Material Types

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Todo: What's the difference between this and material surface properties? This seems to be a leftover from materials.txt.

Bullet impacts on the car.

Material types are bullet impacts. To make a material use a particular material type, editscripts/surfaceproperties.txt (or scripts/surfaceproperties_mod.txt) file and set "gamematerial" to a string containing the letter shown below. For example, to make something metal:

"custom_surface"
{
	// ...

	"gamematerial"	"M"
}

Code:To add or change material types do the following:

• Find code file decals.h (found in \server\decals.h).
• To add, place #define CHAR_TEX_CUSTOMNAME '2' (any character).
• To change, find CHAR_TEX_UNUSED (or used) change it to CHAR_TEX_CUSTOMNAME 'R' (any character).
• Don't forget to modify the s_pImpactEffect array in fx_impact.cpp (found in \client\fx_impact.cpp).

List of Material Types

Half-Life 2

Material Type	Character	Description
ANTLION	A
BLOODYFLESH	B
CONCRETE	C
DIRT	D
FLESH	F
GRATE	G
ALIENFLESH	H
CLIP	I
PLASTIC	L
METAL	M
SAND	N
FOLIAGE	O
COMPUTER	P
SLOSH	S
TILE	T
VENT	V
WOOD	W
GLASS	Y

Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Material Type	Character	Description
EGGSHELL	E	The egg sacs in the tunnels.
WARPSHIELD	Z	Wierd-looking jello effect for advisor shield.

NoteWARPSHIELD uses a non-existent impact effect.

Fix:Create particle system warp_shield_impact and saved it as new_impact.pcf file.

Alien Swarm

Material Type	Character	Description
GRASS	J
MUD	K
LEAVES	O	Renamed from FOLIAGE
ASPHALT	Q
BRICK	R
CARDBOARD	U
FAKE	X	"Fake" materials use this (ladders, wading, clips, etc).
CLAY	1
PLASTER	2
ROCK	3
RUBBER	4
SHEETROCK	5
CLOTH	6
CARPET	7
PAPER	8
UPHOLSTERY	9
PUDDLE	10
STEAM_PIPE	11

See Also

• Material surface properties