Hi, I think this is propably the last of my short and dumb questions (sorry to waste your time). What is an enum? I see that Half-Life''s SDK uses it alot to do model animations, like lets say the model is a hand with a pistol, and the animation is shooting, then it propably looks like this: enum HGun { idle = 0; shooting; }; Well atleast thats how I think it is. Well thanks for reading ----------=Last Attacker=---------- ICQ: 120585863 E-mail: laextr@icqmail.com

An enum is basically an integer type. So using your example,

idle == 0

shooting == 1

Enums will automatically number themselves incrementally, unless you assign something. Enums are like #defines but better.

BTW, your example should be:

enum HGun
{
idle = 0, // separate with commas
shooting
};

enum is short for enumeration, which is what it does

It takes the identifiers that you pass between the { } and assigns them values incrementally. By default the first value is 0, but you can set what you want it to start with by using the = on the first identifier.

The reason they are so handy is that you can be certain that none of the identifiers will have the same value. Whereas with #defines a missed key or bad memory (yours not the computers) when modifying things can cause a bug that is hard to find even if you are staring it in the face for an hour. lol

Seeya
Krippy