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local rt = GetRenderTarget("rt", w, h)
local mat = CreateMaterial("mat", "VertexLitGeneric", {
    ["$basetexture"] = rt:GetName(),
    ["$vertexcolor"] = "1",
    ["$translucent"] = "1",
})

render.PushRenderTarget(rt, 0, 0, w, h)
    cam.Start2D()
        render.Clear(0, 0, 0, 0, true, true)
        draw.SimpleText("text", "fnt", w/2, h/2, color_white, TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER, TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER)
    cam.End2D()
render.PopRenderTarget()

ENT.Material = mat

-- snipped some ent code

function ENT:GetRenderMesh()
    local mx = Matrix()
    mx:Rotate(Angle(0, 0, -90))

    return {Mesh = self.Mesh, Material = self.Material, Matrix = mx}
end

function ENT:CreateMesh()
    self.Mesh = Mesh(self.Material)

    local scale = self.Mins:Distance(self.Maxs)

    -- reference points
    local points = {
        {pos = Vector(-scale/2, -scale/2, 0), u = 0, v = 1}, -- top left
        {pos = Vector(-scale/2, scale/2, 0), u = 0, v = 0}, -- top right
        {pos = Vector(scale/2, scale/2, 0), u = 1, v = 0}, -- bottom right
        {pos = Vector(scale/2, -scale/2, 0), u = 1, v = 1}, -- bottom left
    }

    local tris = {
        points[1], points[2], points[3],
        points[3], points[4], points[1],
    }

    for k, v in ipairs(points) do
        debugoverlay.Text(self:LocalToWorld(v.pos), k, 0, false)
    end


    self.Mesh:BuildFromTriangles(tris)
end

function ENT:Draw()
    self:CreateMesh() -- debug
    self:DrawModel()
end
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