Add entity render color and material override streaming #39

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kit merged 1 commit from feature/11-entity-render-color into dev

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Summary

Stream entity render color (RGBA) as 4 bytes in the binary snapshot protocol, applied multiplicatively in the uber-shader via entityColor uniform
Stream Entity:SetMaterial() and Entity:SetSubMaterial() overrides via JSON text messages, using Lua metatable hooks to capture changes without per-frame polling
Startup sweep on webstream.Start() captures pre-existing material overrides
Client stores original materials and applies/restores overrides per-entity, with deferred application when models load after the override arrives
Entity panel shows active material overrides
Also adds half-lambert lighting, $nofog, $normalmapalphaenvmapmask, improved envmap masking/fresnel, and several new shader types (patch, worldvertexalpha, treeleaf, decal, etc.)

Test plan

Entity render color tints visible in web client
Entity:SetMaterial("path") override appears on web client
Entity:SetMaterial("") restores original material
Material override messages visible in network panel
Entity panel shows override info when present

Closes #11

## Summary - Stream entity render color (RGBA) as 4 bytes in the binary snapshot protocol, applied multiplicatively in the uber-shader via `entityColor` uniform - Stream `Entity:SetMaterial()` and `Entity:SetSubMaterial()` overrides via JSON text messages, using Lua metatable hooks to capture changes without per-frame polling - Startup sweep on `webstream.Start()` captures pre-existing material overrides - Client stores original materials and applies/restores overrides per-entity, with deferred application when models load after the override arrives - Entity panel shows active material overrides - Also adds half-lambert lighting, `$nofog`, `$normalmapalphaenvmapmask`, improved envmap masking/fresnel, and several new shader types (patch, worldvertexalpha, treeleaf, decal, etc.) ## Test plan - [x] Entity render color tints visible in web client - [x] `Entity:SetMaterial("path")` override appears on web client - [x] `Entity:SetMaterial("")` restores original material - [x] Material override messages visible in network panel - [x] Entity panel shows override info when present Closes #11

kit added 1 commit

2026-03-19 13:25:02 +00:00

Add entity render color and material override streaming 91a3101324

Stream Entity:SetColor (render color) as RGBA bytes in the binary
snapshot protocol, and Entity:SetMaterial/SetSubMaterial overrides
via JSON text messages. Render color is applied multiplicatively in
the shader. Material overrides use Lua metatable hooks to capture
changes as they happen, with a startup sweep for pre-existing
overrides. The client stores original materials and applies/restores
overrides per-entity, including deferred application when models
load after the override arrives.

Also adds half-lambert lighting, $nofog, $normalmapalphaenvmapmask,
improved envmap masking/fresnel, and several new shader types
(patch, worldvertexalpha, treeleaf, decal, etc).

Closes #11

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>