[hornet]

Okay, I've asked a similar question to this before, which didn't get a successful answer. I did find another way around this issue, which I'll get to later.

PHP Code: #include <amxmodx> #include <fakemeta> #include <hamsandwich> new myStr; public plugin_init() {   myStr = engfunc( EngFunc_AllocString, "info_target" );   register_clcmd( "make_entity", "cmdMakeEntity" );   RegisterHam(Ham_TakeDamage, "damageHook", "MyEntityClass"); // Error! } public cmdMakeEntity( id ) {   new ent = engfunc( EngFunc_CreateEntity, myStr );   set_pev( ent, pev_classname, "MyEntityClass" );   // ... }  That will not work, because the class "MyEntityClass" is not native to the gamedll. Instead, you would need to hook TakeDamage for "info_target", and do some form of parsing on the entities that get passed to it (such as checking classname), if you want to deal with custom entity hooking.

Article found here: http://wiki.amxmodx.org/HamSandwich_...age_(AMX_Mod_X)

Obviously you can't directly hook damage to a custom class name because it will error straight away. However, this certain piece says that entity damage can be hooked by hooking damage on "info_target". I've tried the example code and editted it to hook to "info_target", but as soon as the entity is created it errors saying "invalid entity <#>" . That's because the second argument is supposed to be a string right? Or is it that this particular idea won't work altogether?
So I removed that whole part where you assign a global variable. With the basic hook to info_target ( and I removed the part in my code where I assign the entity a class name ), the hook still appears to be failing.

Since there is going to be only one weapon type used to fire at these custom entities, I know that I can use Ham_Weapon_PrimaryAttack and then get_user_aiming() to find the entity. But I figured that if I wanted to use all weapons ( then having to register them all ), then there might be a more efficient way through using Ham_TakeDamage.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[ConnorMcLeod]

You have to Register hook with "info_target" classname, or whatever class you used in create_entity.
Then, when callback is fired, check your custom classname, or find another way to figure out if it is your custom entity or not, if you only have 1 entity for example, store the index into a global variable.

[Emp`]

RegisterHam ( Ham:function, const EntityClass[], const Callback[], Post=0 )

edit: you have the second and third arguments switched.

[DarkGL]

Use http://www.amxmodx.org/funcwiki.php?go=func&id=1181

[hornet]

Originally Posted by ConnorMcLeod You have to Register hook with "info_target" classname, or whatever class you used in create_entity. Then, when callback is fired, check your custom classname, or find another way to figure out if it is your custom entity or not, if you only have 1 entity for example, store the index into a global variable.

It seems to be failing, the callback isn't being called.

Originally Posted by Emp` RegisterHam ( Ham:function, const EntityClass[], const Callback[], Post=0 ) edit: you have the second and third arguments switched.

Well not me as such - the code snippet is quoted from the article I linked to in my first post. I noticed this aswell although I forgot to mention that I didn't use that. However, if I did, I would have gotten an error on plugin_init() instead of when the entity was created ;)

Originally Posted by DarkGL Use http://www.amxmodx.org/funcwiki.php?go=func&id=1181

That's interesting. I've never seen that before. Looks like it could work ... I'll give it a shot.

Thanks.