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 in message_begin are listed below:

#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 RBG 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