TE BEAMFOLLOW

A beam trail that follows a moving entity. The trail will kill itself if the entity is stopped and doesn't start moving within 1 second, or if the beam catches up with itself after the entity has stopped moving.

File:TE BEAMFOLLOW

TE_BEAMFOLLOW

void te_trail(CBaseEntity@ target, string sprite="sprites/laserbeam.spr", 
	uint8 life=100, uint8 width=2, int attachmentpoint = 0, RGBA c=RGBA_PURPLE,
	NetworkMessageDest msgType=MSG_BROADCAST, edict_t@ dest=null)
{
	NetworkMessage m(msgType, NetworkMessages::SVC_TEMPENTITY, dest);
	m.WriteByte(TE_BEAMFOLLOW);
	m.WriteShort(target.entindex() + 0x1000 * ( attachmentpoint + 1 ) );
	m.WriteShort(g_EngineFuncs.ModelIndex(sprite));
	m.WriteByte(life);
	m.WriteByte(width);
	m.WriteByte(c.r);
	m.WriteByte(c.g);
	m.WriteByte(c.b);
	m.WriteByte(c.a);
	m.End();
}

• CBaseEntity@ target Entity target for the beam to follow
• string sprite Sprite used to display the beam
• uint8 life Time before the trail fades out (seconds * 0.1)
• uint8 width Width of the beam (units * 0.1)
• int attachmentpoint attachment point on the model to attach the beam
• RGBA c Color and brightness of the beam