Help with entity discovery

[Elmo the Emo Emperor]

Hey guys, i'm wondering if it's possible to find how many of type of prop there is.

I know how findByModel(string) and findResult(N) works, just wondering if you can find how many props are found.

[Acedia]

Find = findToArray()
Count = Find:count()

[Elmo the Emo Emperor]

So is that basically setting everything found to an array and then counting how many objects are in that array?

[Acedia]

So is that basically setting everything found to an array and then counting how many objects are in that array?

Yep.

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[Elmo the Emo Emperor]

Ok thanks, this is a lot simpler than the other option I thought I would have to use.

[Elmo the Emo Emperor]

OK now that i test that it dosn't really work for me

Here's what i've got running

@name Prop spawner
@outputs Spawn
interval(1000)
Model = "models/weapons/w_models/w_stickybomb.mdl"
findByModel(Model)
Propcount = findToArray():count()
if ( Propcount < 6 ) { Spawn = 1 }
elseif ( Propcount >= 6 ) { Spawn = 0 }

The spawn output is hooked up to a prop spawner.
The problem is it only spawns 1 prop. I'm thinking I might need something to a toggle line.
Can anyone help?

[Acedia]

@name Prop spawner
@outputs Spawn
interval(1000)
Model = "models/weapons/w_models/w_stickybomb.mdl"
findByModel(Model)
Propcount = findToArray():count()
if ( Propcount < 6 ) { Spawn = 1 }
elseif ( Propcount >= 6 ) { Spawn = 0 }

The spawn output is hooked up to a prop spawner.
Can anyone help?

Not sure but I think the prop spawner needs to be "pulsed" in order to spawn more than one prop. Also, it'd probably be better to leave the array in persist by itself and then call the count afterward, just in case you ever use it again.

@persist PropArray:array
PropArray = findToArray()
Spawn = PropArray:count() < 6 & clk()

[Elmo the Emo Emperor]

is the clk really necassary? The only thing triggering it is the interval.

[Acedia]

is the clk really necassary? The only thing triggering it is the interval.

I think the prop spawner needs a continual pulse, so this will only pulse if the expression clks and the prop count is less than 6. This might fix the problem with your prop spawner only spawning 1 prop.

[Elmo the Emo Emperor]

Ok thanks, i get what your saying but becaus the clk would constantly be 1 if woudn't pulse as the spawner required
But now that i know what the problem is I think I can fix this myself. Thanks mate

Edit: Got it working just added in a very slow run on tick command just to oscillate it (and not to lag the server too much)
Thanks