Entity that converts between variable types

src/game/server/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1385,6 +1385,7 @@ target_sources_grouped(
     neo/neo_te_tocflash.cpp
     neo/neo_te_tocflash.h
     neo/neo_tracefilter_collisiongroupdelta.h
+    neo/neo_typeconverter.cpp
     neo/neo_dm_spawn.cpp
     neo/neo_dm_spawn.h
 )

src/game/server/neo/neo_typeconverter.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#include "cbase.h"
+
+enum ConvertType_t
+{
+    CONV_INVALID = -1,
+    CONV_FLOAT,
+    CONV_INTEGER,
+    CONV_STRING,
+};
+
+class CNEO_TypeConverter : public CLogicalEntity
+{
+public:
+    DECLARE_CLASS(CNEO_TypeConverter, CLogicalEntity);
+    DECLARE_DATADESC();
+
+    void InputSendData(inputdata_t& inputdata);
+
+    ConvertType_t m_iOutputType = CONV_INVALID;
+
+    COutputFloat   m_OutFloat;
+    COutputInt     m_OutInteger;
+    COutputString  m_OutString;
+};
+
+// An entity to convert with string conversion support to get around that pesky "Bad I/O link!!" error
+LINK_ENTITY_TO_CLASS(neo_type_converter, CNEO_TypeConverter);
+
+BEGIN_DATADESC(CNEO_TypeConverter)
+
+DEFINE_KEYFIELD(m_iOutputType, FIELD_INTEGER, "outputtype"),
+
+// Inputs
+DEFINE_INPUTFUNC(FIELD_FLOAT, "SendFloat", InputSendData),
+DEFINE_INPUTFUNC(FIELD_INTEGER, "SendInteger", InputSendData),
+DEFINE_INPUTFUNC(FIELD_STRING, "SendString", InputSendData),
+
+// Outputs
+DEFINE_OUTPUT(m_OutFloat, "OutFloat"),
+DEFINE_OUTPUT(m_OutInteger, "OutInteger"),
+DEFINE_OUTPUT(m_OutString, "OutString"),
+
+END_DATADESC()
+
+void CNEO_TypeConverter::InputSendData(inputdata_t& inputdata)
+{
+    switch (m_iOutputType)
+    {
+    case CONV_FLOAT:
+        m_OutFloat.Set(inputdata.value.Float(), inputdata.pActivator, this);
+        break;
+    case CONV_INTEGER:
+        m_OutInteger.Set(inputdata.value.Int(), inputdata.pActivator, this);
+        break;
+    case CONV_STRING:
+        m_OutString.Set(AllocPooledString(inputdata.value.String()), inputdata.pActivator, this);
+        break;
+    default:
+        AssertMsg(false, "Unexpected neo_type_converter output type: %d", m_iOutputType);
+        break;
+    }
+}