TE_BEAMENTS

An additive sprite beam between two moving entities.

Parameters

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 display the beam
uint8	frameStart	Starting frame for the beam sprite
uint8	frameRate	Frame rate of the beam sprite (FPS * 0.1)
uint8	life	How long to display the beam (seconds * 0.1)
uint8	width	Width of the beam (units * 0.1)
uint8	noise	Noise amplitude (units * 0.1)
Color	c	Beam color and brightness
uint8	scroll	Scroll rate of the beam sprite

API Function

No API function exists as of SC 5.02

NetworkMessage Function

void te_beaments(CBaseEntity@ start, CBaseEntity@ end, 
	string sprite="sprites/laserbeam.spr", int frameStart=0, 
	int frameRate=100, int life=10, int width=32, int noise=1, 
	Color c=PURPLE, int scroll=32,
	NetworkMessageDest msgType=MSG_BROADCAST, edict_t@ dest=null)
{
	NetworkMessage m(msgType, NetworkMessages::SVC_TEMPENTITY, dest);
	m.WriteByte(TE_BEAMENTS);
	m.WriteShort(start.entindex());
	m.WriteShort(end.entindex());
	m.WriteShort(g_EngineFuncs.ModelIndex(sprite));
	m.WriteByte(frameStart);
	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); // actually brightness
	m.WriteByte(scroll);
	m.End();
}