<function name="SpawnFunction" parent="ENTITY" type="hook"> <ishook>yes</ishook> <description> This is the spawn function. It's called when a player spawns the entity from the spawnmenu. If you want to make your SENT spawnable you need this function to properly create the entity. <warning>Unlike other ENTITY functions, the "self" parameter of this function is not an entity but rather the table used to generate the SENT. This table is equivalent to <page>scripted_ents.GetStored</page>("ent_name").</warning> </description> <realm>Server</realm> <predicted>No</predicted> <args> <arg name="ply" type="Player">The player that is spawning this SENT</arg> <arg name="tr" type="table">A &lt;page&gt;TraceResult&lt;/page&gt; from player eyes to their aim position</arg> <arg name="tr" type="table">A <page>TraceResult</page> from player eyes to their aim position</arg> <arg name="ClassName" type="string">The classname of your entity</arg> </args> </function> <example> <description>This is how it is defined in sent_ball</description> <code> function ENT:SpawnFunction( ply, tr, ClassName ) if ( !tr.Hit ) then return end local SpawnPos = tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal * 16 local ent = ents.Create( ClassName ) ent:SetPos( SpawnPos ) ent:SetBallSize( math.random( 16, 48 ) ) ent:Spawn() ent:Activate() return ent end </code> </example> <example> <description>This is how base_edit spawns (also rotates the entity to face the player, remove * 10 if it spawns in the air)</description> <code> function ENT:SpawnFunction( ply, tr, ClassName ) if ( !tr.Hit ) then return end local SpawnPos = tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal * 10 local SpawnAng = ply:EyeAngles() SpawnAng.p = 0 SpawnAng.y = SpawnAng.y + 180 local ent = ents.Create( ClassName ) ent:SetPos( SpawnPos ) ent:SetAngles( SpawnAng ) ent:Spawn() ent:Activate() return ent end </code> </example>