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== Engine interfaces ==

=== Server ===

==== eiface.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IVEngineServer]]
| Interface the engine exposes to the game DLL
| INTERFACEVERSION_VENGINESERVER
|-
| [[IServerGameDLL]]
| These are the interfaces that the game .dll exposes to the engine
| INTERFACEVERSION_SERVERGAMEDLL
|-
| [[IServerGameEnts]]
| Interface to get at server entities
| INTERFACEVERSION_SERVERGAMEENTS
|-
| [[IServerGameClients]]
| Player / Client related functions
| INTERFACEVERSION_SERVERGAMECLIENTS
|-
| [[IUploadGameStats]]
| {{confirm|Steamworks stats}}
| INTERFACEVERSION_UPLOADGAMESTATS
|-
| [[IPluginHelpersCheck]]
| Allows the game dll to control which plugin functions can be run
| INTERFACEVERSION_PLUGINHELPERSCHECK
|-
| [[IPluginGameHelpers]]
| {{todo|Contains only SendMenu()}}
| INTERFACEVERSION_PLUGINGAMEHELPERS
|-
| [[IServerDLLSharedAppSystems]]
| Interface exposed from the clientfor specifying shared .dll IAppSystems
| SERVER_DLL_SHARED_APPSYSTEMS
|-
| [[IServerGameTags]]
| Querying the game dll for Server cvar tags
| INTERFACEVERSION_SERVERGAMETAGS
|}

==== engine/iserverplugin.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IServerPluginCallbacks]]
| Callbacks the engine exposes to the 3rd party plugins (ala MetaMod)
| INTERFACEVERSION_ISERVERPLUGINCALLBACKS
|-
| [[IServerPluginHelpers]]
| Functions that only 3rd party plugins need
| INTERFACEVERSION_ISERVERPLUGINHELPERS
|}

==== game/server/iplayerinfo.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IPlayerInfo]]
| Accessors to player data
| None; use IPlayerInfoManager
|-
| [[IPlayerInfoManager]]
| Gets IPlayerInfo objects
| INTERFACEVERSION_PLAYERINFOMANAGER
|-
| [[IBotController]]
| Runs bot [[usercmd]]s, teleports them, etc.
| INTERFACEVERSION_PLAYERBOTMANAGER
|}

==== igameevents.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IGameEventManager2]]
| Keeps track and fires of all global game events
| INTERFACEVERSION_GAMEEVENTSMANAGER2
|-
| [[IGameEventListener2]]
| Receives event callbacks
| None; inherit from this
|-
| [[IGameEvent]]
| An event
| None; receive with IGameEventListener2
|}

==== iclient.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IClient]]
| Handles clients from a server
| Unknown
|}

==== iserver.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IServer]]
| Functions related to clients, ticks and networking
| {{todo|Unknown}}
|}

==== iserverentity.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IServerEntity]]
| How the engine talks to entities in the game DLL
| None
|-
| [[IServerUnknown]]
| Ultra-generic object interface
| None
|}

==== iservernetworkable.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IServerNetworkable]]
| Interface the engine uses for all networkable data
| None
|}

=== Client ===

==== icliententity.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IClientEntity]]
| All client entities must implement this interface.
| None
|-
| [[IClientUnknown]]
| Ultra-generic object interface
| None
|-
| [[IClientRenderable]]
| Rendering stuff
| None
|-
| [[IClientNetworkable]]
| Networking stuff
| None
|-
| [[IClientThinkable]]
| A [[Think()]]ing object
| None
|}

==== iprediction.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IPrediction]]
| Engine interface into client side prediction system
| VCLIENT_PREDICTION_INTERFACE_VERSION
|}

==== ienginevgui.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IEngineVGui]]
| [[VGUI]] - GetPanel() mostly.
| VENGINE_VGUI_VERSION
|}

==== IGameUIFuncs.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IGameUIFuncs]]
| {{todo}}
| VENGINE_GAMEUIFUNCS_VERSION
|}

=== Shared ===

==== vstlib/random.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[IUniformRandomStream]]
| A generator of uniformly distributed random numbers
| VENGINE_SERVER_RANDOM_INTERFACE_VERSION (eiface.h)
|}

==== engine/ICollideable.h ====

{| class="standard-table"
! Class
! Description
! Version string
|-
| [[ICollideable]]
| [[VPhysics]] object
| None
|}