Solved Detecting when helicopter spawns?

Hi,

I'm attempting to write some simple util-plugins for my own server, as a web developer used to writing JavaScript and being able to log pretty much anything to console and read through it all I've hit my first stumbling point.

I'm guessing that using something like the following:

Code:

void OnEntitySpawned(BaseNetworkable entity)
    {
        if (BaseNetworkable === BaseHelicopter)
            rust.BroadcastChat("The Patrol Helicopter has spawned!);
    }

I can check if the args of OnEntitySpawned match the entity name of heli, then broadcast to chat that something has happened? How do I know what these args contain?

Sorry if this is a basic question, just starting out!

Cheers,
Myles

 

I suggest learning C#
However, to answer your question, I think a good place to start is to look at Oxide's GitHub.

Also, your code has some issues:
BaseNetworkable is a type. BaseHelicopter is also a type. They are not the same exact type (which you can deduce from the fact that they don't have the same exact name)
I think what you meant to check is if the parameter 'entity' is an instance of the type 'BaseHelicopter'.
Also, if you changed from 'BaseNetworkable === BaseHelicopter' to 'entity === BaseHelicopter', you would still be checking if an object is the same exact thing as a type. Instead, use 'typeof entity === BaseHelicopter'.

Good luck

 

Fantastic - thank you both, got it working

 

In this case the is keyword can be used actually: is (C# Reference)

Code:

if (entity is BaseHelicopter)
{
    // Entity is a helicopter, do stuff here
}

 

Sorry for the confusion. I did suggest he use C#, but then I helped him with his code in JavaScript.

 

He was already using C#

 

Hmm, I didn't think so because I thought === was a JavaScript thing, not a C# thing.

 

There's no "===" operator in C#, but there is "==". I went with "is" anyway.