ENTITY:Initialize
ENTITY:Initialize()
Description
Called when the entity is created. This is called when you Entity:Spawn the custom entity.
This is called after ENTITY:SetupDataTables and GM:OnEntityCreated.
This is sometimes not called clientside. You can work around this by setting a variable in Initialize and check if it exists in ENTITY:Think. See the example below.
Issue Tracker: 2732
Issue Tracker: 2732
Example
Example Initialize function
function ENT:Initialize()
-- Sets what model to use
self:SetModel( "models/props/cs_assault/money.mdl" )
-- Sets what color to use
self:SetColor( Color( 200, 255, 200 ) )
-- Physics stuff
self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS )
self:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
-- Init physics only on server, so it doesn't mess up physgun beam
if ( SERVER ) then self:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS ) end
-- Make prop to fall on spawn
local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()
if ( IsValid( phys ) ) then phys:Wake() end
end
Example
Fixes the function not being called clientside.
function ENT:Initialize()
self.m_bInitialized = true
-- Other code
end
function ENT:Think()
if (not self.m_bInitialized) then
self:Initialize()
end
-- Other code
end
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