[kadet.89]

I want to create a customized simplest entity. First I just want to make an inherited from prop_dynamic entity, and make it to spawn on the map with type prop_dynamic2. But I do not quite understand how can I do it.
Do I have to hook all the methods and fields of CDynamicProp, CBaseEntity and create clones of these classes with redirections for all the functions?

And will it work? :

PHP Code:

LINK_ENTITY_TO_CLASS( prop_dynamic2, CDynamicProp2 ); 


I do not understand this function and I can't hook the original one from server.dll
But I see a lot of

CEntityFactory<CDynamicProp>::Create(char const*)

in server.dll (for each type of entity), it looks like they are created with LINK_ENTITY_TO_CLASS


I use instruction:
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Npc_New.cpp (hl2sdk-2013\game\server\hl2\monster_dummy.cpp)
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/...fining_the_NPC

[asherkin]

https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=87500

[kadet.89]

two questions:
1) Is it still up to date?
2) Is there any easier way?

[Oshizu]

Maybe checkout this extension
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=161331

[donrevan]

Originally Posted by kadet.89 two questions: 1) Is it still up to date? 2) Is there any easier way?

It highly depends on the game you're developing for but you mostly have to update GameData only.
You should stick with CEntity because its developed for thoose things.

[asherkin]

Originally Posted by kadet.89 two questions: 1) Is it still up to date? 2) Is there any easier way?

1) It'll need a gamedata update - the centity.games.txt shipped with TFDodgeball is closer, but is still old. As the thread says, the classes are based around TF2, if you're working with another game you'll need to make some minor changes (mostly just removing stuff from CPlayer).

2) No, there isn't. CEntity basically handles what you correctly identified needs to be done - it hooks base class functions allowing them to be overridden, and it hooks into the internal implementation that LINK_ENTITY_TO_CLASS uses to add your custom entity to the factory list. It just wraps all this in a nice interface.

Originally Posted by Oshizu Maybe checkout this extension https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=161331

That extension is using a heavily modified copy of CEntity.