

Minimum speed along the env_smoketrail's forward direction (x axis) to use for emitted particles.

Maximum Directed Speed (maxdirectedspeed) <float>

Maximum speed along the env_smoketrail's forward direction (x axis) to use for emitted particles.

Starting particle size (startsize) <float>

Starting particle size.

Ending particle size (endsize) <float>

Ending particle size.

Spawn radius (spawnradius) <float>

Distance from env_smoketrail at which particles are emitted.

Fire Sprite (firesprite) <sprite> 

Deprecated.
Not present in code. Sprite to use for fire particles.

Smoke Puff (smokesprite) <sprite> 

Deprecated.
Not present in code. Sprite to use for smoke puffs.