ent_pvs (entity_number, mode)
Returns a pointer to a certain entity in the potential visible opaque / transparent entity list, thus giving access to all the potentially visible entities.
var opaque_ents = 0;
var transparent_ents = 0;
var total_ents = 0;
// counts the number of opaque and transparent entities and displays the results on the screen
function count_ents_startup()
{
wait (-1);
int i = 1;
you = ent_pvs(i, 0); // retrieve first opaque entity
while (you) // repeat until all the opaque entities are counted
{
i++;
opaque_ents += 1;
you = ent_pvs(i, 0); // get the following opaque entity
}
i = 1;
you = ent_pvs(i, 1); // retrieve first transparent entity
while (you) // repeat until all the transparent entities are counted
{
i++;
transparent_ents += 1;
you = ent_pvs(i, 1); // get the following transparent entity
}
total_ents = opaque_ents + transparent_ents;
}
PANEL* test_pan =
{
digits(50, 50, 4, *, 1, opaque_ents);
digits(50, 70, 4, *, 1, transparent_ents);
digits(50, 90, 4, *, 1, total_ents);
flags = visible;
}
Med improvements
MEDB now supports a second UV set on skins, for special purposes such as shadow mapping. The second UV set is also stored in the MDL7 file.
Mouse_pointer improvements
The mouse_pointer variable now supports all available Windows mouse pointers. Simply set mouse_pointer to 1...30 to get the desired mouse pointer bitmap.
function mouse_startup()
{
mouse_mode = 2;
mouse_pointer = 3; // play with this value
while (1)
{
vec_set(mouse_pos, mouse_cursor);
wait(1);
}
}