particle_shooter

particle_shooter #

Emits particles drawn via TriAPI (so they don’t occupy the temporary entity slots). This can be used to create a constant source of smoke/steam/etc. Designed after the Day Of Defeat entity of the same name. Shoot particles at or Shooter direction must be defined in order for this entity to work.

See also: env_smoker.

Parameters #

  • Shoot particles at [LP] - emit particles in the direction towards this position.
  • Shooter direction [LV] - emit particles in the specified direction. This option has higher preference than Shoot particles at.
  • Position to shoot from (blank = here) [LP] - use this position to emit particles from.
  • Number of Particles - number of particles to emit before deactivation. Set to the negative value to make particle_shooter emit particles indefinitely (or before the manual deactivation).
  • Delay between shots - delay between particle emissions.
  • Particle life - the life duration of a particle.
  • Particle Speed - the particle movement speed.
  • Velocity Variance - the direction variance relative to the base direction, in degrees.
  • Particle size - particle size, in units (as a side of a square).
  • Fade Speed - how fast the render amount fades. This value multiplied by 30 is substructed by the render amount, per second.
  • Scale Speed - how fast the sprite expands or shrinks. This value multiplied by 30 is added to the initial size (in units), per second. Use negative values for shrinking.

Spawnflags #

  • Repeatable - whether the particle_shooter can be activated again after it runs out of particles
  • Spiral - make the particle move in spiral.
  • Collide with world - whether particles collide with world brushes, decreasing the velocity on collision.
  • Animate - whether the particle sprites should be animated.
  • Start on - whether the entity should start emitting particles at start of the map.
  • Kill on collide - whether the particles should be removed on collision with something.

Reaction to use-type #

Starts or stops emitting particles depending on the use input. If particle_shooter has been previously deactivated before exhausting the Number of Particles value, it will emit the remaining particles.