What is Ctype?

  • AVeryBigNurd
    3rd Sep 2019 Member 0 Permalink

     I've seen Ctype being mentioned and being a major thing in saves, but I don't understand what it is. Can someone explain?

  • Mdkar
    3rd Sep 2019 Member 0 Permalink

    It is the element put in parentheses in the HUD next to the name of the element of the particle your cursor is pointing to. For example, SPRK (METL) means the particle is a spark with ctype metal. Ctype is used by the game to store information about a particle. For example the Ctype of lava determines what it will freeze into and ctypes of snow and ice determine what they will melt into. Many other elements use Ctype for different things. Using console commands or the prop tool you can modify this property to get interesting results. Life, tmp, and tmp2 are also used to store different data, and people manipulate them to do interesting things.

  • AVeryBigNurd
    3rd Sep 2019 Member 0 Permalink

    Ok, thanks! You've cleared up a lot for me.

  • olDox222
    21st Nov 2020 Member 0 Permalink

    very good

     
  • Linkram
    23rd Nov 2020 Member 0 Permalink

    Necro

  • oioioioioi
    18th Feb 2021 Member 0 Permalink

    exampl:LAVA with a ctype of iron will freeze into iron