Pev Research • xPaw

Variable	Type	Tested Value	Description
pev_string_start	Placeholder		Placeholder. Start of string variables.
pev_classname	String	player	Type of entity (Value of this controls what code handles the entity's think at pev_nextthink)
pev_globalname	String		This is the name of the global variable (set by an env_global entity) that can be used to control the state of the entity.
pev_model	String	models/player/terror/terror.mdl	The model of the entity
pev_target	String		Entity that this entity is handling
pev_targetname	String		The name given to this entity that another entity searches for to handle it
pev_netname	String	GHW_Chronic	Player or NPC name
pev_message	String
pev_noise	String		Noise variables do different things for different ents.
pev_noise1	String		This is the move sound for doors.
pev_noise2	String		This is the stop sound for doors.
pev_noise3	String		This is for blocking game_player_equip and player_weaponstrip
pev_string_end	Placeholder		Placeholder.
pev_edict_start	Placeholder		Placeholder. Start of edict variables.
pev_chain	Integer	0
pev_dmg_inflictor	Integer	0	The entity that dealt damage to this entity. (If a gun deals the damage the gun's pev_owner is the entity who dealt the damage).
pev_enemy	Integer	0
pev_aiment	Integer	0	Contains the entity's index that this entity is following. This is only in effect if this ent's movetype is MOVETYPE_FOLLOW. Example: set_pev(ent,pev_movetype,MOVETYPE_FOLLOW); set_pev(ent,pev_aiment,index);
pev_owner	Integer	0	Parent of this entity. For weapons this entity is the player.
pev_groundentity	Integer	0	The index of the entity we're standing on.
pev_euser1	Integer	0
pev_euser2	Integer	0
pev_euser3	Integer	0
pev_euser4	Integer	0
pev_edict_end	Placeholder		Placeholder.
pev_float_start	Placeholder		Placeholder. Start of float variables.
pev_impacttime	Float	0.000000
pev_starttime	Float	0.000000
pev_idealpitch	Float	0.000000
pev_ideal_yaw	Float	0.000000
pev_pitch_speed	Float	0.000000
pev_yaw_speed	Float	0.000000
pev_ltime	Float	0.000000
pev_nextthink	Float	0.000000	The time (in relevance to get_gametime()) of the next time this entity's think will be called.
pev_gravity	Float	1.000000	0.0 = No gravity 1.0 = Normal Gravity Values are not limited to 0.0 through 1.0
pev_friction	Float	1.000000	0.0 = No Friction (0 Acceleration) 1.0 = Normal Friction >1.0 = Faster Acceleration + Faster Halt negative value = Constant Acceleration in backwards direction
pev_frame	Float	158.772949	The frame of the current sequence of the current model (Starts at frame 0.0)
pev_animtime	Float	7.223107	The time to start the animation of the sequence (if sequence is running this is set to get_gametime())
pev_framerate	Float	1.000000	The frames per second (FPS) the current sequence is playing at
pev_scale	Float	0.000000	Doesn't affect models. Used for such things as env_sprites (stores sprite scale) or env_shooter (stores gib size)
pev_renderamt	Float	0.000000	The intensity of the render effects (0 = no effect 255 = full effect). Don't think the value of this matters when the render mode is kRenderNormal (0)
pev_health	Float	100.000000	Health of the entity. When it reaches 0 it is destroyed.
pev_frags	Float	0.000000	# of frags Scoreboard changes when the ScoreInfo message is called.
pev_takedamage	Float	2.000000	Damage multiplyer 0.0 = Invincible 2.0 = Normal Damage
pev_max_health	Float	100.000000	Always set to 100 but doesn't effect entities. I think it is just for reference. Players always respawn at 100.0 but I don't know if non-player entities spawn with this much HP when DLL_Func_Spawn is called. will have to test.
pev_teleport_time	Float	0.000000	? - Counts back from 2000.0 whenever I get out of the water (when the game moves your player upwards to represent climbing out).
pev_armortype	Float	0.000000	Type of armor the entity has (In CS this is the CsArmorType constants).
pev_armorvalue	Float	0.000000	Amount of armor the entity has.
pev_dmg_take	Float	0.000000	Amount of damage entity was hit for.
pev_dmg_save	Float	0.000000
pev_dmg	Float	2.000000	Damage type that this entity got hit by (DMG_ constants).
pev_dmgtime	Float	0.000000	On grenades, the time (in relevance to get_gametime()) at which the explosion should take place.
pev_speed	Float	0.000000	Not for players. Effects change from entity to entity (IE: used for door swing speed)
pev_air_finished	Float	19.223108	Default: get_gametime() + 12.0 Number is set according to the previous equation every think unless a player is submerged under water. if(get_gametime()==pev_air_finished + x) {Deal Damage} where x is any positive integer including 0.
pev_pain_finished	Float	0.000000	? - Guess would be that this is set to a gametime when you are set on fire or something of the sort.
pev_radsuit_finished	Float	0.000000	? - Guess would be that this is set to a gametime for how long the radiation suit lasts for maps like rock in TFC.
pev_maxspeed	Float	250.000000	Think uses this to determine the max speed a player or monster can move at when fully accelerated.
pev_fov	Float	90.000000	Field of View Determines how many degrees of view fit on the screen. Default for players: 90.0 Smaller numbers are used for scoping.
pev_flFallVelocity	Float	0.000000	velocity[2] *= -1.0 Opposite of Z velocity (Falling Speed)
pev_fuser1	Float	0.000000
pev_fuser2	Float	0.000000	[In CS]: When jump button is pressed this variable is set to 1320.0 and decreaments to 0.0. With default friction when this variable reads 0.0 the player should have the ability to accelerate like normal after landing from a jump. This variable does not affect this occurrence but monitors it.
pev_fuser3	Float	0.000000
pev_fuser4	Float	0.000000
pev_float_end	Placeholder		Placeholder.
pev_int_start	Placeholder		Placeholder. Start of integer variables.
pev_fixangle	Integer	0.000000	When set to 1 it forces the client to update its angles to the ones set in pev_viewangles during the next player think
pev_modelindex	Integer	156.000000	Model index returned by precache_model.
pev_viewmodel	Integer	187258336.000000	Use pev_viewmodel2
pev_weaponmodel	Integer	187258352.000000	Use pev_weaponmodel2
pev_movetype	Integer	3.000000	Movement Type Constant. Further detail later
pev_solid	Integer	3.000000	Solid Type Constant. SOLID_NOT = No clipping, No touching, No hitboxes SOLID_TRIGGER = No clipping, Touching, No hitboxes SOLID_BBOX = Clipping, Touching, Hitboxes SOLID_SLIDEBOX = Clipping, Touching, Hitboxes, Friction when moving, Players and monsters use this SOLID_BSP = No Clipping, Touching, Hitboxes
pev_skin	Integer	0.000000	Selects the skin the model displays. Most models only have 1 skin (skin 0).
pev_body	Integer	1.000000	Part of a model. pev_body = 1 shows backpack in CS
pev_effects	Integer	0.000000	Bitsum of preset draw effects for an entity (EF_ constants in hlsdk_const.inc)
pev_light_level	Integer	51.000000	Amount of light shining on the entity (Used for model rendering) (0=No light 180=Fully Lit).
pev_sequence	Integer	19.000000	Primary sequence the entity runs If player or monster this is the sequence of the lower body parts (IE: run / sequence 4 in CS)
pev_gaitsequence	Integer	1.000000	Secondary sequence for monsters and players that shows upper body animation (IE: ref_aim_mp5 / sequence 36 in CS)
pev_rendermode	Integer	0.000000	The type of rendering for the model / how the model is rendered.
pev_renderfx	Integer	0.000000	The effects added to the model rendering.
pev_weapons	Integer	-1610481664.000000	Bitsum of all currently carried weapons for a player.
pev_deadflag	Integer	0.000000	Flags dealing with player's death status 0 - alive 1 - playing death animation or still falling off of a ledge waiting to hit ground 2 - dead, lying still. 3 - ? 4 - ?
pev_button	Integer	0.000000	Bit flag for what buttons are currently being held by the player IN_ constants
pev_impulse	Integer	0.000000	When set it activates impulse commands during think (Resets to 0.0 after impulse occurs) (Impulses can be found in player.cpp). Non-Mod specific impulses: 99 - Valve/Sierra Logo 100 - Flashlight 201 - Logo Spray
pev_spawnflags	Integer	0.000000	Bit flag of entity's spawn flags (SF_ constants (hlsdk_const.inc)).
pev_flags	Integer	520.000000	bit flag of entity flags (FL_ constants)
pev_colormap	Integer	1.000000
pev_team	Integer	0.000000	Team of the entity (Use mod specific team constants). I think it can only be extracted as an int which may be why it is displaying 0.0 on my reading even though I was on the T team.
pev_waterlevel	Integer	0.000000	0 - Not in water 1 - Waiding 2 - Mostly submerged 3 - Completely submerged
pev_watertype	Integer	-1.000000	-1 - No water -3 - Water -4 - Slim -5 - Lava
pev_playerclass	Integer	0.000000	Not used in CS. Class constant in other games (IE: DODC_GARAND / TFC_PC_SCOUT)
pev_weaponanim	Integer	1.000000	Sequence of the v_ model.
pev_pushmsec	Integer	0.000000
pev_bInDuck	Integer	0.000000	0 - Not in the process of ducking 1 - In the process of ducking Note: if fully crouched this returns 0
pev_flTimeStepSound	Integer	260.000000	? - Starts at 400.0 and decreases to 0.0 then resets to 400.0 and repeats constantly.
pev_flSwimTime	Integer	0.000000	?
pev_flDuckTime	Integer	0.000000	When crouch button is pressed this variable is set to 1000.0 and decreaments to 0.0. If crouch button is released variable is instantly reset to 0.0.
pev_iStepLeft	Integer	0.000000	Seems to control which footstep sound is played. Toggles between 1.0 and 0.0 every time a footstep sound occurs for the player.
pev_gamestate	Integer	1.000000	Don't know exactly what this does but in CS: 1.0 = No Shield 0.0 = Shield
pev_oldbuttons	Integer	0.000000	Bit flag of the buttons that the player was pressing during the last think IN_ constants
pev_groupinfo	Integer	0.000000	?
pev_iuser1	Integer	0.000000
pev_iuser2	Integer	0.000000
pev_iuser3	Integer	0.000000
pev_iuser4	Integer	0.000000
pev_int_end	Placeholder		Placeholder.
pev_byte_start	Placeholder		Placeholder. Start of byte variables.
pev_controller_0	Integer	38081536.000000
pev_controller_1	Integer	38081536.000000
pev_controller_2	Integer	38081536.000000
pev_controller_3	Integer	38081536.000000
pev_blending_0	Integer	38081704.000000
pev_blending_1	Integer	38081664.000000
pev_byte_end	Placeholder		Placeholder.
pev_bytearray_start	Placeholder		Placeholder. Start of byte array variables.
pev_controller	Integer	0.000000
pev_blending	Integer	0.000000
pev_bytearray_end	Placeholder		Placeholder.
pev_vecarray_start	Placeholder		Placeholder. Start of vector(Float:[3]) array variables.
pev_origin	Float	-832.000000	[3] Location of the entity in the map
pev_oldorigin	Float	0.000000	[3] Doesn't seem to be used anymore
pev_velocity	Float	0.000000	[3] Vector speed of entity
pev_basevelocity	Float	0.000000	[3] Velocity of the conveyor we are standing.
pev_clbasevelocity	Float	0.000000	[3]
pev_movedir	Float	0.000000	[3] For waterjumping, a forced forward velocity so we can fly over lip of ledge.
pev_angles	Float	0.000000	[3] Angles for model rendering. [0] = Verticle (90=Looking down \| -90=Looking up) [1] = Horizontal (-180/180 = Looking backward \| 90 = Looking Left \| -90 = Looking Right \| 0 = Looking Straight)
pev_avelocity	Float	0.000000	[3] Rotating Velocity (More Research Coming)
pev_v_angle	Float	0.000000	[3] Angles for player view rendering. Same numbers as angles.
pev_endpos	Float	0.000000	[3]
pev_startpos	Float	0.000000	[3]
pev_absmin	Float	-849.000000	[3] These 2 variables are used by the engine for calculations and are set automatically for all entities pev_origin[i] + pev_mins[i] - 1
pev_absmax	Float	-815.000000	[3] pev_origin[i] + pev_maxs[i] + 1
pev_mins	Float	-16.000000	[3] Negative distance away from the origin on each axis the entity is touchable / clippable
pev_maxs	Float	16.000000	[3] Positive distance away from the origin on each axis the entity is touchable / clippable
pev_size	Float	32.000000	[3] pev_size[i] = abs(pev_mins[i] - pev_maxs[i])
pev_rendercolor	Float	0.000000	[3] = {R, G, B} Color to use with pev_rendermode
pev_view_ofs	Float	0.000000	[3] Permanent version of pev_punchangle
pev_vuser1	Float	0.000000
pev_vuser2	Float	0.000000
pev_vuser3	Float	0.000000
pev_vuser4	Float	0.000000
pev_punchangle	Float	0.000000	[2] Offset of v_angles usually due to recoil or being shot. pev_punchangles decreases to 0.0 gradually/automatically
pev_vecarray_end	Placeholder		Placeholder.
pev_string2_begin	Placeholder		Placeholder. Start of string correction variables.
pev_weaponmodel2	String	models/p_glock18.mdl	The weapon model other players see as the weapon being carried by the player (p_ models)
pev_viewmodel2	String	models/v_glock18.mdl	The weapon model displayed to the character in first person (v_ models)
pev_string2_end	Placeholder		Placeholder.
pev_edict2_start	Placeholder		Placeholder. Start of edict correction variables.
pev_pContainingEntity	String
pev_absolute_end	Placeholder		Placeholder.

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