Blinding players and changing models

[satoon101]

Notice on that same page that Edict.get_server_entity returns the entity's ServerEntity instance:
http://wiki.sourcepython.com/index.php/entities#get_server_entity

Also, you might try using the example I just posted in the News forums. However, once the entities_changes updates are finalized, you will also be able to use:

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from engines.precache import Model
from events import Event
from filters.players import PlayerIter
 
my_model = Model('models/characters/hostage_02.mdl')
 
@Event
def player_say(game_event):
    for player in PlayerIter(return_types='player'):
        start_color = player.color
        player.set_model(my_model)
        player.color = start_color

set_model will likely be added to the virtual_functions for CBaseEntity:
https://github.com/Source-Python-Dev-Team/Source.Python/blob/entities_changes/addons/source-python/data/source-python/virtuals/cstrike/CBaseEntity.ini#L126

That offset will likely be used in this file:
https://github.com/Source-Python-Dev-Team/Source.Python/blob/entities_changes/addons/source-python/data/source-python/entities/managers/engines/orangebox/CBaseEntity.ini

[L'In20Cible]

Just a few hints about setting player's model. In your example, storing then reseting the color is useless. ServerEntity.set_model_index won't mess with the color. From what I remember, the following won't mess the color:

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ServerEntity.set_model_index(modelindex)
Edict.set_key_value_int('modelindex', modelindex)

While the following will:

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Edict.set_prop_int('m_nModelIndex', modelindex)

From what I know, this is caused by forcing the value then calling Edict.state_changed and ignoring that call, won't update the player's model. However, you also need to set m_ModelName otherwise the model's path of the player will stay the old one.

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Edict.set_key_value_string('model', model)

The best way to achieve that is surely to call CBaseEntity::SetModel since this will internally call UTIL_SetModel which will take care to, set m_nModelIndex, set m_ModelName and also update m_vecMins/Maxs based on the given model size.

[satoon101]

Yeah, I was going off of playerlib's setModel function as to setting the player's color. It sets the m_nModelIndex property. One issue I notice with using the string path is that it never calls the index property to precache the model. We will need to work on setting up a system that allows passing the path instead of the index that also takes care of precaching.