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Introduction

These functions operate on entities. The game engine keeps track of all entities running on a machine. Most will be networked, meaning they are synchronized across multiplayer machines, but you can also spawn local entities for situations where network-synchronization isn't that important (network syncing them costs network bandwidth, and this does not make sense for some types of objects, such as a flock of birds moving across the scene).

Functions

These functions are defined in the game engine, and can be called from an Onyx script:

• int Spawn(stringdata archetype,Vector3 pos,Quaternion quat); // Local, returns entity ID
  
• void SpawnNetwork(stringdata archetype,Vector3 pos,Quaternion quat);
  
• void EntityDestroy(int eid);
  
• int EntityCount(stringdata pattern) - returns the number of entities with a name that match the passed pattern, i.e. pattern="myblock*".
  
• int EntityIsMine(int eid) - returns 1 (true) if the entity with the specified entity ID is owned by this PC.
  

(last updated January 13, 2014 )