<function name="Create" parent="ents" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Creates an entity. This function will fail and return `NULL` if the networked-edict limit is hit (around **8176**), or the provided entity class doesn't exist. <warning>Do not use before <page>GM:InitPostEntity</page> has been called, otherwise the server will crash! If you need to perform entity creation when the game starts, create a hook for <page>GM:InitPostEntity</page> and do it there.</warning> </description> <realm>Server</realm> <args> <arg name="class" type="string">The classname of the entity to create.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="Entity">The created entity, or `NULL` if failed.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Creates a gmod_button entity at `Vector(0, 0, 0)`.</description> <code> local button = ents.Create( "gmod_button" ) button:SetModel( "models/dav0r/buttons/button.mdl" ) button:SetPos( Vector( 0, 0, 0 ) ) button:Spawn() </code> </example>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Make the Half Life Jeep appear where the player is looking</description>⤶ <code>⤶ concommand.Add("spawn_vehicle_test", function(pPlayer)⤶ if not IsValid(pPlayer) or not pPlayer:IsSuperAdmin() then⤶ return⤶ end⤶ ⤶ local sClass = "Jeep"⤶ local tData = list.Get("Vehicles")[sClass] // Get the vehicle data from the list⤶ ⤶ local eVehicle = ents.Create("prop_vehicle_jeep")⤶ if not IsValid(eVehicle) then return end⤶ ⤶ eVehicle:SetModel(tData.Model) // Set the vehicle model⤶ eVehicle:SetPos(pPlayer:GetEyeTrace().HitPos + Vector(0, 0, 10))⤶ eVehicle:SetKeyValue("vehiclescript", tData["KeyValues"]["vehiclescript"]) // Set the vehicle script⤶ eVehicle:Spawn()⤶ eVehicle:Activate()⤶ ⤶ hook.Run("PlayerSpawnedVehicle", pPlayer, eVehicle) // Call the hook for spawning a vehicle. This hook is used for all addons that wish to make modifications to the vehicle, such as adding a props to the vehicle.⤶ ⤶ end)⤶ </code>⤶ </example>