3.1.4.3 Special Effects

These commands exercise various features and are useful for gaining experience with what Crystal Space is capable of.

They are listed alphabetically except where it makes more sense to group them together.

addbot value

Add a bot at specified distance. This is a sprite that moves randomly through the map.

delbot

Delete the most recently added bot.

explosion name

Add a particle system simulating an explosion. The parameter for this command is the texture to use for the particles.

fire [SPACE]

Fire a missile in the direction that you are looking. The missile will explode when it hits a wall. The missile is a moving light and a particle system.

fountain name, num

Add a particle system simulating a fountain. The two parameter for this command are the texture to use for the particles and the number of particles. The default number of particles is 400.

flame name, num

Add a particle system simulating a fire. The two parameter for this command are the texture to use for the particles and the number of particles. The default number of particles is 200.

lightning Boolean [Control-L]

If this is set, simulated lightning will flash randomly.

portal name

Create a new region with the given name and load the same named level into that region. Then create a portal on the spot you are standing to the start position of the new level and back.

rain texture, num, speed

frain texture, num, speed

Add a particle system simulating rain. The three parameter for this command are the texture to use for the particles (`raindrop.png' is good and is also the default), the number of particles and the speed (in meter per second). The default number of particles is 500 and the default speed is 2. All parameters are optional. Frain is as rain, but last parameter to `add_particles_rain' is true, not false

snow name, num, speed

Add a particle system simulating snow. The three parameter for this command are the texture to use for the particles (`snow.png' is good and is also the default), the number of particles and the speed (in meter per second). The default number of particles is 500 and the default speed is 0.3. All parameters are optional.

spiral name

Add a particle system simulating an spiral. The parameter for this command is the texture to use for the particles. Experimental.

fs_inter amount,length [F4]

Toggle a fullscreen interference mode.

fs_fadeout [F5]

Cause a full image fadout, to the colour specified by fs_fadecol.

fs_fadecol r,g,b

Set fadeout colour. Default is red.

fs_fadetxt name [F6]

Set fadeout texture to name of material, which must be one already loaded. (use `spark' for a good example).

fs_red

fs_green

fs_blue

fs_whiteout

Toggle a full image fadeout to red, green, blue or white.

fs_shadevert tr,tb,tg,br,bb,bg

Toggle a fullscreen shading effect which is added to the 3D view using add-blending-mode. The parameters are (r,g,b) for the top and (r,g,b) for the bottom of the screen. Default is red to blue.

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