int CCitadelEnergyCore::ShouldTransmit( const CCheckTransmitInfo *pInfo )
{
CBaseViewModel *pViewModel = IsViewModelMoveParent( this );
if ( pViewModel )
{
return pViewModel->ShouldTransmit( pInfo );
}
return BaseClass::ShouldTransmit( pInfo );
}
int CSprite::ShouldTransmit( const CCheckTransmitInfo *pInfo )
{
// Certain entities like sprites and ropes are strewn throughout the level and they rarely change.
// For these entities, it's more efficient to transmit them once and then always leave them on
// the client. Otherwise, the server will have to send big bursts of data with the entity states
// as they come in and out of the PVS.
if ( GetMoveParent() )
{
CBaseViewModel *pViewModel = ToBaseViewModel( GetMoveParent() );
if ( pViewModel )
{
return pViewModel->ShouldTransmit( pInfo );
}
}
return FL_EDICT_ALWAYS;
}