How to determine if entity is hidden or not

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Shifty Geezer (Posted 2004) [#1]

Is there a function to reutn whether an entity is visible used in conjunection with HideEntity() and ShowEntity()? The closest I could find in the manual was EntityVisible() but that returns whether the entity is visible to the camera, not whether or not it's been turned off.

Ricky Smith (Posted 2004) [#2]

No command as such but you could set a flag when an entity is hidden or shown and then check this value. If the entity is a type you could add a field for a visible flag.

Gord (Posted 2004) [#3]

Yes I use flags all the time for example HideEntity ship shiphidden = true if shiphidden then ...do something

jhocking (Posted 2004) [#4]

Can you see it? If not, it's hidden!