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util.GetModelInfo

  table util.GetModelInfo( string mdl )
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Description

Returns a table containing the info about the model. The model will be loaded and cached if it was not previously.

This function will silently fail if used on models with following strings in them:
  • _shared
  • _anims
  • _gestures
  • _anim
  • _postures
  • _gst
  • _pst
  • _shd
  • _ss
  • _anm
  • _include

Arguments

1 string mdl
The model path to retrieve information about.

Returns

1 table with ModelInfo structure
The model info. See ModelInfo structure for details.

Example

Example usage of the function. We use util.KeyValuesToTablePreserveOrder in order to preserve multiple keys with the same name.

local ModelInfo = util.GetModelInfo("models/combine_gate_vehicle.mdl" ) print( ModelInfo.SkinCount ) // The skin count PrintTable( util.KeyValuesToTablePreserveOrder( ModelInfo.KeyValues ) ) // Physics data
Output:
1: Key = solid Value: 1: Key = index Value = 0 2: Key = name Value = Vehicle_Gate.Gate2_L 3: Key = mass Value = 1 4: Key = surfaceprop Value = metal 5: Key = damping Value = 0 6: Key = rotdamping Value = 0 7: Key = inertia Value = 1 8: Key = volume Value = 68522.9296875 ... 6: Key = editparams Value: 1: Key = rootname Value = 2: Key = totalmass Value = 1

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