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Torchfire Spooky

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-07

Overview​

torchfire_spooky is a specialized fire effect prefab that extends the base torchfire_common implementation with a unique visual style—primarily through custom smoke particle behavior. It defines envelope-based color and scale animation for smoke particles, and sets up a VFX effect emitter system for rendering spooky smoke using a specific shader and texture. This prefab is used for decorative atmospheric effects (e.g., haunted or magical lighting), and only initializes VFX on non-dedicated clients.

Usage example​

local inst = CreateEntity()
inst:AddTag("torchfire")
inst:AddTag("torch")
inst:AddComponent("torch")
inst:AddComponent("light")
-- The torchfire_spooky logic is applied during prefab creation in the engine
-- This component is not manually added to entities, but instantiated via the returned prefab definition.

Dependencies & tags​

Components used: None directly; this is a prefab (not a component) that calls into MakeTorchFire. Tags: Adds torchfire, torch (inherited via MakeTorchFire call). External assets used: fx/smoke.tex, shaders/vfx_particle.ksh.

Properties​

No public properties.

Main functions​

Not applicable. This file returns a prefab definition constructed by MakeTorchFire. It defines internal helper functions for effect initialization but no public API methods.

Events & listeners​

Not applicable.