Entity

Various information about entity and entity system.

Entity

An entity is a game object, which can be created or removed.

Create an entity

Example:

var entity = Core.EntitySystem.CreateEntity<CPointWorldText>();

This example creates a point_worldtext entity with class CPointWorldText. You can also use CreateEntityByDesignerName to create an entity by specifying the designer name.

Get existing entities

You can use methods in entity system to get existing entities.

Get all entities

Example:

var entities = Core.EntitySystem.GetAllEntities();

Get entities by class

Example:

var entities = Core.EntitySystem.GetEntityByClass<CPointWorldText>();

Entity Handle

Entity Handle is a handle to a game entity, which is also a unique identifier for an entity.

Get entity by handle

var entity = handle.Value;

The result will be null if the entity is invalid.

Get handle by entity

var handle = Core.EntitySystem.GetRefEHandle(entity);

Entity system

See also IEntitySystemService