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Contents 1 I am trying to add an action to an entity through C++ 2 Changing c-script vars through C++ 3 I want to convert the contents of an std::string to a char*. How? 4 Setting up Visual Studio 2005 C++

I am trying to add an action to an entity through C++

ENTITY* Ent = ent_create("",Pos,NULL):

Ent.event = (void*)YourFunc; Ent.flags |= ENABLE_FRAME;

Changing c-script vars through C++

var *OurTestVar = (var*)engine_getobj("OurTestVar");

(*OurTestVar) = _VAR(1);

I want to convert the contents of an std::string to a char*. How?

Use string.c_str().

Setting up Visual Studio 2005 C++

This article shows you how to setup Visual Studio 2005 (including Express versions) Setting Up Visual Studio 2005