Make an entity out of brushes in hammer

[Boatplugs]

I don't know if this should go into mapping or lua. Does anyone know how to make a brush entity in hammer that I could do Entity functions on and possibly set some keyvalues?

[DEADBEEF]

It's quite simple really:

* Make a brush
* Select it & Ctrl-T to tie it to an entity.
* Enter whatever name you like in the class box.
* Make a new directory in your <gamemode>/entities/entities/ dir. Name it the same as the classname you used in hammer.
* Make a init.lua file in this dir and put [i]ENT.Type = "brush"[/i] at the top.
* All done.

If you want to add any key values to your ent in hammer you'll have to turn smart edit off when editing the ents properties, or add your classname to the active FDG settings file.

Here's an example brush ent which is being used as a trigger...

entities/entities/trigger_capzone/init.lua
[lua]
ENT.Type = "brush"

/*---------------------------------------------------------
Name: Initialize
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function ENT:Initialize()

self.Team = self.Team or RED_TEAM

self.EnterSound = "npc/combine_gunship/gunship_ping_search.wav"
self.ExitSound = "npc/combine_gunship/attack_stop2.wav"

end

/*---------------------------------------------------------
Name: StartTouch
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function ENT:StartTouch( entity )

if ( !self:PassesTriggerFilters( entity ) ) then return end
self:DoScoring( entity, true )

end

/*---------------------------------------------------------
Name: EndTouch
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function ENT:EndTouch( entity )

if ( !self:PassesTriggerFilters( entity ) ) then return end
self:DoScoring( entity, false )

end

function ENT:DoScoring( head, bool )

//stuff here

end

/*---------------------------------------------------------
Name: PassesTriggerFilters
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function ENT:PassesTriggerFilters( entity )

return ( entity && entity:IsValid() && entity:GetClass() == "hh_head" ) && ( entity:GetPlayer() && entity:GetPlayer():IsValid() )

end

/*---------------------------------------------------------
Name: KeyValue, Called when a key is defined in hammer
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function ENT:KeyValue( key, value )

self:SetNWString( key, value )

end
[/lua]

[Boatplugs]

Okay, I made the brush in hammer but when I go in-game the brush doesn't show up, any reason why?

entities/entities/func_fade/init.lua
[lua]
ENT.Type = "brush"

function ENT:Initialize()
end

function ENT:KeyValue(key, value)
end
[/lua]

[Lordgunner58]

self.Draw() ...

Edit: SHIT SORRY FOR THE GRAVEDIGGING