[Powerlord]

I've been looking into how to temporarily remove a players weapon and then give it back in TF2.

Unfortunately, while GetPlayerWeaponSlot and RemovePlayerItem return and take entity indexes respectively, GivePlayerItem takes an item class name and subtype (which is important in TF2, as all miniguns are the same item class name, for instance).

Is there a version of GivePlayerItem that takes an entity index, or is there some way to turn that into a class name and subtype without having to store the CBaseWeapon entity index of every item in my plugin?

[Pawn 3-pg]

EquipPlayerWeapon should work with the entity returned by GetPlayerWeaponSlot.

[Monkeys]

I think the issue lies in the fact that if you want to remove a weapon, you remove its entity. But if it's removed, ofcourse there won't be an entity to give back.

EquipPlayerWeapon just switches to an already created weapon, I believe.

[asherkin]

Originally Posted by Powerlord GivePlayerItem takes an item class name and subtype (which is important in TF2, as all miniguns are the same item class name, for instance).

That's not what the subtype is used for, TF2 doesn't have weapon subtypes. You need to use the GiveNamedItem native in the TF2Items extension if you want to specify an item definition index.

As for your request, GiveNamedItem (GivePlayerItem) is what /creates/ the weapon entity, hence why it returns an entity index. As was said above, just equip it again (don't destroy the entity).

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by Pawn 3-pg EquipPlayerWeapon should work with the entity returned by GetPlayerWeaponSlot.

Oh, I was under the impression that force-changed the players current weapon to one they already had. Whoops.