$selfillum

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The $selfillum(en) VMT command(en) makes a material glow in the dark. Shaders commonly support this effect.

The effect is masked by default by the alpha channel(en) of $basetexture(en), but there are other options (see below). Wherever the mask is located, white areas are self-illuminated while black areas are not.

VMT syntax example

$selfillum <bool(en)>

LightmappedGeneric(en)
{
    $basetexture(en) props/tvscreen005a
    $selfillum 1
    $surfaceprop(en) glass
}

Additional parameters

$selfillumtint <RGB(en) matrix>

Adjusts the colour of the self-illumination effect. Default value is "[1 1 1]".

$selfillummask <texture>

A dedicated mask texture for the effect. Might not work in Ep1.

$selfillum_envmapmask_alpha <bool(en)>

Has the material derive its self-illumination mask from the alpha channel of the $envmapmask(en). Requires DirectX 9.