[DiscoBBQ]

Hey everyone, I have two questions, stemming from the same problem.

I am trying to rotate an entity, namely, info_particle_system.

I have attempted to do this three different ways.

1.

TeleportEntity(particle, position, angles, NULL_VECTOR);

2.

SetEntProp(particle, Prop_Send, "m_angRotation", angles);

*I found m_angRotation by using sm_dump_datamaps, where "m_angAbsRotation" and "m_vecAngVelocity" are also located, however they both cause a run-time error.

3.

DispatchKeyValue(particle, "Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X)", string_angles);

None of these three methods worked. However, TeleportEntity, and SetEntProp worked on other entities (such as doors) during testing.

According to http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w...article_system, the keyvalue for angular rotation is "Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X)". I have a hunch that this may be a typo. I also tried using angles as the keyvalue.

So my question stands, does anyone know how to rotate an info_particle_system, or find correct keyvalues?

This is a watered down version of the code I am using:

write_particle(ent, String:particle_name[], bool:incapped = false)
{
	decl particle;
	decl String:target_name[64];

	particle = CreateEntityByName("info_particle_system");
	
	if (IsValidEdict(particle))
	{
		decl Float:position[3], Float:angles[3];

		angles[0] = GetRandomFloat(0.0, 360.0);
		angles[1] = GetRandomFloat(0.0, 360.0);
		angles[2] = GetRandomFloat(0.0, 360.0);
		
		GetEntPropVector(ent, Prop_Send, "m_vecOrigin", position);
		
		TeleportEntity(particle, position, angles, NULL_VECTOR);

		Format(target_name, sizeof(target_name), "Entity%d", ent);
		DispatchKeyValue(ent, "targetname", target_name);
		GetEntPropString(ent, Prop_Data, "m_iName", target_name, sizeof(target_name));

		DispatchKeyValue(particle, "targetname", "L4D2Particle");
		DispatchKeyValue(particle, "parentname", target_name);
		DispatchKeyValue(particle, "effect_name", particle_name);

		DispatchSpawn(particle);
		
		SetVariantString(target_name);
		AcceptEntityInput(particle, "SetParent", particle, particle);
		
		SetEntPropVector(particle, Prop_Send, "m_angRotation", angles);
		
		ActivateEntity(particle);
		AcceptEntityInput(particle, "start");

		CreateTimer(GetRandomFloat(1.0, 2.0), delete_particle, particle);
	}
}

[Master53]

PHP Code:

DispatchKeyValue(Ent, "angles", "<X> <Y> <Z>"); 


[Monkeys]

DispatchKeyValue(particle, "Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X)", string_angles);

This keyvalue is almost certainly wrong. I noticed that you shouldn't just copy what's written in the Valve Dev Wiki as actual strings for Sourcemod.
To check if it's right, try and find it in the dumped datamaps. It should be at the end of the property's line.


Changing m_angRotation should've done the trick, though.
Angles is a vector (Float:[3]), so use SetEntPropVector (You used it in your code, but not your example).


Also, Teleporting before dispatching your entity's spawn isn't good and I think it might even cause errors.



I've never directly dealt with this before, so these are just suggestions.