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The light volume tag creates dense lines of glow particles, commonly used as a projectile widget for plasma bolts and rocket exhaust. It is also used for the marine's flashlight.

Structure and fields

FieldTypeComments
attachment markerTagString
flagsbitfield
FlagMaskComments
interpolate color in hsv0x1
more colors0x2
near fade distancefloat
  • Unit: world units
far fade distancefloat
  • Unit: world units
perpendicular brightness scalefloat
  • Min: 0
  • Max: 1
  • Default: 1
parallel brightness scalefloat
  • Min: 0
  • Max: 1
  • Default: 1
brightness scale sourceenum
OptionValueComments
none0x0
a out0x1
b out0x2
c out0x3
d out0x4
mapTagDependency: bitmap
sequence indexuint16
countuint16
frame animation sourceenum?
framesBlock
  • HEK max count: 2
FieldTypeComments
offset from markerfloat
  • Unit: world units
offset exponentfloat
  • Default: 1
lengthfloat
  • Unit: world units
radius hitherfloat
  • Unit: world units
radius yonfloat
  • Unit: world units
radius exponentfloat
  • Default: 1
tint color hitherColorARGB
FieldTypeComments
alphafloat
redfloat
greenfloat
bluefloat
tint color yonColorARGB?
tint color exponentfloat
  • Default: 1
brightness exponentfloat
  • Default: 1

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the following individuals for their research or contributions to this topic:

  • Kavawuvi (Invader tag definitions)
  • MosesOfEgypt (Tag structure research)