<function name="DepthRange" parent="render" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Set's the depth range of the upcoming render.</description> <realm>Client</realm> <args> <arg name="depthmin" type="number">The minimum depth of the upcoming render. 0.0 = render normally; 1.0 = render nothing</arg> <arg name="depthmax" type="number">The maximum depth of the upcoming render. 0.0 = render everything (through walls); 1.0 = render normally</arg> </args> </function> <example> <description>Perform a downward screen wipe effect on all opaque objects once the client connects.</description> <code> local depthmin = 1.0 function GM:PreDrawOpaqueRenderables(bDrawingDepth, bDrawingSkybox) render.DepthRange(depthmin, 1.0) if(depthmin > 0.0) then depthmin = depthmin - 0.001 end end </code> </example> <example> <description>Same effect as above but with a dark shadow skin present where the model is being drawn.</description> <code> local depthmin = 1.0 local spawn_copies = {} -- The shadow copies function GM:PreDrawOpaqueRenderables(bDrawingDepth, bDrawingSkybox) render.DepthRange(depthmin, 1.0) if(!spawn_copies) then return false end if(depthmin > 0.0) then depthmin = depthmin - 0.001 else local alpha = 0 local valid_copies = 0 -- Fade out the shadow copies and remove them for _, spawncopy in pairs(spawn_copies) do if(IsValid(spawncopy)) then alpha = spawncopy:GetColor().a if(alpha > 0) then spawncopy:SetColor(Color(255, 255, 255, alpha-1)) else spawncopy:Remove() end valid_copies = valid_copies + 1 end end -- Nullify table since we aren't using it any more if(valid_copies == 0) then spawn_copies = nil end end end function GM:OnEntityCreated(ent) if(!spawn_copies) then return end -- Prevents infinite loop and other errors if(ent:GetClass() != "class C_BaseFlex" && ent:GetRenderGroup() == RENDERGROUP_OPAQUE && ent:GetClass() != "gmod_hands") then local mdl = ent:GetModel() -- Check that the entity is a model and not a brush if(mdl && string.find(mdl, ".mdl")) then local spawncopy = ClientsideModel(mdl) -- A material with $ignorez set to 1 works best here spawncopy:SetMaterial("models/overlay_rendertarget") spawncopy:AddEffects(EF_BONEMERGE) spawncopy:SetParent(ent) spawncopy:SetRenderMode(RENDERMODE_TRANSALPHA) spawncopy:SetColor(Color(255, 255, 255, 92)) table.insert(spawn_copies, spawncopy) end end end </code> <output><image src="DepthRange_example.webm"/></output>⤶ <output><upload src="DepthRange_example.webm" name="Example" /></output>⤶ </example>