[AtomicStryker]

Since L4D Crash Course Valve started using inlined model paths for their maps.

So instead of (example) "/models/props/trashcan.mdl" its "*34".


Does anyone know how to retrieve the full path model again?

m_ModelName only returns the inlined name.


Its a problem because the inlined definitions differ from map to map and i need a model precached for another map.

[AtomicStryker]

Quite flattened, even Bailopan doesn't know the answer o_O

[API]

Do those numbers refer to a text file with their full paths? Ifso, you could parse the file and match "inline" names.

[AtomicStryker]

Well, in the .bsp file there is something about "stringtable_dictionary.dctmaps" but i cant find that file in the folder or VPKs

[AltPluzF4]

I can't test anything on L4D right now, but
left4dead\reslists\*.dict
Maybe that can assist you?
Seems to be a file with nothing but null terminated strings.

[AtomicStryker]

That seems to be a dictionary file with lots of strings such as models in it - but the inlined model number doesn't seem to translate to lines.

"model" "*155"

might be

(line 1725) "left4dead\materials\particle\rain.vmt"

But i couldn't tell for certain

[TESLA-X4]

Model names with *<number> are brush models.

[AtomicStryker]

What file ending do those have?

[p3tsin]

Originally Posted by AtomicStryker "model" "*155" might be (line 1725) "left4dead\materials\particle\rain.vmt"

Thats not a model.

Originally Posted by AtomicStryker Originally Posted by TESLA-X4 Model names with *<number> are brush models. What file ending do those have?

They arent files, theyre brushes.

Try running this code and see if the dump contains anything useful.

PHP Code:

decl String:strName[64], String:strData[256]
new tableidx = FindStringTable("modelprecache")
new count = GetStringTableNumStrings(tableidx)
new Handle:file = OpenFile("addons/modelprecache.txt","w")

for(new i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    ReadStringTable(tableidx,i,strName,sizeof(strName))
    GetStringTableData(tableidx,i,strData,sizeof(strData))
    WriteFileLine(file,"%2d: \"%s\" = \"%s\"\n",i,strName,strData)
}

CloseHandle(file) 


[AtomicStryker]

I get THIS.

Are the lines fitting to my "*155" model? Because whatever that seems to be defined to looks like code rubble

"*155" = "O�À€šO�à€šO�"