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VinciT wrote:Running the following code with an npc_cscanner that's set to hate players (e.g. temp_scanner) causes a crash:

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# ../scanner_output/scanner_output.py

# Source.Python
from listeners import OnEntityOutput


@OnEntityOutput
def on_entity_output(output, activator, caller, value, delay):
    if 'OnFoundPlayer' in output:
        # print(value): <_entities._datamaps.Variant object at 0x1E800228>
        print(value.type)

Looking through the HL2SDK, I found that the OnFoundPlayer output is defined as a COutputEHANDLE data type. Seeing as other outputs are defined as COutputEvent, could this difference in type be the cause of the crash?

print(int(variant.type))

VinciT wrote:Ah, I see. Thank you for the detailed explanation. It's still crashing after casting it to an integer. The value is most likely invalid, as you pointed out.

from entities.datamaps import FieldType

# CRASH
print(FieldType(1 << 30))

# OK
print(int(FieldType(1 << 30)))

# OK
print(FieldType((1 << 30) - 1))

# OK
class Foo(FieldType):
    def __str__(self):
        return str(int(self))

print(Foo(1 << 30))

VinciT wrote:I wanted to avoid using my own loop for gathering conditions for the scanner (PlayerIter() -> range check -> line of sight check), but I guess now I'll have to.
Another way could be to mess around with some CAI_Senses functions.. Probably not, we'll see.