CSteamJet

Normal particles (left) vs. heat wave particles (right)

Code classes:

CSteamJet is a code class in all Source games. It is used to create a jet of steam, or heat wave distortion.

Classnames:

The entity appears as a cone in Hammer. The shape indicates the direction the emitter throws the particles.

Bug: In , Color is always white when the map is compiled with VRAD.

Flags[edit | edit source]

1: Emissive - Uses the color value specified in Color. If not checked, color is automatically set to a dark grey. The steam color will also be affected by the lighting at the entity origin in both cases.

Initial State (InitialState) <choices>

Should the entity start emitting immediately?

Particle Type (Type) <choices>

Steam effect type. See image above.

Spread Speed (SpreadSpeed) <integer>: The amount of random spread in the particle direction after they spawn.
Speed (Speed) <integer>: The default speed at which the particles move after they spawn.
Particle start size (StartSize) <integer>: The initial size of the particles after they spawn.
Particle end size (EndSize) <integer>: The size of the particles at the point at which they are removed. To do: Really? Something isn't right, because increasing Length of steam jet allows the sprites to grow even bigger.
Emission rate (Rate) <integer>: The rate of particle emission. i.e. particles per second.
Length of steam jet (JetLength) <integer>: How far to shoot out particles. The length of the jet determines the lifetime of each particle.; Bug: Long jets of steam may suddenly disappear when the entity origin is not in the player's view.
How fast does the particles spin (RollSpeed) <float>: Particle roll speed.
Color (R G B) (rendercolor) <color255>: Steam color, only used if Emissive flag is set.
Translucency (renderamt) <integer>: How see-through the smoke is.
Start Sound (StartNoise) <sound> (only available in ): Sound to play when starting emission.