Temp Entity Events (Half-Life 1)

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Message Types

Sets the type of message the temp entity is transmitted in.

MSG_ types that can be used for dest field in message_begin are as follows:

#define MSG_BROADCAST		0	// unreliable to all
#define MSG_ONE			1	// reliable to one (msg_entity)
#define MSG_ALL			2	// reliable to all
#define MSG_INIT		3	// write to the init string
#define MSG_PVS			4	// Ents in PVS of org
#define MSG_PAS			5	// Ents in PAS of org
#define MSG_PVS_R		6	// Reliable to PVS
#define MSG_PAS_R		7	// Reliable to PAS
#define MSG_ONE_UNRELIABLE	8	// Send to one client, but don't put in reliable stream, put in unreliable datagram (could be dropped)
#define MSG_SPEC		9	// Sends to all spectator proxies

TempEnt Events

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0: TE_BEAMPOINTS

Creates a beam between two points.

Options

Option	Range	Default	Description
Start	X Y Z (coords)	Origin of primary entity, or 0 0 0	Starting point of the beam
End	X Y Z (coords)	Origin of secondary entity, or 0 0 0	Ending point of the beam
Sprite	sprite path	"sprites/laserbeam.spr"	The sprite to use in the beam
FrameStart	0-255	0	The frame to start with in the sprite
FrameRate	0-255	0	The frame rate to show the sprite at, in 0.1s (10 = 1 fps)
Life	0-255	50	The length of time the beam shall remain, in 0.1s (50 = 5 seconds)
Width	0-255	10	The width of the beam in 0.1s
Noise	0-255	10	The noise amplitude of the beam, this controls how much the beam distorts, again in 0.1s
Color	R G B	255 255 255	The color of the beam in the RGB triplet value
Brightness	0-255	127	The brightness of the beam
Scroll	0-255	0	The scroll speed of the beam, in 0.1s (??)

Format

#define TE_BEAMPOINTS 0			// beam effect between two points

message_begin(MSG_ ,SVC_TEMPENTITY)	// message begin
write_byte(TE_BEAMPOINTS)
write_coord()	// start position
write_coord()
write_coord()
write_coord()	// end position
write_coord()
write_coord()
write_short()	// sprite index
write_byte()	// starting frame
write_byte()	// frame rate in 0.1's
write_byte()	// life in 0.1's
write_byte()	// line width in 0.1's
write_byte()	// noise amplitude in 0.01's
write_byte()	// Red
write_byte()	// Green
write_byte()	// Blue
write_byte()	// brightness
write_byte()	// scroll speed in 0.1's
message_end()

1: TE_BEAMENTPOINT

Creates a beam between the primary entity and a point.

Options

Option	Range	Default	Description
Start Entity	ID of Entity	Primary entity id	Starting point of the beam from the id's origin
End	X Y Z (coords)	Origin of secondary entity, or 0 0 0	Ending point of the beam
Sprite	sprite path	"sprites/laserbeam.spr"	The sprite to use in the beam
FrameStart	0-255	0	The frame to start with in the sprite
FrameRate	0-255	0	The frame rate to show the sprite at, in 0.1s (10 = 1 fps)
Life	0-255	50	The length of time the beam shall remain, in 0.1s (50 = 5 seconds)
Width	0-255	10	The width of the beam in 0.1s
Noise	0-255	10	The noise amplitude of the beam, this controls how much the beam distorts, again in 0.1s
Color	R G B	255 255 255	The color of the beam in the RGB triplet value
Brightness	0-255	127	The brightness of the beam
Scroll	0-255	0	The scroll speed of the beam, in 0.1s (??)

Format

#define TE_BEAMENTPOINT 1		// beam effect between point and entity

message_begin(MSG_ ,SVC_TEMPENTITY)	// message begin
write_byte(TE_BEAMENTPOINT)
write_short()	// start entity
write_coord()	// end position
write_coord()
write_coord()
write_short()	// sprite index
write_byte()	// starting frame
write_byte()	// frame rate in 0.1's
write_byte()	// life in 0.1's
write_byte()	// line width in 0.1's
write_byte()	// noise amplitude in 0.01's
write_byte()	// Red
write_byte()	// Green
write_byte()	// Blue
write_byte()	// brightness
write_byte()	// scroll speed in 0.1's
message_end()

2: TE_GUNSHOT

Creates a particle effect plus a ricochet sound.

Options

Option	Range	Default	Description
Pos	X Y Z (coords)	Origin of primary entity, or 0 0 0	Position of the gunshot effect

Format

#define TE_GUNSHOT 2			// particle effect plus ricochet sound

message_begin(MSG_ ,SVC_TEMPENTITY)	// message begin
write_byte(TE_GUNSHOT)
write_coord()	// start position
write_coord()
write_coord()
message_end()

3: TE_EXPLOSION

Creates an additive sprite, 2 dynamic lights, flickering particles, explosion sound, and moves the sprite vertically.

Options

Option	Range	Default	Description
Pos	X Y Z (coords)	Origin of primary entity, or 0 0 0	Position of the explosion effect
Sprite	sprite path	"sprites/zerogxplode.spr"	The additive sprite to use in the explosion
Scale	0-255	1	The scale of the sprite in the explosion, in 0.1s
FrameRate	0-255	0	The frame rate to show the sprite at, in 0.1s (10 = 1 fps)
Flags	0-15	0	Sets flags for the explosion, you may also add these together: 0: Default Half-Life explosion 1: Sprite will be drawn opaque 2: Do not render the dynamic lights 4: Do not play the explosion sound 8: Do not draw the particles

Format

#define TE_EXPLOSION 3			// additive sprite, 2 dynamic lights, flickering particles, explosion sound, move vertically 8 pps

message_begin(MSG_ ,SVC_TEMPENTITY)	// message begin
write_byte(TE_EXPLOSION)
write_coord()	// start position
write_coord()
write_coord()
write_short()	// sprite index
write_byte()	// scale in 0.1's
write_byte()	// framerate
write_byte()	// flags
message_end()

4: TE_TAREXPLOSION

Creates the Quake 'tar' explosion.

Options

Option	Range	Default	Description
Pos	X Y Z (coords)	Origin of primary entity, or 0 0 0	Position of the effect

Format

#define TE_TAREXPLOSION 4		// Quake1 "tarbaby" explosion with sound

message_begin(MSG_ ,SVC_TEMPENTITY)	// message begin
write_byte(TE_TAREXPLOSION)
write_coord()	// start position
write_coord()
write_coord()
message_end()

5: TE_SMOKE

Creates a rising alphablend sprite at 30 pps.

Options

Option	Range	Default	Description
Pos	X Y Z (coords)	Origin of primary entity, or 0 0 0	Position of the smoke effect
Sprite	sprite path	"sprites/steam1.spr"	The alphablend sprite to use for smoke
Scale	0-255	1	The scale of the smoke, in 0.1s
FrameRate	0-255	0	The frame rate to show the sprite at

Format

#define TE_SMOKE 5			// alphablend sprite, move vertically 30 pps

message_begin(MSG_ ,SVC_TEMPENTITY)	// message begin
write_byte(TE_SMOKE)
write_coord()	// start position
write_coord()
write_coord()
write_short()	// sprite index 
write_byte()	// scale in 0.1's 
write_byte()	// framerate 
message_end()

TO DO: Add rest of TempEnts