Render.DrawBeam limit?

[IceBreaker88]

Is there some kind of limit on [b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Render.DrawBeam]Render.DrawBeam [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b]?

I'm writing some SEnts that use multiples Beams, and it seems to start breaking after about 10 are on screen.

The SEnt is a laser grid, each beam utilizing a Trace to kill the player on touch (For an obstical course gamemode).

Here's whats going on...
[T]http://uploadingit.com/file/axmlzuj8dngtuakw/sent_trace_errors.png[/T]

[Wizard of Ass]

Doing traces in rendering hooks CAN give very weird results.

[Zeh Matt]

Maybe its better to use at this point [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Util.TraceHull]util.TraceHull[/url] and give its maximum height/width instead of multiple lines.

[IceBreaker88]

[QUOTE=Wizard of Ass;34031053]Doing traces in rendering hooks CAN give very weird results.[/QUOTE]

I'm not calling the traces on the client end, i'm doing so on the server under the Think() function.

I store the start and end vectors in a couple NWVec's (which may be a bad practice, sorry) on the SEnt, then access them on the client side code (GetNWVector) to draw the beam.

I figure its a limitation of either the render library, Source, or Garry's Mod. In that case, "damn."

That or i'm doing something way wrong which is always a possibility.

[editline]4th January 2012[/editline]

Code-

Server:
[LUA]function ENT:Think()

for i=1,5,1 do
local pos = self:GetPos() - (self:GetForward() * 2) + Vector( 0, 0, self:CalculateBeamPosition(i * 0.25) + 75 )
local ang = self:GetRight() * -1
local trace = {}
trace.start = pos
trace.endpos = pos+(ang*self.Data.TraceDistance)
trace.filter = self

local tr = util.TraceLine(trace)
if (tr.HitNonWorld && tr.Entity:IsPlayer()) then
self:HurtPlayer(tr.Entity)
end

self:SetNetworkedVector("BeamDrawStart"..i, tr.StartPos)
self:SetNetworkedVector("BeamDrawEnd"..i, tr.HitPos)
end

self:NextThink( CurTime() + 0.001 )
return true

end

function ENT:CalculateBeamPosition( offset )

local A = 75
local W = 1
local O = offset

return A * math.sin(W * CurTime() - O)

end[/LUA]

Client:
[LUA]function ENT:Draw()

self:DrawModel()

render.SetMaterial( Material( "trails/laser" ) )
render.DrawBeam( self:GetNetworkedVector("BeamDrawStart1"), self:GetNetworkedVector("BeamDrawEnd1"), 10, 1, 1, Color(110, 255, 255, 200) )
render.DrawBeam( self:GetNetworkedVector("BeamDrawStart2"), self:GetNetworkedVector("BeamDrawEnd2"), 10, 1, 1, Color(110, 255, 255, 200) )
render.DrawBeam( self:GetNetworkedVector("BeamDrawStart3"), self:GetNetworkedVector("BeamDrawEnd3"), 10, 1, 1, Color(110, 255, 255, 200) )
render.DrawBeam( self:GetNetworkedVector("BeamDrawStart4"), self:GetNetworkedVector("BeamDrawEnd4"), 10, 1, 1, Color(110, 255, 255, 200) )
render.DrawBeam( self:GetNetworkedVector("BeamDrawStart5"), self:GetNetworkedVector("BeamDrawEnd5"), 10, 1, 1, Color(110, 255, 255, 200) )
end[/LUA]

[editline]4th January 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=Zeh Matt;34031235]Maybe its better to use at this point [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Util.TraceHull]util.TraceHull[/url] and give its maximum height/width instead of multiple lines.[/QUOTE]

I would like to keep this functionality:

[T]http://uploadingit.com/file/gfdkllaa7rvqzcy0/sent_laser_block.png[/T]

Doing a single trace for all beams would stop them all short.

Besides that, performance doesn't seem to be an issue, I've had multiples of the sent running with no performance hit.
I haven't tested it on my dedi server yet, though.