Coding in Entites for maps.

[sniperz227]

Hi i made a circus tent entity and i want it to be in the map. I was wondeirng if there is a way where i code it in and then do something so i can select the entity in worldcraft and place it where i want. I asked a friend and he gave me this code and said he didn't know what to do after.

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void() info_ctent_spawn =
{
   precache_model("progs/circtent.mdl");
   setmodel(self, "progs/circtent.mdl");
   self.netname = "circus tent";
   self.classname = "ctent";
   setsize(self, '0 0 0', '0 0 0');
   self.movetype = MOVETYPE_NONE;
   self.solid = SOLID_SLIDEBOX;
}

[ceriux]

compile that in your .qc next open up your fgd in your worldcraft folder. then see how similar entities are defined make a copy and edit it in your fgd save. reload worldcraft.

[sniperz227]

nm its okay my friend told me how to do it i just spawned an entity and edited the properties and changed the name to my models classname im testing it to see if it works

[sniperz227]

nvm it didnt work i went into worldcraft and put an entity in then renamed it to my entity name that i was putting it and tested it with a default quake model but it didnt work

[ceriux]

look up the torch entitie in qc and in worldcrafts quake fgd. it should be similar to that.

[sniperz227]

how do i look at the worldcraft fdg ? and how would the torch be the same as a circus tent?

[ceriux]

go into your worldcraft folder and open the fgd with a text editor and they would be similar because they both spawn models.

[sniperz227]

thats what i get in the fdg

@PointClass size(-4 -4 -12, 4 4 20) base(Light, Target, Targetname) =
light_torch_small_walltorch : "Small walltorch" []

and isnt there another way of spawning entites without using the fdg just code ?

[ceriux]

@PointClass base(ctent) = info_ctent_spawn : "circus tent" []

try that. i'm not sure if it's right havnt messed with fgds much.
maybe this.

@PointClass base() = info_ctent_spawn : "circus tent" []

if this isn't working it might be the code. not the fgd.

[sniperz227]

nope didnt work is this the only way to add a model in to worldcraft as an entity ?

[ceriux]

it's not the fgd then. it's your code.

[sniperz227]

no like the name doesnt show up in the entity list for worldcraft

[ceriux]

have you added the new fgd to worldcrafts fgd list in configuration? if not just make an entity in worldcraft , right click it go to properties and change the name of the entity to info_ctent_spawn. save and compile the map and test.

if that doesnt work do the same thing, but change the name to the classname of the entity and try again. if none of this works. it must be your code.

which your code looks okay to me.

[sniperz227]

thats what i did before but it still wouldn't work. the code above in my first post is put in a new .qc file and i tried it in my items.qc would you please have a look and tell me if there is something wrong with it because their must be if it does not work.

[daemonicky]

You seem to miss setorigin(self, self.origin);