Category talk:Interfaces

Engine interfaces

Server

eiface.h

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	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	Description	Version string
IPlayerInfo	Accessors to player data	None; use IPlayerInfoManager
IPlayerInfoManager	Gets IPlayerInfo objects	INTERFACEVERSION_PLAYERINFOMANAGER
IBotController	Runs bot usercmds, teleports them, etc.	INTERFACEVERSION_PLAYERBOTMANAGER

igameevents.h

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	Description	Version string
IClient	Handles clients from a server	Unknown

iserver.h

Class	Description	Version string
IServer	Functions related to clients, ticks and networking	Todo: Unknown

iserverentity.h

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	Description	Version string
IServerNetworkable	Interface the engine uses for all networkable data	None

Client

icliententity.h

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	Description	Version string
IPrediction	Engine interface into client side prediction system	VCLIENT_PREDICTION_INTERFACE_VERSION

ienginevgui.h

Class	Description	Version string
IEngineVGui	VGUI - GetPanel() mostly.	VENGINE_VGUI_VERSION

IGameUIFuncs.h

Class	Description	Version string
IGameUIFuncs	Todo:	VENGINE_GAMEUIFUNCS_VERSION

Shared

vstlib/random.h

Class	Description	Version string
IUniformRandomStream	A generator of uniformly distributed random numbers	VENGINE_SERVER_RANDOM_INTERFACE_VERSION (eiface.h)

engine/ICollideable.h

Class	Description	Version string
ICollideable	VPhysics object	None