TE_BEAMRING

A circular beam drawn between two moving entities. Unlike the other circular beam effects, this one can be rotated to different orientations.

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 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

NetworkMessage Function

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();
}