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map_subents
Determines whether entities contained in map entities are to be placed into the level, or not.
Range:
on - place sub entities (default).
off - don't place sub entities.
Type:
Var, redefinable
Example:
var map_subents = off;

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@ ulillillia

Way above you spoke of enteties inside of entities not showing up because of some kind of bug....here is a quote from the manuel

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map_subents
Determines whether entities contained in map entities are to be placed into the level, or not.
Range:
on - place sub entities (default).
off - don't place sub entities.
Type:
Var, redefinable
Example:
var map_subents = off;

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I havea question for you though, if you don't mind helping a bit here. if I cut my level down into chunks and make map entities out of them, is that considered by WED to be an entity or a model? Is it possible to take the entity you just made, and turn the entity into a model?

I have tried several aproaches. The only thing I could figure out was to group everything together then save it as a level (wmp). Then import that into MED. However once I get to that point, I have no textures and what have you, so how would I go about taking what I now have and getting the textures that are on it in WED on it in the model editer?

Which is better: a model or a map entity as far as performance is concerned?
Is it even possible to take something from WED group it together import it to MED and get it mapped out and skinned to be a model?

I have been messing with this for 3 and a half hours so far, and that is the best I got lol.

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result2 = 1; //start at the beginning of the array
WHILE (1) {
	IF (static_info[result2] > 0) { //if our ID is greater than 0
		vec_set(temp.x,vector(static_info[result2 + 1],static_info[result2 + 2],static_info[result2 + 3])); //find the position of the object
		result = vec_dist(vector(camera.x,camera.y,0),vector(temp.x,temp.y,0)); //find distance from object to camera
		IF (result < 5000 && static_info[result2 + 7] == 1) { //if object is within 5000 quants and isn't already created
			find_static(static_info[result2]); //find the object using it's ID
			static_info[result2 + 7] = 2; //set to 2 means the object is now created
			you = ent_create(temp_string,temp.x,static_ent); //create the object at the location specified in the array
			vec_set(you.pan,static_info[result2 + 4]); //set object rotation
			you.visible_range = 5000; //this is a skill I made used to determine how far the object needs to be from the camera to be removed, so that I could assign different values to different objects, you may not need this
			you.skill1 = result2; //set the objects skill1 to the value the object exists in the array
		}
	} ELSE {
		IF (next_static == -1) { next_static = result2; } //next_static is the point in the array the next object gets created at, I initially set it to -1 upon level load, then the moment the script finds an ID in the array which is at 0 it sets this point in the array to create the new object at
		break;
	}
	result2 += 8; //go to the next object in the array
	IF (result2 >= 9000) { break; } //if we have reached the array limit (in this case 9000) break the loop.
}

IF (key_caps == 0 && key_b == 0 && b_press == 1) { b_press = 0; }
IF (key_caps == 1 && key_b == 1 && b_press == 0) {
	beep;
	b_press = 1;
	result3 = 1;
	WHILE (1) {
		find_static(1);
		you = ent_create(temp_string,camera.x,static_ent);
		you.skill1 = next_static;
		static_info[next_static] = store_static_ID;
		vec_set(vector(static_info[next_static + 1],static_info[next_static + 2],static_info[next_static + 3]),camera.x);
		next_static += 8;
		result3 -= 1;
		IF (result3 <= 1) { break; }
	}
}

FUNCTION find_static(static_ID) {
	vec_set(temp_scale.x,vector(1,1,1));
	str_cpy(temp_string,"lamppost1");
	IF (static_ID == 1) { str_cpy(temp_string,"lamppost1"); }
	IF (static_ID == 2) { str_cpy(temp_string,"woodhouse1"); }
	IF (static_ID == 3) { str_cpy(temp_string,"woodbridge1"); }
str_cat(temp_string,".mdl");

		WHILE (saving_objects == 1) {
			static_info[my.skill1 + 7] = 1;
			wait(1);
		}
		IF (saving_objects == 0) { static_info[my.skill1 + 7] = 2; }

		vec_set(static_info[my.skill1 + 1],my.x);
		vec_set(static_info[my.skill1 + 4],my.pan);

	static_info[my.skill1 + 7] = 1;
	ent_remove(my);
	return;