I can currently spawn a tank entity by using the SpawnEntity method. I set the SEntitySpawnParams object to what I want and then call the method. It works well.

I found that the tank class (well the one I'm using.) is US_tank. This seems to set the proper .lua files for the tank and it spawns everything the tank needs.

Now I am trying to spawn a tree but when it is spawned in the SandBox the Class is GeomEntity and the problem is that if I spawn a bench it's Class is also GeomEntity. In the SpawnEntity function it doesn't seem to take in any variables that would let me specify that I want it to be a tree or what type of tree it is.

Is there a way that the game differentiates between different GeomEntities? Or is there a different function that I need to use to spawn a GeomEntity?


One other thing. If I am going to be populating a large area of trees and want to use Brushes instead of a large number of entities can I do that in C++? If so, can you please give me a starting point to working with the brushes in C++.

Thank you.

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Anyone know?? ?(

And I don't think you can spawn brushes.

Thank you for your input INS. This works well and I can now spawn GeomEntities. I can set flags to make them cast shadows and interact with wind but I walk right through them in the game. Looking through the code I can not find how to make the trees solid. Is there a flag I am not seeing or a different property I need to set to make the tree solid?

Thanks.

Perhaps you should experiment with SEntityPhysicalizeParams

(didn't test anything)

Thanks for the quick response ins. I have tried the above and it does not seem to work. I also tried PE_RIGID and it didnt work either. I will keep trying though.

Hi!

I just ran into the same problem in CryEngine 3 and I was wondering, if you managed to make the entity solid?


edit: ok, nevermind. Seems like I found a workaround in my case.


Did the trick for me. But only that's for Cryengine 3 of course and not really a great solution