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Height staff at a place
A measuring staff standing on the ground at a point of the home world, ticked and capped, with its height written beside the top.
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Added
- 23 October 2026
- Films
- Not used in a film yet
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| at (Can change over time) | vec2 | 1, -10 | -5000, -5000 to 5000, 5000 | where the staff stands: metres along the shore and inland of home’s doorCan change over time |
| height (Can change over time) | number | 2.4 | 0 to 100000 m | how tall the staff stands, in metres; give a track to make it rise with the filmCan change over time |
| limit (Can change over time) | number | 0 | 0 to 100000 m | a height the part over it turns the warning colour, in metres; 0 for noneCan change over time |
| label | text | – | – to 40 | a small word over the value, such as FLOOD or SNOW; empty for none |
| limitLabel | text | LIMIT | – to 24 | the word at the limit mark |
| unit | choice | m | m, cm, ft | the unit the ticks and the value are written in (the height itself is always metres) |
| step | number | 0 | 0 to 10000 unit | the distance between ticks in the chosen unit; 0 picks a 1-2-5 step from the height |
| decimals | integer | -1 | -1 to 4 | decimal places of the value; -1 picks them from its size |
| format | choice | grouped | grouped, plain, compact, scientific | how numbers are written: 12,500 / 12500 / 12.5k / 1.25×10⁴ |
| width | number | 0.14 | 0.02 to 3 m | how wide the staff is in the world, in metres (it never draws thinner than a hairline) |
| size | number | 0.032 | 0.025 to 0.06 | the height of the tick numbers; the value is half as large again, a share of the frame’s height |
| ink | color | #f3f0e8 | – | words, numbers, ticks and outlines |
| accent | color | #4fb8e8 | – | the live value, the fill, what is highlighted |
| font | choice | sans | sans, serif, mono | the face of the numbers and the value |
| warn | color | #ff6b4a | – | the part of the staff over the limit, its mark and its word |
| backing | number | 0.35 | 0 to 1 | how dark the strip behind the tick numbers is; 0 for none (then the words get a soft shadow) |
| reveal | number | 0.8 | 0 to 5 s | how long the staff takes to rise from the ground; 0 shows it at once |
Use it in a film
film.js
elements: { 'height-marker': { at: [1, -10], height: 2.4 } }Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.