[damage220]

In an effort to make smoke more dense, I am looking for a way to copy its entity sprite. I ended up with the code:

public plugin_init()
{
	register_plugin(PLUGIN_NAME, PLUGIN_VERSION, PLUGIN_AUTHOR);
	register_forward(FM_EmitSound, "emit_sound_event");
}
public emit_sound_event(orig_ent, channel, const sample[], Float:vol, Float:attn, flags, pitch)
{
	static const smoke_sound[] = "weapons/sg_explode.wav";
	static num = 0;
	new ent;
	new Float:origin[3], Float:angles[3], Float:velocity[3];
	new model[64], classname[64];

	entity_get_string(orig_ent, EV_SZ_classname, classname, charsmax(classname));
	entity_get_string(orig_ent, EV_SZ_model, model, charsmax(model));
	// client_print(1, print_chat, "#%d on channel %d: %s", ++num, channel, sample);
	if(channel != CHAN_WEAPON || !equal(sample, smoke_sound))
		return;
	/* copy smoke info */
	entity_get_vector(orig_ent, EV_VEC_origin, origin);
	entity_get_vector(orig_ent, EV_VEC_angles, angles);
	entity_get_string(orig_ent, EV_SZ_model, model, charsmax(model));
	// client_print(1, print_chat, "classname: %s, model: %s", classname, model);
	entity_set_vector(orig_ent, EV_VEC_origin, Float:{9999.9, 9999.9, 9999.9});
	ent = create_entity("info_target");
	if(ent == 0)
		return;
	entity_set_string(ent, EV_SZ_classname, classname);
	entity_set_origin(ent, origin);
	entity_set_vector(ent, EV_VEC_angles, angles);
	entity_set_int(ent, EV_INT_movetype, MOVETYPE_NONE);
	entity_set_int(ent, EV_INT_solid, SOLID_NOT);
	entity_set_float(ent, EV_FL_nextthink, get_gametime() + 0.1);
	entity_set_model(ent, model);
	velocity[0] = random_float(-120.0, 120.0);
	velocity[1] = random_float(-120.0, 120.0);
	velocity[2] = random_float(200.0, 300.0);
	entity_set_vector(ent, EV_VEC_velocity, velocity);
	call_think(ent);
	emit_sound(ent, channel, sample, vol, attn, flags, pitch);
	client_print(1, print_chat, "reached end of the function");
}

The entity (smoke grenade) is created and placed in the right place, the sound is also emitted. But I do not see the smoke puff. I was hoping that creating an entity with appropriate classname would be enough to trigger "think" process. Forcing call_think() has no effect too. I decided to move on and tried to write my own logic for the smoke with no luck. The first image is message "TE_SMOKE" and the second one is message "TE_SPRITE". I want the smoke to be gray, not with black background or white.



If possible I would like to just copy an entity and trigger default engine behavior. Otherwise, here is the code of messages:

public add_smoke(ent)
{
	new Float:origin[3]
	new smokescale = 50;
	new fps = 2;
	new brightness = 20;
	new smoke;
	
	// new smoke_path[] = "sprites/unrealsmoke_2.spr";
	// smoke = precache_model(smoke_path);
	new smoke_path[] = "sprites/smoke.spr";
	smoke = engfunc(EngFunc_PrecacheModel, smoke_path);
	entity_get_vector(ent, EV_VEC_origin, origin);
	// show smoke
	message_begin(MSG_BROADCAST, SVC_TEMPENTITY);
	// write_byte(TE_SMOKE);
	write_byte(TE_SPRITE);
	engfunc(EngFunc_WriteCoord, origin[0]);
	engfunc(EngFunc_WriteCoord, origin[1]);
	engfunc(EngFunc_WriteCoord, origin[2]);
	write_short(smoke);
	write_byte(smokescale);
	// write_byte(fps);
	write_byte(brightness);
	message_end();
}