[TommyV]

Is it possible to get to the 'this' of the class instance that owns the original function that is being hooked? Currently if I use 'this' in a function I am hooking to it interprets it, quite logically, to mean the instance of my plugin.

I am hooking CSSPlayer::Weapon_CanUse and I need to get to the CSSPlayer instance. Any tips on how could go about it?

[L. Duke]

There is a macro for that in sourcehook.h. Here's how I use it:

CBaseEntity *pBase = META_IFACEPTR(CBaseEntity);

[showdax]

CBaseEntity > CBaseAnimating > CBaseAnimatingOverlay > CBaseFlex > CBaseCombatCharacter > CBasePlayer > CCSPlayer

That's the heirarchy for CCSPlayer, in terms of inheritance. There's no multiple inheritance involved, so the "this" pointer should be the same from top to bottom, as long as your instance really is a CCSPlayer instance.

Anyway, what this means is you could use edict_t::GetUnknown() and IServerUnknown::GetBaseEntity() to get an instance.

[L. Duke]

I use

pBase->edict();

and so far it seems to work.

[c0ldfyr3]

Originally Posted by showdax CBaseEntity > CBaseAnimating > CBaseAnimatingOverlay > CBaseFlex > CBaseCombatCharacter > CBasePlayer > CCSPlayer That's the heirarchy for CCSPlayer, in terms of inheritance. There's no multiple inheritance involved, so the "this" pointer should be the same from top to bottom, as long as your instance really is a CCSPlayer instance. Anyway, what this means is you could use edict_t::GetUnknown() and IServerUnknown::GetBaseEntity() to get an instance.

He means inside of a hooked function which hooks multiple instances of the same class.
What L. Duke said is correct in what he needed to know =)

[showdax]

Originally Posted by c0ldfyr3 He means inside of a hooked function which hooks multiple instances of the same class. What L. Duke said is correct in what he needed to know =)

I assumed he was asking two questions: how to get a this pointer inside a hook and how to get an instance to hook in the first place.

[TommyV]

Perfect, thanks. That macro is exactly what I was looking for.