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Custom ModelDoc nodes

You can make a custom ModelDoc node. This is useful for any gamemode-specific data you want to attach to specific models. These nodes are defined in C# code, and the FGD for these is automatically generated for you.

Generic Game Data

  1. Define a struct or class. Add the ModelDoc.GameData attribute.
/// <summary> /// Spawn a particle when the model is used on an entity. Support for this depends on the entity. /// </summary> [ModelDoc.GameData( "particle", AllowMultiple = true )] public class ModelParticle { [DisplayName( "Particle" ), ResourceType( "vpcf") ] public string Name { get; set; } [JsonPropertyName( "attachment_point" ), FGDType( "model_attachment" )] public string AttachmentPoint { get; set; } [JsonPropertyName( "attachment_type" )] public ParticleAttachment AttachmentType { get; set; } = ParticleAttachment.AttachmentFollow; [JsonPropertyName( "attachment_offset" )] public Vector3 AttachmentOffset { get; set; } }

  1. Run your gamemode. The FGD for this node then gets auto-generated.

  2. Assign the node in ModelDoc. If you don't know how to do that, you should probably read a ModelDoc guide like this one.

  3. Now you can use this data in code like so.

ModelParticle[] modelParticles = Model.GetData<ModelParticle[]>();

4a. or like so, which automatically checks of the data exists:

if ( Model.TryGetData( out ModelParticle[] modelParticles ) { // Data exists on this model, use it.. }

Break Commands

Break commands are a more specific alternative to GenericGameData which allows code to be ran when an entity with a model that has given node breaks via the Breakables class, such as doors, physics props and others.

They work identically to GenericGameData but the class markup looks a little different:

/// <summary> /// Spawn a particle system when this model breaks. /// </summary> [Library( "break_create_particle" )] public class ModelBreakParticle : IModelBreakCommand { /// <summary> /// The particle to spawn when the model breaks. /// </summary> [JsonPropertyName( "name" ), ResourceType( "vpcf" )] public string Particle { get; set; } // ... public void OnBreak( Sandbox.Breakables.Result res ) { if ( !(res.Source is ModelEntity ent) ) return; var part = Particles.Create( Particle, ent.Position ); // ... } }

The OnBreak callback will be called automatically when an entity breaks and has a model with (in this case) break_create_particle break command.

Other things you can do with this

There are multiple attributes that you can use in order to make your own custom designers/helpers:

  • ModelDoc.Axis
  • ModelDoc.Box
  • ModelDoc.Sphere
  • ModelDoc.Capsule
  • ModelDoc.Cylinder
  • ModelDoc.Line
  • ModelDoc.HandPose
  • ModelDoc.EditorWidget

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