CEntityInstance

Schemas / entity2 / CEntityInstance

Root of the entity class hierarchy (server and client). Everything that has an entity handle ultimately derives from this.

CS2 build 25218825 · Steam date 2026-09-09 · platform windows-x86_64 · cs2_schema.json

Kind: classSize: 48 bytes (0x30)Alignment: unspecified (0xff sentinel)Module: entity2Binary: assetrename.dll

Entity Instance EntityInstance m_iszPrivateVScripts m_pEntity m_CScriptComponent

Relationships

Inherits from: nothing; this is a root class.

Derived by: C_BaseEntity, CBaseEntity

Used by (2) as a field type

• CGameSceneNode client
• CGameSceneNode server

Inheritance tree

• CEntityInstance (2)

  • C_BaseEntity client (58)

    • C_BaseModelEntity client
    • C_ColorCorrection client
    • C_CSGO_EndOfMatchLineupEndpoint client
    • C_CSGO_MapPreviewCameraPath client
    • C_CSGO_MapPreviewCameraPathNode client
    • C_CSGO_TeamPreviewCharacterPosition client
    • C_CsmFovOverride client
    • C_CSMinimapBoundary client
    • C_CSPetPlacement client
    • C_CSPlayerResource client
    • C_EntityFlame client
    • C_EnvCombinedLightProbeVolume client
    • C_EnvCubemap client
    • C_EnvCubemapFog client
    • C_EnvDetailController client
    • C_EnvLightProbeVolume client
    • C_EnvVolumetricFogController client
    • C_EnvVolumetricFogVolume client
    • C_EnvWind client
    • C_EnvWindClientside client
    • C_EnvWindController client
    • C_EnvWindVolume client
    • C_FogController client
    • C_GameRulesProxy client
    • C_GlobalLight client
    • C_GradientFog client
    • C_HandleTest client
    • C_InfoLadderDismount client
    • C_InfoVisibilityBox client
    • C_MapVetoPickController client
    • C_PathParticleRope client
    • C_PlayerPing client
    • C_PlayerVisibility client
    • C_PointCamera client
    • C_PointEntity client
    • C_PointValueRemapper client
    • C_PortraitWorldCallbackHandler client
    • C_SkyCamera client
    • C_SoundAreaEntityBase client
    • C_SoundEventEntity client
    • C_SoundOpvarSetPointBase client
    • C_Team client
    • C_TintController client
    • C_TonemapController2 client
    • C_VoteController client
    • CBasePlayerController client
    • CCitadelSoundOpvarSetOBB client
    • CCS_PortraitWorldCallbackHandler client
    • CCSCustomHudLayout client
    • CCSCustomPlayerCamera client
    • CEnvSoundscape client
    • CInfoWorldLayer client
    • CLogicalEntity client
    • CPathSimple client
    • CPointOrient client
    • CPulseGameBlackboard client
    • CRagdollManager client
    • CSkyboxReference client
  • CBaseEntity server (74)

    • CAI_ChangeHintGroup server
    • CBaseModelEntity server
    • CBasePlayerController server
    • CCitadelSoundOpvarSetOBB server
    • CColorCorrection server
    • CCommentaryAuto server
    • CCSCustomHudLayout server
    • CCSCustomPlayerCamera server
    • CCSGO_EndOfMatchLineupEndpoint server
    • CCSGO_TeamPreviewCharacterPosition server
    • CCSMinimapBoundary server
    • CCSPetPlacement server
    • CCSPlayerResource server
    • CCSPointScriptEntity server
    • CDebugHistory server
    • CEnableMotionFixup server
    • CEntityFlame server
    • CEnvBeverage server
    • CEnvCombinedLightProbeVolume server
    • CEnvCubemap server
    • CEnvCubemapFog server
    • CEnvDetailController server
    • CEnvEntityIgniter server
    • CEnvLightProbeVolume server
    • CEnvSoundscape server
    • CEnvVolumetricFogController server
    • CEnvVolumetricFogVolume server
    • CEnvWind server
    • CEnvWindController server
    • CEnvWindVolume server
    • CFishPool server
    • CFogController server
    • CFuncPropRespawnZone server
    • CFuncTimescale server
    • CGameGibManager server
    • CGameRulesProxy server
    • CGradientFog server
    • CHandleDummy server
    • CHandleTest server
    • CInfoLadderDismount server
    • CInfoVisibilityBox server
    • CInfoWorldLayer server
    • CLogicAuto server
    • CLogicGameStateReport server
    • CLogicNPCCounter server
    • CMapVetoPickController server
    • CNullEntity server
    • CPathParticleRope server
    • CPathSimple server
    • CPhysicsSpring server
    • CPhysicsWire server
    • CPlayerPing server
    • CPlayerVisibility server
    • CPointCamera server
    • CPointEntity server
    • CPointEntityFinder server
    • CPointOrient server
    • CPointPulse server
    • CPointValueRemapper server
    • CPulseGameBlackboard server
    • CRagdollManager server
    • CScriptedSequence server
    • CServerOnlyEntity server
    • CSkyboxReference server
    • CSkyCamera server
    • CSoundAreaEntityBase server
    • CSoundEventEntity server
    • CSoundEventParameter server
    • CSoundOpvarSetEntity server
    • CSoundOpvarSetPointBase server
    • CTeam server
    • CTestEffect server
    • CTonemapController2 server
    • CVoteController server

Relationship diagram (4 edges)

classDiagram
    CEntityInstance <|-- C_BaseEntity
    CEntityInstance <|-- CBaseEntity
    CEntityInstance --> CEntityIdentity
    CEntityInstance --> CScriptComponent

Inheritance chain, direct subclasses (up to 20) and a few composition edges

Memory layout

3 fields, 3 declared here and 0 inherited. Offsets are absolute from the object base on windows-x86_64.

CEntityInstance

Show only fields declared here (3)

Offset	Field	Type	From	Annotations
0x8	m_iszPrivateVScripts	CUtlSymbolLarge
0x10	m_pEntity	CEntityIdentity*		CEntityIdentity pointer: the entity's identity record (name, class, handle, flags).
0x28	m_CScriptComponent	CScriptComponent*		VScript component attached to the entity, when scripted.