Method GetByName

code/game/Q3_Interface.cpp:11224–11249

Polls the engine for the sequencer of the entity matching the name passed

//Polls the engine for the sequencer of the entity matching the name passed
int		CQuake3GameInterface::GetByName( const char *name )
{
	gentity_t				*ent;
	entitylist_t::iterator		ei;
	char					temp[1024];

	if ( name == NULL || name[0] == '\0' )
		return -1;

	strncpy( (char *) temp, name, sizeof(temp) );
	temp[sizeof(temp)-1] = 0;

	ei = m_EntityList.find( Q_strupr( (char *) temp ) );

	if ( ei == m_EntityList.end() )
		return -1;

	ent = &g_entities[(*ei).second];

	return ent->s.number;

	// this now returns the ent instead of the sequencer -- dmv 06/27/01
//	if (ent == NULL)
//		return NULL;
//	return ent->sequencer;
}

// (g_entities[m_ownerID].svFlags&SVF_ICARUS_FREEZE)
// return -1 indicates invalid