<function name="GetWindSpeed" parent="game" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Returns the wind's velocity of the global or local [env_wind](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Env_wind)(-s) at the current time (<page>Global.CurTime</page>). Returns the wind's velocity at a given position, as influenced by current maps [env_wind](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Env_wind) entities. </description> <added>2026.01.17</added> <realm>Shared</realm> <rets> <ret name="windVelocity" type="Vector">The current wind direction multiplied by the current total wind speed.</ret> </rets> <args> <arg name="pos" type="Vector" default="nil"> The point to get it at. If specified, wind controllers with `windradius` above `-1` will be taken into account. If omitted, only the global controller should be used (if one exists). <note>Unfortunately bears no effect on `CLIENT` yet because the `env_wind` position is non-networked.</note> The point to get wind speed at. ⤶ If specified, wind controllers with `windradius` other than `-1` will be taken into account, if the point is within their radius. If omitted, only the global wind controller will be used (if one exists). <note>Does not work correctly on `CLIENT` yet because the `env_wind` position is not networked to clients.</note> </arg> </args> </function> <example> <description>Visualization of the current wind's vector:</description> <code> local color_blue = Color( 175, 219, 245 ) hook.Add( "PostDrawTranslucentRenderables", "VisualizeWindVector", function() local pos = LocalPlayer():EyePos() + LocalPlayer():EyeAngles():Forward() * 100 render.DrawLine( pos, pos + game.GetWindSpeed( pos ), color_blue ) end ) </code> </example>