_firesmoke
 Class hierarchy
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| CFireSmoke |
| fire_smoke.cpp
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_firesmoke is a point entity available in all 
Source games. This is the group of particle effects created by an env_fire, including the flames. It does no damage. The entity is not intended to be used directly, so it lacks the keyvalues from env_fire used to configure the flame, as these parameters are normally set through code. It is otherwise functional on its own, though.
If a fire shouldn't damage things, or is unable to, this entity could be used directly to save an edict (as normally this plus the source env_fire would be 2). That being said, an info_particle_system set to display the corresponding env_fire particles may be a better alternative to this, as it allows choosing the size of the fire and toggling it, although this will not respect the classic effects setting in 
Half-Life 2.
Important:Since 
, this entity does not precache the fire assets on its own, so it won't be visible unless at least one env_fire exists elsewhere in the map. The fire sprites are properly precached in 
and 
. 
The modern particle-based fire effects, used in current versions of most games.
The classic sprite-based fire effects, used prior to
Source 2007 and in modern HL2 if the "classic effects" setting is enabled.
Keyvalues
- Name (targetname) <string>
- The name that other entities refer to this entity by, via Inputs/Outputs or other keyvalues (e.g.
parentnameortarget).
Also displayed in Hammer's 2D views and Entity Report.See also: Generic Keyvalues, Inputs and Outputs available to all entities
FGD Code
_firesmoke point class. In-editor sprite is based upon "classic" (pre-Orange Box) flame effect.