Time for action - creating a new entity

In CryENGINE 3, there are various types of Lua entities predefined. Their basic functionality can be easily overwritten and expanded. Additionally, there are interfaces to communicate with C++ and also directly with the flow graph.

A Lua entity has two parts:

• The .ent definition file defines the name of this entity class and the script file location

• The .lua code associated with the entity class

In order to create a new entity, we first have to create the .ent file. The .ent definitions can be found in <engine root>\Game\Entities (if this folder does not exist, just create it).

1. Create a new file named Teleporter.ent and open it with a text editor such as NotePad++. Each .ent file is basically an XML file with a single tag that defines the name of this entity class and the associated Lua script file. Write the following code into the Teleporter.ent file:

   <Entity
   Name="Teleporter"
   Script="Scripts/Entities/Others/Teleporter.lua"
   />

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