Acidsmoke Fx

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-04

Overview

acidsmoke_fx is a client-side visual effect (FX) prefab that displays looping idle smoke animations. It is automatically spawned to render acid-related smoke visuals in the world and uses the animover event to schedule cyclic animation transitions with randomized delays. The entity is not persisted to disk and runs only on the master simulation (server), but its visual state is synchronized to clients.

Usage example

-- Example: Spawning the smoke effect at a position with a specific animation level
local inst = SpawnPrefab("acidsmoke_fx")
inst.Transform:SetPosition(x, y, z)
if TheWorld.ismastersim and inst.components.acidsmoke_fx then
    inst.components.acidsmoke_fx.SetLevel(inst, 2)
end

Dependencies & tags

Components used: None identified. Tags: Adds FX tag.

Properties

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
_anim	string	"idle_1"	The currently selected animation string (e.g., "idle_1"). Internal use only.

Main functions

SetLevel(inst, level)

• Description: Sets the animation bank to use based on the provided level. Prepares inst._anim to "idle_"..level.
• Parameters: inst (entity), level (number) — identifies which idle animation sequence to use.
• Returns: Nothing.

PlayAnim(inst)

• Description: Plays the animation currently stored in inst._anim.
• Parameters: inst (entity).
• Returns: Nothing.

OnAnimOver(inst)

• Description: Schedules the next PlayAnim call after a random delay between 5 and 8 seconds.
• Parameters: inst (entity).
• Returns: Nothing.

Events & listeners

• Listens to: animover — triggers OnAnimOver to restart the loop with a new random delay after the current animation completes.