// creates an entity by string name, but does not spawn it
CBaseEntity *CreateEntityByName( const char *className, int iForceEdictIndex )
{
if ( iForceEdictIndex != -1 )
{
g_pForceAttachEdict = engine->CreateEdict( iForceEdictIndex );
if ( !g_pForceAttachEdict )
Error( "CreateEntityByName( %s, %d ) - CreateEdict failed.", className, iForceEdictIndex );
}
IServerNetworkable *pNetwork = EntityFactoryDictionary()->Create( className );
g_pForceAttachEdict = NULL;
if ( !pNetwork )
return NULL;
CBaseEntity *pEntity = pNetwork->GetBaseEntity();
Assert( pEntity );
return pEntity;
}
IServerEntity *CServerTools::GetIServerEntity( IClientEntity *pClientEntity )
{
if ( pClientEntity == NULL )
return NULL;
CBaseHandle ehandle = pClientEntity->GetRefEHandle();
if ( ehandle.GetEntryIndex() >= MAX_EDICTS )
return NULL; // the first MAX_EDICTS entities are networked, the rest are client or server only
#if 0
// this fails, since the server entities have extra bits in their serial numbers,
// since 20 bits are reserved for serial numbers, except for networked entities, which are restricted to 10
// Brian believes that everything should just restrict itself to 10 to make things simpler,
// so if/when he changes NUM_SERIAL_NUM_BITS to 10, we can switch back to this simpler code
IServerNetworkable *pNet = gEntList.GetServerNetworkable( ehandle );
if ( pNet == NULL )
return NULL;
CBaseEntity *pServerEnt = pNet->GetBaseEntity();
return pServerEnt;
#else
IHandleEntity *pEnt = gEntList.LookupEntityByNetworkIndex( ehandle.GetEntryIndex() );
if ( pEnt == NULL )
return NULL;
CBaseHandle h = gEntList.GetNetworkableHandle( ehandle.GetEntryIndex() );
const int mask = ( 1 << NUM_NETWORKED_EHANDLE_SERIAL_NUMBER_BITS ) - 1;
if ( !h.IsValid() || ( ( h.GetSerialNumber() & mask ) != ( ehandle.GetSerialNumber() & mask ) ) )
return NULL;
IServerUnknown *pUnk = static_cast< IServerUnknown* >( pEnt );
return pUnk->GetBaseEntity();
#endif
}
