ENTITY/Initialize

 ENTITY:Initialize( )

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Description

Called when the entity is created. This is called when you Entity:Spawn the custom entity.

This is called after ENTITY:SetupDataTables and GM:OnEntityCreated.

BUG	This is sometimes not called clientside. You can work around this by setting a variable in Initialize and check if it exists in ENTITY:Think. See the example below. Issue Tracker: #2732

Examples

Example

Example Initialize function

function ENT:Initialize()
	-- Sets what model to use
	self:SetModel( "models/props/cs_assault/money.mdl" )

	-- Sets what color to use
	self:SetColor( Color( 200, 255, 200 ) )

	-- Physics stuff
	self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS )
	self:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )

	-- Init physics only on server, so it doesn't mess up physgun beam
	if ( SERVER ) then self:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS ) end
	
	-- Make prop to fall on spawn
	local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()
	if ( IsValid( phys ) ) then phys:Wake() end
end

Examples

Example

Fixes the function not being called clientside.

function SWEP:Initialize()
	self.m_bInitialized = true

	-- Other code
end

function SWEP:Think()
	if (not self.m_bInitialized) then
		self:Initialize()
	end

	-- Other code
end