<function name="SendCommand" parent="hammer" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Sends command to Hammer, if Hammer is running with the current map loaded.</description> <realm>Server</realm> <args> <arg name="cmd" type="string">Command to send including arguments All commands are in the format "command var1 var2 etc"&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;⤶ All commands that pick an entity with x y z , must use the exact position including decimals. i.e. -354.4523 123.4 -1224.325452 &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ⤶ &amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;List of commands&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;⤶ **"session_begin mapName mapVersion"** - Starts a hammer edit, locking the editor. mapName is the current map without path or suffix, mapVersion is the current version in the .vmf file&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;⤶ **"session_end"** - Ends a hammer edit, unlocking the editor.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;⤶ **"map_check_version mapName mapVersion"** - This only works after session_begin, so you'd know the right version already and this only returns ok, this function is apparently useless&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;⤶ **"entity_create entityClass x y z"** - Creates an entity of entityClass at position x y z &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;⤶ **"entity_delete entityClass x y z"** - Deletes an entity of entityClass at position x y z &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;⤶ **"entity_set_keyvalue entityClass x y z "key" "value""** - Set's the KeyValue pair of an entity of entityClass at x y z. The Key name and Value String must be in quotes.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;⤶ **"entity_rotate_incremental entityClass x y z incX incY incZ"** - Rotates an entity of entityClass at x y z by incX incY incZ&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;⤶ **"node_create nodeClass nodeID x y z"** - Creates an AI node of nodeClass with nodeID at x y z you should keep nodeID unique or you will have issues&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;⤶ **"node_delete nodeID"** - Deletes node(s) with nodeID, this will delete multiple nodes if they have the same nodeID&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;⤶ **"nodelink_create startNodeID endNodeID"** - Creates a link between AI nodes startNodeID and endNodeID&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;⤶ **"nodelink_delete startNodeID endNodeID"** - Removes a link between AI nodes startNodeID and endNodeID&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;</arg>⤶ All commands are in the format "command var1 var2 etc"⤶ ⤶ All commands that pick an entity with x y z , must use the exact position including decimals. i.e. -354.4523 123.4 ⤶ # List of commands⤶ | Command | Description |⤶ | ------------- | ------------- |⤶ | "session_begin mapName mapVersion" | Starts a hammer edit, locking the editor. mapName is the current map without path or suffix, mapVersion is the current version in the .vmf file |⤶ | "session_end" | Ends a hammer edit, unlocking the editor. |⤶ | "map_check_version mapName mapVersion" | This only works after session_begin, so you'd know the right version already and this only returns ok, this function is apparently useless. |⤶ | "entity_create entityClass x y z" | Creates an entity of entityClass at position x y z |⤶ | "entity_delete entityClass x y z" | Deletes an entity of entityClass at position x y z |⤶ | "entity_set_keyvalue entityClass x y z "key" "value"" | Set's the KeyValue pair of an entity of entityClass at x y z. The Key name and Value String must be in quotes. |⤶ | "entity_rotate_incremental entityClass x y z incX incY incZ" | Rotates an entity of entityClass at x y z by incX incY incZ |⤶ | "node_create nodeClass nodeID x y z" | Creates an AI node of nodeClass with nodeID at x y z you should keep nodeID unique or you will have issues |⤶ | "node_delete nodeID" | Deletes node(s) with nodeID, this will delete multiple nodes if they have the same nodeID |⤶ | "nodelink_create startNodeID endNodeID" | Creates a link between AI nodes startNodeID and endNodeID |⤶ | "nodelink_delete startNodeID endNodeID" | Removes a link between AI nodes startNodeID and endNodeID | </arg>⤶ </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="string">Returns "ok" if command succeeded otherwise returns "badcommand".&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;⤶ <ret name="" type="string">Returns "ok" if command succeeded otherwise returns "badcommand"⤶ **All changes only happen in hammer, there is *NO* in game representation/feedback**</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description> A hammer function library I wrote while testing all these functions. Please feel free to use this library as-is or with modification. </description> <code> if ( !SERVER) then return end -- Hammer Editor Lua Library -- By Malcolm Greene Jr (Fantym420) -- Allows easy access to the hammer editor commands from lua code -- All commands return ok if they worked and badcommand if they don't -- All changes only show up in hammer, so if you want to see stuff in game you must -- write your own ghost entites and such. hammerLib = {} hammerLib.mapName = game.GetMap() -- Get the map name hammerLib.vBSPMapVer = game.GetMapVersion() -- This is the vbsp map version, we need the vmf map version hammerLib.mapVer = hammerLib.vBSPMapVer -- place holder value findGoodVer will find the current vmf version via trial and error -- returns a vector string with spaces the way hammer likes it function hammerLib.vectorToString(vec) return tostring(vec.x) .. " " .. tostring(vec.y) .. " " .. tostring(vec.z) end -- tries to start a session using the current version, if it fails it tries the next -- if it can't find it in 20 tries you should probably compile your map before edititng more function hammerLib.findGoodVer() local verInc = 0 local result = "" for verInc = 0, 20 do hammerLib.mapVer = hammerLib.vBSPMapVer + verInc result = hammerLib.startSession() if result == "ok" then break end if verInc == 20 then print("Good Version Not Found, Please Re-Compile your map!!!") end end hammerLib.endSession() end -- simple wrapper for hammer.SendCommand so that I could print the debug info -- un-comment the prints to see the command strings and results in console function hammerLib.runCommand(cmd) local result = "" --print("running " .. cmd) result = hammer.SendCommand(cmd) --print(cmd .. " result: " .. result) return result end -- Always ran when starting an edit -- This locks hammer until you issue the session_end command function hammerLib.startSession() local cmd = "session_begin " .. hammerLib.mapName .. " " .. hammerLib.mapVer return hammerLib.runCommand(cmd) end -- Ends the session unlocking hammer function hammerLib.endSession() local cmd = "session_end" return hammer.SendCommand(cmd) end -- useless function, it will return ok if you give it a good name and version -- however to run it you must already have a good version because you ran session_start -- implemented here for thoroughness, if you give it no variables it will just use the stored info. function hammerLib.mapCheckVersion(mcName, mcVer) mcName = mcName or hammerLib.mapName mcVer = mcVer or hammerLib.mapVer local cmd = "map_check_version " .. mcName .. " " .. mcVer local result = "" hammerLib.startSession() result = hammerLib.runCommand(cmd) hammerLib.endSession() return result end -- this creates an entity of type entityClass at the given position -- I believe this only works with point entites seeing as there is no tie to brush command function hammerLib.entityCreate(entityClass, entityPos) if (entityClass == nil) or (entityPos == nil) then return end local cmd = "entity_create " .. entityClass .. " " .. hammerLib.vectorToString(entityPos) local result = "" hammerLib.startSession() result = hammerLib.runCommand(cmd) hammerLib.endSession() return result end -- this deletes an entity of type entityClass at entityPos -- NOTE: must be entities **EXACT** position, decimals and all or it fails function hammerLib.entityDelete(entityClass, entityPos) if (entityClass == nil) or (entityPos == nil) then return end local cmd = "entity_delete " .. entityClass .. " " .. hammerLib.vectorToString(entityPos) local result = "" hammerLib.startSession() result = hammerLib.runCommand(cmd) hammerLib.endSession() return result end -- Set's a Key/Value pair on entity of type entityClass at entityPos -- NOTE: must be entities **EXACT** position, decimals and all or it fails function hammerLib.entitySetKeyValue(entityClass, entityPos, key, value) if (entityClass == nil) or (entityPos == nil) or (key == nil) or (value == nil) then return end local cmd = "entity_set_keyvalue " .. entityClass .. " " .. hammerLib.vectorToString(entityPos) .. " \"" .. key .. "\" \"" .. value .. "\"" local result = "" hammerLib.startSession() result = hammerLib.runCommand(cmd) hammerLib.endSession() return result end -- this will rotate an entity of type entityClass(string) at entityPos(vector) by rotationInc(vector) -- NOTE: must be entities **EXACT** position, decimals and all or it fails function hammerLib.entityRotateIncremental(entityClass, entityPos, rotationInc) if (entityClass == nil) or (entityPos == nil) then return end local cmd = "entity_rotate_incremental " .. entityClass .. " " .. hammerLib.vectorToString(entityPos) .. " " .. hammerLib.vectorToString(rotationInc) local result = "" hammerLib.startSession() result = hammerLib.runCommand(cmd) hammerLib.endSession() return result end -- This creates a node of type nodeClass with an ID of nodeID at nodePos -- keep nodeID unique, if you don't and you use node_delete, it deletes all nodes with the given id function hammerLib.nodeCreate(nodeClass, nodeID, nodePos) if (nodeClass == nil) or (nodeID == nil) or (nodePos == nil) then return end local cmd = "node_create " .. nodeClass .. " " .. nodeID .. " " .. hammerLib.vectorToString(nodePos) local result = "" hammerLib.startSession() result = hammerLib.runCommand(cmd) hammerLib.endSession() return result end -- deletes node(s) with the given nodeID, however if there are more than one node with the nodeID all -- are deleted function hammerLib.nodeDelete(nodeID) if (nodeID == nil) then return end local cmd = "node_delete " .. nodeID local result = "" hammerLib.startSession() result = hammerLib.runCommand(cmd) hammerLib.endSession() return result end -- This creates a link between two nodes, not sure if there's a limit no number of links -- so far it does at least 2 per node function hammerLib.nodeLinkCreate(node1ID, node2ID) if (node1ID == nil) or (node2ID == nil) then return end local cmd = "nodelink_create " .. node1ID .. " " .. node2ID local result = "" hammerLib.startSession() result = hammerLib.runCommand(cmd) hammerLib.endSession() return result end -- This deletes a connection between two nodes function hammerLib.nodeLinkDelete(node1ID, node2ID) if (node1ID == nil) or (node2ID == nil) then return end local cmd = "nodelink_delete " .. node1ID .. " " .. node2ID local result = "" hammerLib.startSession() result = hammerLib.runCommand(cmd) hammerLib.endSession() return result end -- All loaded, run findGoodVer to store the current vmf version hammerLib.findGoodVer() </code> </example>