<cat>Dev</cat> **Scripted Entities** (or **SENT**s for short) are custom entities coded entirely in Lua. ⤶ The difference from **Engine Entities** being that you cannot use on engine entities. ⤶ They are usually defined in a separate `.lua` file in the `lua/entities/` folder. ⤶ The difference from **Engine Entities** being that you cannot use <page>ENTITY Hooks</page> on engine entities.⤶ # Scripted Entity Types There are 6 different types of Scripted Entities: | ENT.Type | Description | | | nextbot | A NextBot NPC. A newer "style" NPCs with better navigation.<br/><br/>All <page>NextBot</page> functions and hooks are also usable on these entities. | | anim | A normal entity with visual and/or physical presence in the game world, such as props or whatever else you can imagine. | | brush | A serverside only trigger entity. Mostly used very closely with the Hammer Level Editor. | | point | A usually serverside only entity that doesn't have a visual or physical representation in the game world, such as logic entities. | | filter | A different kind of "point" entity used in conjunction with trigger ("brush" type) entities. | | ai | 2004 Source Engine NPC system NPC entity | | ai | 2004 Source Engine NPC system entity | # Scripting The following is usable with **Scripted Entities**: * ⤶ * <page>Structures/ENT</page> * <page>ENTITY hooks</page>⤶ * <page>Entity</page> functions The following is usable with **Scripted Weapons** (Also known as **SWEP**s): * <page>Structures/SWEP</page> * <page>Entity</page> functions * <page>Weapon</page> functions* <page>Weapon</page> functions⤶ * <page>WEAPON hooks</page>