Outerbeast at 11:33, 16 April 2025

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	A circular beam drawn between two moving entities. Unlike the other circular beam effects, this one can be rotated to different orientations.		A circular beam drawn between two moving entities. Unlike the other circular beam effects, this one can be rotated to different orientations.
	[[File:TE BEAMRING.gif\|frame\|TE_BEAMRING]]		[[File:TE BEAMRING.gif\|frame\|TE_BEAMRING]]
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	void te_beamring(CBaseEntity@ start, CBaseEntity@ end,		void te_beamring(CBaseEntity@ start, CBaseEntity@ end,
	string sprite="sprites/laserbeam.spr", uint8 startFrame=0,		string sprite="sprites/laserbeam.spr", uint8 startFrame=0,

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A circular beam drawn between two moving entities. Unlike the other circular beam effects, this one can be rotated to different orientations.
[[File:TE BEAMRING.gif|frame|TE_BEAMRING]]
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void te_beamring(CBaseEntity@ start, CBaseEntity@ end,
string sprite="sprites/laserbeam.spr", uint8 startFrame=0,
uint8 frameRate=16, uint8 life=8, uint8 width=8, uint8 noise=0,
Color c=PURPLE, uint8 scrollSpeed=0,
NetworkMessageDest msgType=MSG_BROADCAST, edict_t@ dest=null)
{
NetworkMessage m(msgType, NetworkMessages::SVC_TEMPENTITY, dest);
m.WriteByte(TE_BEAMRING);
m.WriteShort(start.entindex());
m.WriteShort(end.entindex());
m.WriteShort(g_EngineFuncs.ModelIndex(sprite));
m.WriteByte(startFrame);
m.WriteByte(frameRate);
m.WriteByte(life);
m.WriteByte(width);
m.WriteByte(noise);
m.WriteByte(c.r);
m.WriteByte(c.g);
m.WriteByte(c.b);
m.WriteByte(c.a);
m.WriteByte(scrollSpeed);
m.End();
}
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{| class="wikitable" style="vertical-align:middle;"
|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"
! Type
! Name
! Description
|-
| CBaseEntity@
| start
| Entity target for the beam to follow (start)
|-
| CBaseEntity@
| end
| Entity target for the beam to follow (end)
|-
| string
| sprite
| Sprite used to draw the beam
|-
| uint8
| startFrame
| Starting frame for the beam sprite
|-
| uint8
| frameRate
| Frame rate of the beam sprite (FPS * 0.1)
|-
| uint8
| life
| Time to display the beam (seconds * 0.1)
|-
| uint8
| width
| Width of the beam / height of the torus
|-
| uint8
| noise
| Noise amplitude of the beam (units * 0.1)
|-
| Color
| c
| Color of the beam sprite
|-
| uint8
| scrollSpeed
| Scroll speed of the beam sprite
|}
[[Category:Scripting]]

TE BEAMRING - Revision history

Outerbeast at 11:33, 16 April 2025

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