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util.GetModelInfo#528499
<function name="GetModelInfo" parent="util" type="libraryfunc">
<description>
Returns a table containing the info about the model.
<note>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</note>
</description>
<realm>Shared</realm>
<args>
<arg name="mdl" type="string">Model path</arg>
</args>
<rets>
<ret name="" type="table">The model info as a table with the following keys:
* <page>number</page> SkinCount - Identical to <page>Entity:SkinCount</page>.
* <page>string</page> KeyValues - Valve key-value formatted info about the model's physics (Constraint Info, etc). This is limited to 4096 characters.
* <page>string</page> ModelKeyValues - Valve key-value formatted info about the model ($keyvalues command in the .qc of the model), if present</ret>
</rets>
</function>
<example>
<description>Example usage of the function. We use <page>util.KeyValuesToTablePreserveOrder</page> in order to preserve multiple keys with the same name.</description>
<code>
local ModelInfo = util.GetModelInfo("models/combine_gate_vehicle.mdl" )
print( ModelInfo.SkinCount ) // The skin count
PrintTable( util.KeyValuesToTablePreserveOrder( ModelInfo.KeyValues ) ) // Physics data
</code>
<outputfixedwidth>Fixed width</outputfixedwidth>⤶
<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
```⤶
</output>
</example>