Effect::GetEffectListIndex

Defined in: C4Effects.h

Returns the effect list index.

Prototype

unsigned long GetEffectListIndex(void) const;

Description

The GetEffectListIndex function returns the index of the render list in which the effect is placed when it is visible. The list index can be one of the following values.

`kEffectListLight`	Fully lit effects. These are rendered during the ambient pass and lighting passes.
`kEffectListOpaque`	Opaque effects. These are rendered after the final lighting pass and before any transparent effects.
`kEffectListTransparent`	Transparent effects. These are rendered after all opaque effects and are sorted back to front.
`kEffectListFrontmost`	Frontmost effects. These are render after all transparent effects and are not sorted.
`kEffectListOcclusion`	Occlusion queries. These are rendered after the ambient pass and before the first lighting pass.
`kEffectListDistortion`	Distortion effects. These are rendered into the distortion buffer for post-processing.

By default, an effect is placed in the kEffectListTransparent list, but some effect subclasses change this value.