Entity

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An entity refers to anything that the player can interact with in an Id Tech 3 map. Weapons, items, NPCs, doors and switches are all types of entities.

The static geometry of a map is also an entity, known as "worldspawn".

Entity types

These are the types of entities in Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy:

ammo
emplaced (emplaced guns)
func (doors, moving platforms and elevators, breakable walls, glass, etc.)
fx (effects such as smoke, fire and weather effects)
holocron (force power items)
info (player starting point)
item (medikits, shields, batteries, bacta, etc.)
light (light source)
misc (miscellaneous entities, including 3d models, gun turrets, security panels, security cameras)
NPC
path_corner (waypoints for func_train)
point_combat (combat location for NPCs)
rail (special entities for creating the moving train effect in t1_rail level in Jedi Academy)
ref_tag (location marker for scripts)
target (perform various functions when activated)
terrain
trigger
waypoint (used by NPCs for navigation)
weapon