CBaseEntity

GoldSrc

Source Engine

Class hierarchy
CBaseEntity defined in baseentity.cpp ↳IServerEntity ↳IServerUnknown ↳IHandleEntity

The base class for all entities.

Important:Following Keyvalues / Inputs / Outputs are available for all entities that inherit this class, but may be overridden by game code.

Keyvalues

Todo: Document the other KVs from this class as well.

Model (model) <string>

In-game representation of the entity to display. For brush entities, this is a reference to a non-zero bmodel index in the current BSP. For point entities, this is the path to an MDL model or VMT sprite, relative to the game's root directory. Not all entities will actually render the model, and only specific entities will precache the model defined here (non-precached models cannot be displayed).

Programming related

To get the class name of an entity, use

entity->edict()->GetClassName();

Asserts

Client

Problem:

// Model could not be found
Assert( !"Model could not be found, index is -1" );

Solution:

• Check your model name three times.
• Precache your model on both server and client.

See Also

• CBaseAnimating