Hm, looks like this isn't exposed through the Orange Box code - it looks like the FindEntityByX functions that I can find operate on some sort of global entity list rather than through some exposed interface - is that right?
On 8 October 2016 at 06:41, Tom Schumann <schumann....@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah thanks - very helpful. Just need to find where this is in the Orange > Box code now... > > On 8 October 2016 at 02:31, Sam Vanheer <duo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Server plugins get an interface that lets them enumerate entities, take >> a look at the entityinfomanager global. It's in the server plugin >> sample, located in src\utils\serverplugin_sample. >> >> FindEntityByClassname is the function you'll probably want to use. >> >> >> Op 7/10/2016 om 13:29 schreef Tom Schumann: >> > Okay I've had a quite look and I think I've figured out how it all >> works - >> > my next question is how do I find an entity with a given classname or >> id or >> > whatever? I've had a bit of a look through the server code but can't >> quite >> > figure it and I've looked where I thought it might be based on my >> knowledge >> > of GoldSource but still haven't found an equivalent >> > to pfnFindEntityByString. >> > >> > On 7 October 2016 at 18:52, Tom Schumann <schumann....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Many thanks - I'll look into the AcceptInput method (there are no Linux >> >> binaries for what I'm working on but hopefully I can find it in the >> vtable). >> >> >> >> On 6 October 2016 at 23:41, Sam Vanheer <duo...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I looked around a bit and found nothing that can be used to trigger >> >>> entities from plugins. The code for I/O is in the game libraries, but >> no >> >>> interfaces appear to be exported for use in server plugins. >> >>> >> >>> If you're making a plugin for a specific mod and the authors are >> >>> willing, you can ask for new interfaces to be added to allow for it. >> >>> They'll need to allow access to g_EventQueue to enable triggering. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> The only possible alternative i see is calling >> CBaseEntity::AcceptInput. >> >>> This is a virtual function, so it's callable. >> >>> >> >>> You can get the CBaseEntity pointer through some of the interfaces, >> but >> >>> there is no guarantee that every mod has that function in the same >> place >> >>> in the class's vtable. >> >>> >> >>> If you're willing to experiment and make mod-specific configs then >> this >> >>> may be your only other option. I suggest looking into SourceMod to >> find >> >>> out how to call this function, since they've probably got the code for >> >>> it already. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Op 3/10/2016 om 3:25 schreef Tom Schumann: >> >>>> Is it possible to trigger an entity from plugin code? If there is, >> how >> >>> is >> >>>> it done? I'd look up how some Half-Life 2 game entity does it but I'm >> >>> not >> >>>> overly familiar with Half-Life 2's entity set to know which entity to >> >>> look >> >>>> at. >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, >> >>> please visit: >> >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> >>> please visit: >> >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >>> >> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
