env_laser Class Reference

About this class

Shared-Entity: Laser Emitter.

QUAKED env_laser (1 .5 0) (-8 -8 -8) (8 8 8) LASER_STARTON x x x LASER_STARTSPARKS LASER_ENDSPARKS LASER_DECAL

OVERVIEW

Controllable laser effect. More or less a stripped-down version of env_beam.

KEYS

• "targetname" : Name
• "LaserTarget" : Targetname of the entity that acts as end point for the laser.
• "damage" : Damage per second that's dealt when touching the inner laser.
• "texture" : Path to the sprite to use in place of a texture.
• "BoltWidth" : Thickness multiplier. 0-255 range.
• "NoiseAmplitude" : Amplitude multiplier. 0-255 range.
• "rendercolor" : Laser color.

SPAWNFLAGS

• LASER_STARTON (1) : Activate the laser at map start.
• LASER_STARTSPARKS (16) :Start of the laser will spark when set.
• LASER_ENDSPARKS (32) : End of the laser will spark when set.
• LASER_DECAL (64) : TODO: Presumably leaves decals when sparks hit a surface.

TRIVIA

This entity was introduced in Half-Life (1998).

Inheritance diagram for env_laser:

Public Member Functions
void	env_laser (void)
virtual void	Respawn (void)
	Server: Called when the entity first spawns or when game-logic requests the entity to return to its original spawn state.
virtual void	SpawnKey (string, string)
	This method handles entity key/value pairs on map load.
virtual void	EvaluateEntity (void)
	Run each tic after physics are run to determine if we need to send updates over the network.
virtual float	SendEntity (entity, float)
	Called by the engine whenever we need to send a client an update about this entity.
virtual void	Trigger (entity, triggermode_t)
	Called whenever we're legacy triggered by another object or function.
nonvirtual void	CastLaser (void)
virtual float	predraw (void)
virtual void	ReceiveEntity (float, float)
	Client: Handles network updates from the server for the associated entity.
virtual void	ReloadVideoResources (void)
	Client: Called when video resources need to be allocated or reloaded for the entity.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

env_laser()

void env_laser::env_laser

(

void

)

Member Function Documentation

CastLaser()

void env_laser::CastLaser

(

void

)

EvaluateEntity()

void env_laser::EvaluateEntity ( void )

virtual

Run each tic after physics are run to determine if we need to send updates over the network.

Reimplemented from ncRenderableEntity.

predraw()

float env_laser::predraw ( void )

virtual

Reimplemented from ncRenderableEntity.

ReceiveEntity()

void env_laser::ReceiveEntity ( float flNew, float flChanged )

virtual

Client: Handles network updates from the server for the associated entity.

Reimplemented from ncRenderableEntity.

ReloadVideoResources()

void env_laser::ReloadVideoResources ( void )

virtual

Client: Called when video resources need to be allocated or reloaded for the entity.

Reimplemented from ncRenderableEntity.

Respawn()

void env_laser::Respawn ( void )

virtual

Server: Called when the entity first spawns or when game-logic requests the entity to return to its original spawn state.

Reimplemented from ncRenderableEntity.

SendEntity()

float env_laser::SendEntity ( entity , float  )

virtual

Called by the engine whenever we need to send a client an update about this entity.

Reimplemented from ncRenderableEntity.

SpawnKey()

void env_laser::SpawnKey ( string keyName, string setValue )

virtual

This method handles entity key/value pairs on map load.

You can easily convert the strValue parameter using the ReadFloat etc. methods that are part of ncIO.

Reimplemented from ncRenderableEntity.

Trigger()

void env_laser::Trigger ( entity act, triggermode_t state )

virtual

Called whenever we're legacy triggered by another object or function.

Reimplemented from ncTrigger.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• src/gs-entbase/shared/env_laser.qc