Better Flashlight

A simple script to enhance the HL2 flashlight, in third person the flashlight will always come from the player's view instead of the player model's hand, gives players the ability to choose a custom color and texture for it, and some more

For Developers

This addon overrides the behavior of the default flashlight, but I made sure you can still check for the player's flashlight.

Instead of using Player:FlashlightIsOn() you can use Player:GetNWBool("FlashlightIsOn"), Player:FlashlightIsOn() will always return false if the user is using this addon

The addon respects the Player:CanUseFlashlight() property and runs the PlayerSwitchFlashlight event to check if the player can switch it's flashlight on or off.

As for sound, it does not use or add a custom sound, it uses the default HL2 soundscript "HL2Player.FlashLightOn" and "HL2Player.FlashLightOff", so basic sound replacements should work.

Client ConVars

Name	Default	Purpose
cl_betterflashlight_local_player_only_shadows	1	If set to 1, only your flashlight will cast shadows
cl_betterflashlight_local_player_only_hl2_style	0	If set to 1, only your flashlight will "pullback" when too close to a wall or object, ignoring other players settings
cl_betterflashlight_glow	1	If set to 1, player flashlights will emit a glow when looked at
cl_betterflashlight_beam	1	If set to 1, player flashlights will emit a visible beam
cl_betterflashlight_beam_alpha	100	The transparency of the beam of a player flashlight
cl_betterflashlight_config_r	255	Your flashlight's color. Red component
cl_betterflashlight_config_g	255	Your flashlight's color. Green component
cl_betterflashlight_config_b	255	Your flashlight's color. Blue component
cl_betterflashlight_config_a	255	Your flashlight's color. Alpha component. NOT USED.
cl_betterflashlight_config_near_z	96	Your flashlight's extra near-z distance, this will try to avoid casting your own shadow
cl_betterflashlight_config_far_z	96	Your flashlight's far-z distance, this is how far it reaches before fading away
cl_betterflashlight_config_angle_lerp	0	Your flashlight's smooth turning factor, 0 is disabled
cl_betterflashlight_config_fov	60	Your flashlight's field-of-view
cl_betterflashlight_config_texture	"effects/flashlight001"	Your flashlight's texture.
cl_betterflashlight_bone_id	""	The ID of the bone where the visual glow and beam will originate from, if it exists in the player-model.
cl_betterflashlight_config_hl2_style	1	Your flashlight's HL2-style setting.

Server ConVars

Name	Default	Purpose
sv_betterflashlight_override_default	1	Enable or disable overriding the default flashlight
sv_betterflashlight_follow_viewpunch	1	If set to 1, player flashlights will follow their viewpunch
sv_betterflashlight_disable_in_vehicle	0	Not recommended, buggy. If set to 1, flashlight is always off when in a vehicle
sv_betterflashlight_disable_in_vehicle_only_driver	1	Works with setting above, the restriction will only apply if you are the driver of the vehicle