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cs_create_entity

Syntax

native cs_create_entity(const classname[]);

Usage

Entity class name

Description

Creates an entity using Counter-Strike's custom CreateNamedEntity wrapper.

Note

Unlike other mods CS keeps track of entities using a custom hashtable.
This function adds entities to this hashtable, providing benefits over
the default CreateNamedEntity (used by create_entity() for example):
- Storing entities in a hashtable allows CS to improve classname lookup
  performance compared to functions like FindEntityByString (used by
  find_ent_by_class() for example) that usually have to loop
  through all entities incrementally.
- As CS exclusively uses the hashtable for classname lookup, entities
  created using the default engine functions will not be found by the
  game. For example "weaponbox" entities are supposed to be
  automatically cleaned up on round restart but are not considered if
  they have not been added to the hashtable.

Note

The faster hashtable lookup can be utilized with cs_find_ent_by_class()

Note

When creating an entity the classname has to be valid in the mod, as
the engine needs to link the entity to an existing class internally.
The classname string that is stored in the entvar struct
(EV_SZ_classname) is separate from this association and can later be
freely changed to serve other purposes.

Return

Index of the created entity (> 0), 0 otherwise