As an examplo im using this code that is in the manual
Code:

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entity shotgun_onscreen
{
  type = <shotgun.mdl>;
 	layer = 2; // display above view entities with layer 1
 	flags = visible;// visible on screen from the start
 	view = CAMERA; // same camera parameters as the default view
 	albedo = 50; // gouraud shading from sun position
 	x = 100; // place 100 quants ahead of the view
 	y = -50; // 50 to the right
 	z = 0; // and center vertically
}

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THE PROBLEM:
I have a code that creates a smoke particle, and the initial position of this particle SHOULD be "shotgun_onscreen.x"
but it looks like the engine doesnt recon that shotgun_onscreen is an entity.
so if I put something like this

Code:

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effect(starter_weaponfire,10,shotgun_onscreen.x,vector(0,0,20));

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it creates the particle in the middle of the map, so it seems that shotgun_onscreen.x is equal to 0!

help?
thanks