asw_env_spark

Code classes:

• CASWEnvSpark
• CBaseEntity (all ents)

asw_env_spark is a point entity present in Alien Swarm. It's an entity like env_spark, but the effect better suits Alien Swarm's visual style. The entity makes spark effects.

Flags

• 64: Start ON

• 128: Silent

• 256: Electrical - Emits some extra sparkles

Keyvalues

Min Delay (MinDelay) <float>

Shortest possible time between sparks.

Bug: This keyvalue is linked up to the same C++ variable as Max Delay (m_flMaxDelay), meaning that changing this number will do nothing except possibly interfere with Max Delay. There is no fix except for correcting it directly in code. The number will always be 1.0.

Max Delay (MaxDelay) <float>

Longest possible time between sparks.

Percent Collide (PercentCollide) <float>

Percent of sparks that will be solid to the world. Non-solid sparks will simply travel through it.

Magnitude (Magnitude) <float>

Affects the size of the glow sprite, how many sparks are created and how long they exist.

• 25: Tiny
• 50: Small
• 100: Medium
• 200: Large
• 400: Huge

Render Color (R G B) (rendercolor) <color255>

Color channel filter to add to this entity's texture(s). Bug: Broken for brush entities.

Inputs

StartSpark

Starts the sparking effect.

StopSpark

Stops the sparking effect.

ToggleSpark

If on, turn off. If off, turn on.

SparkOnce

Sparks once.

SetMinDelay <float>

Sets Min Delay.

Bug: This input is linked up to the same C++ function as SetMaxDelay (InputSetMaxDelay), meaning that using this input will actually set Max Delay. There is no fix except for correcting this directly in code.

SetMaxDelay <float>

Sets Max Delay.

Color (Not in FGD) <color255>

Sets the Render Color (rendercolor).

Outputs

OnSpark

Never fires.