[Obbi]

I could need some help with the Entity I/O System. I'd like to send Inputs to an Entity with a predefined targetname. Is there any way to do this? Something that does the same as this example: ent_fire blobb kill Problem is, dedicated Server don't support ent_fire and the Sourcemod Entity Input System is kinda weird. It requires an Index, but I cannot figure it out, how to get it.

[L. Duke]

In general terms, you need to loop through all of the entities (up to GetEntityCount) and check the targetname of the each entity. I believe you can use GetEntPropString to find the the m_target property. If the string returned matches your name (example: blobb) then use the AcceptEntityInput function to send the input (such as kill).

[Obbi]

Thx Duke, i am goin try this ;)

[Fredd]

you will still only be limited to edicts....

[Obbi]

What's the difference? And it seems, that it doesn't work. Maybe i am to stupid to compare the strings... Its really frustrating...

[Fredd]

edicts are networked entities just like players and most visible entities you could see in a game, there is entities like env_fog_controller which is not networked there for it doesn't have an edict, if it doesn't have an index then it doesn't have an index(integer #) therefor you can't really find that type of entities for now until the sourcemod dev team adds the feature to be able deal with non-networked entities...

[Obbi]

D'oh! Okay then I'll have to wait for this. I need access to an logic_relay and I am really sure that I cannot access these by now. So far, thx for ur help.

[L. Duke]

You can use my extension to add events to the event queue (basically exactly what ent_fire does): http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=69658

logic_auto has an entity index, but as Fredd said, I don't think logic_relays do.

You can easily do inputs on entities with the extension, something like:

dhEntFire("blobb", "kill", "", 0.0);

would remove all entities with a targetname of "blobb." You can also target entity types such as "player" or "logic_relay" (yes logic_relay works in this instance even if you can't reference it for SM functions).

[Obbi]

Thx But i may not be able to use it. I am working on hl2mp...

[Obbi]

I dont want to annoy but... It is important. Anybody? btw. LDuke, could u pls upload the sources 4 your Dukehacks?! Maybe there's a way to use the code for hl2mp.