Sunflares Quick How-To

Sunflares now consist of two parts a background flare and a foreground flare.� There are also some variables associated with occlusion culling for the flares

Variables associated with each are as follows:

r_drawflares � turns on and off the display of flares

r_flare_size = specifies the size of the flare default = 3000

r_flare_fade � how quickly to fade the flare when changing visibility (not visible<->visible)

r_flare_back_size � size of flare drawn in the background

r_flare_show_occlusion � shows the occlusion sphere that is used to calculate visibility of the sun, default is 0 (off)

r_flare_occlusion_scale � scales the size of the occlusion sphere. Default = 8.0

r_flare_back � name of material (xmat) to use for background flare.� For Example, this can be specified in Radiant as flare_back with value of �1_0_sunflare_back�

If no material is specified for the r_flare_back variable, the game appends the string �_back� to the flares material that was specified in Radiant and searches for that .xmat file to use for the background flare material.� If this material is not found, the background flare defaults to using the front flares material.� If none of these materials exists, you will get a default missing texture for the sunflare.