Add back some of the entity search functions.

source/Base/Algo.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,32 @@
 namespace SqMod {
 namespace Algo {
 
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+static const Object & Blip_FindBySprID(Int32 sprid)
+{
+    // Perform a range check on the specified identifier
+    if (sprid < 0)
+    {
+        STHROWF("The specified sprite identifier is invalid: %d", sprid);
+    }
+    // Obtain the ends of the entity pool
+    Core::Blips::const_iterator itr = Core::Get().GetBlips().cbegin();
+    Core::Blips::const_iterator end = Core::Get().GetBlips().cend();
+    // Process each entity in the pool
+    for (; itr != end; ++itr)
+    {
+        // Does the identifier match the specified one?
+        if (itr->mSprID == sprid)
+        {
+            return itr->mObj; // Stop searching and return this entity
+        }
+    }
+    // Unable to locate a blip matching the specified identifier
+    return NullObject();
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 // ================================================================================================
 void Register(HSQUIRRELVM vm)
 {
@@ -25,6 +51,7 @@ void Register(HSQUIRRELVM vm)
         .Func(_SC("TagBegins"), &Entity< CBlip >::FirstWhereTagBegins)
         .Func(_SC("TagEnds"), &Entity< CBlip >::FirstWhereTagEnds)
         .Func(_SC("TagContains"), &Entity< CBlip >::FirstWhereTagContains)
+        .Func(_SC("WithSprID"), &Blip_FindBySprID)
     );
 
     fns.Bind(_SC("Checkpoint"), Table(vm)

source/Entity/Player.cpp

@@ -2061,6 +2061,37 @@ SQInteger CPlayer::AnnounceEx(HSQUIRRELVM vm)
     return 0;
 }
 
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+static const Object & Player_FindAuto(Object & by)
+{
+    switch (by.GetType())
+    {
+        case OT_INTEGER:
+        {
+            return Core::Get().GetPlayer(by.Cast< Int32 >()).mObj;
+        } break;
+        case OT_FLOAT:
+        {
+            return Core::Get().GetPlayer(std::round(by.Cast< Float32 >())).mObj;
+        } break;
+        case OT_STRING:
+        {
+            // Obtain the argument as a string
+            String str(by.Cast< String >());
+            // Attempt to locate the player with this name
+            Int32 id = _Func->GetPlayerIdFromName(&str[0]);
+            // Was there a player with this name?
+            if (VALID_ENTITYEX(id, SQMOD_PLAYER_POOL))
+            {
+                Core::Get().GetPlayer(id).mObj;
+            }
+        } break;
+        default: STHROWF("Unsupported search identifier");
+    }
+    // Default to a null object
+    return NullObject();
+}
+
 // ================================================================================================
 void Register_CPlayer(HSQUIRRELVM vm)
 {
@@ -2220,6 +2251,8 @@ void Register_CPlayer(HSQUIRRELVM vm)
             (_SC("SetAnimation"), &CPlayer::SetAnimation)
         .Overload< void (CPlayer::*)(Int32, Int32) const >
             (_SC("SetAnimation"), &CPlayer::SetAnimation)
+        // Static Functions
+        .StaticFunc(_SC("Find"), &Player_FindAuto)
         // Raw Squirrel Methods
         .SquirrelFunc(_SC("Msg"), &CPlayer::Msg)
         .SquirrelFunc(_SC("MsgP"), &CPlayer::MsgP)