GlobalLitSimple

GlobalLitSimple is a Pixel shader available in all  Source games since  Dota 2.

Todo: More documentation, and which shaders? Also it's only present in Dota 2 pre-Reborn/Source 1, used in both brush and models and alot of Dota 2 textures are using them. Confirm which parameters work and which one does not.

Basics

$basetexture <texture>

Defines an diffuse texture.

$decal <boolean>

Use this material as a decal.

$detail <texture>

Detail texturing.

$surfaceprop <string>

Links the surface to a set of physical properties.

Transparency

$alpha <float>

Scales the opacity of an entire material.

Important: Can result in alpha sorting issues if brush is flagged as detail or tied to an entity!

$alphatest <boolean>

Specifies a mask to use to determine binary opacity.

$distancealpha <boolean> (in all games since )

Vector-like edge filtering.

$nocull <boolean>

Disables backface culling.

$translucent <boolean>

Specifies that the material should be partially see-through.

Texture Organization

%keywords <boolean>

Sets a keyword filter that can be filtered in hammer for easier texture finding.

%notooltexture <boolean>

Hides the material from Hammer's texture browser.

Warning: Non-functional in  Hammer++.

%tooltexture <texture>

Used to blend texture previews in Hammer.

Effect

$nofog <boolean>

Prevents fog from overdrawing a material.