#summary List of all visual gear types

This is a list of available visual gear types, as of 0.9.23.

For a current list of the visual gear types look at `hedgewars/uTypes.pas` at

the `TVisualGearType` enumeration: https://hg.hedgewars.org/hedgewars/file/default/hedgewars/uTypes.pas#l115

== List of visual gear types ==

=== Environment ===

|| *Variable name* || *Short description* ||

|| `vgtFlake` || Theme flake ||

|| `vgtChunk` || Theme chunk (spawns when blowing up land) ||

|| `vgtCloud` || Cloud ||

|| `vgtDust` || Dust cloud (e.g. of mudball) ||

|| `vgtSplash` || Water splash ||

|| `vgtDroplet` || Water droplet ||

|| `vgtBubble` || Underwater bubble ||

|| `vgtSteam` || Steam cloud (when fire hits water) ||

|| `vgtFire` || Small decorative/harmless flame ||

|| `vgtSmoke` || Gray smoke cloud ||

|| `vgtSmokeWhite` || White smoke cloud ||

=== Explosion  ===

|| *Variable name* || *Short description* ||

|| `vgtExplosion` || Small explosion (complete animation) ||

|| `vgtBigExplosion` || Big explosion (complete animation which also makes screen shake) ||

|| `vgtExplPart` || Small explosion particle, part of explosion animation ||

|| `vgtExplPart2` || Another small explosion particle, part of explosion animation ||

|| `vgtSmokeRing` || Smoke ring, part of explosion animation ||

=== Weapons and projectiles ===

|| *Variable name* || *Short description* ||

|| `vgtNote` || Piano note ||

|| `vgtBeeTrace` || Random colored flower (bee particle) ||

|| `vgtEgg` || Broken egg shell particle ||

|| `vgtFeather` || Birdy's feather ||

|| `vgtSmokeTrace` || Strange smoke-like cloud from mortar ||

|| `vgtEvilTrace` || Strange red cloud from hellish hand-grenade ||

|| `vgtShell` || Bullet shell ||

|| `vgtBulletHit` || Bullet impact animation ||

|| `vgtStraightShot` || Shot line from firearms like Desert Eagle. Also used to render arbitrary sprites like the “+” particles for gaining health || 

=== HUD ===

|| *Variable name* || *Short description* ||

|| `vgtCircle` || Simple circle. Highly configurable! ||

|| `vgtSmallDamageTag` || Small damage tag after hog damage. Useful to display a number in the game ||

|| `vgtNoPlaceWarn` || Overlay when the placement of something failed ||

|| `vgtAmmo` || Briefly displays an ammo icon. Appears when collecting a crate ||

|| `vgtSmoothWindBar` || Changes the wind bar smoothly ||

|| `vgtHealthTag` || ??? ||

|| `vgtTeamHealthSorter` || ??? ||

|| `vgtSpeechBubble` || ??? ||

=== Misc. ===

|| *Variable name* || *Short description* ||

|| `vgtLineTrail` || ??? ||

== Detailed visual gear reference ==

== `vgtCircle` ==

A simple circle. If you set `dX`, `dY` and `FrameTicks`, the circle pulsates in opacity.

== `vgtAmmo` ==

Displays an ammo icon.