Assign entity keys to entities in editor

[Rick]

Sometimes I find I just need to assign entity keys to entities in the editor so I can flag them as something. I know right now I have to attach a script and do it that way, but it would be nice to be able to do this from the editor. Maybe have a Keys tab when you select the entity that allows us to add a dynamic amount of key/value pairs to it. For csg this should flag it to not get collapsed.

[YouGroove]

You mean like RTS ? selecting all flagged entities in one click or key ?

Like make virtual groups in the editor and select any group any time easyly ?

[Rick]

entity:SetKeyValue("key", "value)

 

I want to be able to do that in the editor for any entity for any amount of keys. You can query these with entity:GetKeyValue("key") to tell what certain things are. This is a way to set variables inside the entity itself as opposed to doing it via a script. Some things may need to be tagged with keys but don't require a full script.

[DudeAwesome]

good idea.