BaseLight is an internal entity and should not be used on its own.
BASE BaseLight
KeyValues
Brightness (_light) <color255> = 255 255 255 200
Color and brightness of the light.
BrightnessHDR (_lightHDR) <color255> = -1 -1 -1 1
No description provided.
BrightnessScaleHDR (_lightscaleHDR) <float> = 1
Amount to scale the light by when compiling for HDR.
Appearance (style) <choices> = Normal (0)
No description provided.
Possible Values:
| Name | Value |
| Normal | 0 |
| Fluorescent flicker | 10 |
| Slow, strong pulse | 2 |
| Slow pulse, noblack | 11 |
| Gentle pulse | 5 |
| Flicker A | 1 |
| Flicker B | 6 |
| Candle A | 3 |
| Candle B | 7 |
| Candle C | 8 |
| Fast strobe | 4 |
| Slow strobe | 9 |
| Underwater light mutation | 12 |
spawnflags (spawnflags) <flags>
No description provided.
Possible Flags:
| Name | Value | Default |
| Initially dark | 1 | ❌ |
Custom Appearance (pattern) <string>
Set a custom pattern of light brightness for this light. Pattern format is a string of characters, where 'a' is total darkness, 'z' fully bright. i.e. 'aaggnnttzz' would be a steppy fade in from dark to light.
Fade Tick Interval (fadetickinterval) <float> = 0.1
The tick interval of the light's fade, in seconds. Lower values cause a faster fade.
Cast Entity Shadows (_castentityshadow) <boolean> = No
Objects illuminated by this light will cast a directional shadow.
Entity shadow offset (_shadoworiginoffset) <vector> = 0 0 0
A world-space offset applied to the shadow origin, in units. X Y Z.
No Sprite in Cubemap (_nocubemapsprite) <boolean> = No
If set, this light will not draw a sprite during cubemap building
Inputs
TurnOn <void>
Turn the light on.
TurnOff <void>
The the light off.
Toggle <void>
Toggle the light's current state.
SetPattern <string>
Set a custom pattern of light brightness for this light. Pattern format is a string of characters, where 'a' is total darkness, 'z' fully bright. i.e. 'aaggnnttzz' would be a steppy fade in from dark to light.
FadeToPattern <string>
Fades from first value in old pattern, to first value in the new given pattern. Pattern format is a string of characters, where 'a' is total darkness, 'z' fully bright. i.e. 'aaggnnttzz' would be a steppy fade in from dark to light.