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Re: [TUT] Entities: what they are and how to use them

No, read the parameters:

edict_t *pEdictStartSearchAfter
const char *pszField
const char *pszValue

I don't know what exactly you meant by "name" but if you didn't mean something else, you'd put "name" in pszField.

Re: [TUT] Entities: what they are and how to use them

Try with field "classname" and value:"func_button"

Re: [TUT] Entities: what they are and how to use them

Quote:

Originally Posted by ConnorMcLeod (Post 760918)

Try with field "classname" and value:"func_button"

Well, the problem with that is that he would have to get the ent's name and check if it's "button" each time he finds a func_button.

Re: [TUT] Entities: what they are and how to use them

PHP Code:


		
			
new button = engfunc(EngFunc_FindEntityByString, edict) (edict_t *pEdictStartSearchAfter, const char *name, const char *mybutton);
set_pev(button, pev_targetname, "mytarget");

Doesn't seem to compile. I must be doing something really wrong.

Sorry If I am wasting your time

Re: [TUT] Entities: what they are and how to use them

The parameters I gave you were for the VM. Here's how you read them:

EngFunc_FindEntityByString, // edict) - An edict is an entity structure. This means that the function returns an edict, or an entity ID.
edict_t *pEdictStartSearchAfter - Pointer to an edict. The pointer part is irrelevant for your purposes, but it's asking for an entity ID to start from.
const char *pszField - Pointer to a string denoted "Field". This is the member on the entity that you want to search.
const char *pszValue - Pointer to a string denoted "Value". This is the value you're looking for under "Field".

Again, I'm not sure what you mean by "name" because there are many variables that have to do with "name" (coincidentally not the string "name" itself), but if that made sense, it would look like this:

PHP Code:


		
			
new Ent = engfunc(EngFunc_FindEntByString,-1,"name","button")
set_pev(Ent,pev_targetname,"mytarget")

Also, I think you want pev_target, since targetname is what you use to target that button with. For example, if I wanted to have another button which uses this button when that one is used, I would set this button's targetname to that button's target.

However, if I wanted to open a door when this button is used, I would set this button's target to the door's targetname.

I'm not sure about what you're trying to do, but I can't see an reason for needing a targetname on a button.

Re: [TUT] Entities: what they are and how to use them

Ah, pev_target is what I need :mrgreen:.

Haven't done mapping for weeks :oops:.

Thank you so much for your time and patience.

:up: +Karma

Re: [TUT] Entities: what they are and how to use them

Getting an error compiling this

undefined symbol "EngFunc_FindEntByString"

Re: [TUT] Entities: what they are and how to use them

EngFunc_FindEntityByString

Re: [TUT] Entities: what they are and how to use them

Is there a specific order when setting values to custom ents?

For eg...
Create ent
Set classname
Set origin, size, movetype, solid, velocity
Set health, angles
Etc...

I remembered one time, one of my ent was not being made as I was playing around with the order of values being set for my ent.
Any advice on this would be great!