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Wurt Casting Fx

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

Overview​

wurt_casting_fx.lua defines prefabs for visual effects used during Wurt’s casting animations. It provides two helper functions — MakeFx and CreateHorrorFuelCore — to instantiate and configure lightweight FX entities with appropriate AnimState, Transform, and SoundEmitter components. These prefabs are non-persistent and automatically removed upon animation completion.

The component is not a traditional ECS component but a prefabs factory: it returns four distinct Prefab definitions for different casting variants (Pure Brilliance and Horror Fuel, for both grounded and mounted states).

Usage example​

-- Instantiate the Pure Brilliance casting effect (grounded)
local fx = Prefab("prefabs/purebrilliance_castfx", nil, assets)
local inst = fx()

-- The prefab is pre-configured with animation, tags, and callbacks
-- It automatically removes itself when the animation completes

Dependencies & tags​

Components used: transform, animstate, soundemitter, network (added via inst.entity:AddX()) Tags: Adds FX tag to all instantiated entities.

Properties​

No public properties.

Main functions​

MakeFx(data)​

  • Description: Factory function that constructs and returns a Prefab for a casting FX entity. It configures basic visual/audio setup, sets up facing mode, plays the specified animation, and registers post-initialization callbacks.
  • Parameters:
    • data.name (string) – Unique name for the resulting prefab.
    • data.anim (string) – Animation name to play on the entity.
    • data.ismount (boolean, optional) – If true, sets six-faced transform; otherwise, four-faced.
    • data.commonpostinit (function, optional) – Callback called after common init (both server and client).
    • data.clientpostinit (function, optional) – Callback called only on non-dedicated clients after anim setup.
  • Returns: A Prefab instance that, when invoked, returns an instantiated FX entity.
  • Error states: Does not fail; silent no-op on dedicated servers for clientpostinit.

CreateHorrorFuelCore(parent, data)​

  • Description: Creates a non-networked, childed FX entity used specifically for the Horror Fuel casting effect. Attached to the parent entity’s transform.
  • Parameters:
    • parent (Entity) – The parent entity to which this FX will be attached.
    • data (table) – Contains ismount (boolean) to determine animation suffix.
  • Returns: The newly created FX entity instance.
  • Error states: Does not validate parent — caller must ensure valid reference.

Events & listeners​

  • Listens to: animover – Fires on animation completion, triggers inst.Remove to destroy the entity.
  • Pushes: None.