[Phant]

In Half-Life, each player can set their desired player model (for example: model "zombie"). In doing so, they can specify any string for the model (model "abc"), and only those players who have that particular model ("models/player/abc/abc.mdl") present in their game client will see it. All others will see the default "gordon" model.

My question:
Can I add an entity on the map with studiomdl with the same logic?

[bibu]

Should be possible. Just check if the file exists on the client, if so precache the model using fakemeta natives (it's during gametime possible) and set the model as usual. For non-exisiting clients use a default model which the same mentioned method.

[Phant]

Originally Posted by bibu Just check if the file exists on the client

How it's possible?
I know about file_exists() function, but it's server-side?

Originally Posted by bibu precache the model using fakemeta natives (it's during gametime possible)

And again, EngFunc_PrecacheModel is server-side?

[Natsheh]

I don't think its quiet possible because its not possible whether to know if the client have the file or not, its clientside code, you can give it a try...

[DJEarthQuake]

If it's a bona fide 'player' model, use res file or precache. There is no need to see if they have the file already. The same fallback logic is applied.