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<function name="RenderFlashlights" parent="render" type="libraryfunc">⤶ <description>Renders additive flashlights on an <page>IMesh</page>, a direct replacement for [render.PushFlashlightMode]().</description>⤶ <realm>Client</realm>⤶ <added>2023.06.21</added>⤶ <args>⤶ <arg name="renderFunc" type="function">The function that renders the <page>IMesh</page>, or a model.</arg>⤶ </args>⤶ </function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Shows an example usage of this function.</description>⤶ <code>⤶ function ENT:CreateMesh()⤶ -- Destroy any previous meshes⤶ if ( self.Mesh ) then self.Mesh:Destroy() end⤶ ⤶ -- Get a list of all meshes of a model⤶ local visualMeshes = util.GetModelMeshes( "models/combine_helicopter/helicopter_bomb01.mdl" )⤶ ⤶ -- Check if the model even exists⤶ if ( !visualMeshes ) then return end⤶ ⤶ -- Select the first mesh⤶ local visualMesh = visualMeshes[ 1 ]⤶ ⤶ -- Set the material to draw the mesh with from the model data⤶ self.myMaterial = Material( visualMesh.material )⤶ ⤶ -- You can apply any changes to visualMesh.trianges table here, distorting the mesh⤶ -- or any other changes you can come up with⤶ ⤶ -- Create and build the mesh⤶ self.Mesh = Mesh( visualMesh.material )⤶ self.Mesh:BuildFromTriangles( visualMesh.triangles )⤶ end⤶ ⤶ function ENT:DrawModelOrMesh()⤶ -- Move the mesh to the entity's position for upcoming drawing operation⤶ cam.PushModelMatrix( self:GetWorldTransformMatrix() )⤶ ⤶ -- The material to render our mesh with⤶ render.SetMaterial( self.myMaterial )⤶ ⤶ -- Draw our mesh⤶ self.Mesh:Draw()⤶ ⤶ -- Undo the cam.PushModelMatrix call above⤶ cam.PopModelMatrix()⤶ end⤶ ⤶ function ENT:Draw()⤶ ⤶ ⤶ if ( !self.Mesh ) then return self:CreateMesh() end⤶ ⤶ ⤶ -- Draw the mesh normally⤶ self:DrawModelOrMesh()⤶ ⤶ -- Draw the additive flashlight layers⤶ render.RenderFlashlights( function() self:DrawModelOrMesh() end )⤶ ⤶ end⤶ </code>⤶ </example>

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