I'm reading through the Lite-C workshops and I'm on Workshop 9 about entities. I understand all of the entity types except Map Entities. I get the basic premise but why is there less info about this entity type compared to the other 3? What are they exactly? Why not simply use a model in their place?

Thanks for the info and clearing up my confusion.

3dgs manual is clear about map entities:

i use map entities for doors and elevators. also for large levels i split up sections of the level and build them as a map entitie and then place them in my level this saves time when compileing the level.

There is less info because people use them less, and when I mean less I mean almost none. Honestly it's easier for a programmer like me to make that object in med then to make an ugly map entity.

Ah, Fox and msmith thanks for the clarification. I had already read the manual and workshop over a few times but I wasn't sure if they were simply not used often or what have you.

I figured they were more for buildings and the such where it makes more sense to build those large parts as a level.

I suppose as I gain more experience with the program the distinguishing characteristics will become more clear. I think my confusion is from the "compiled level" remark in the manual. I just saw a level as the whole thing rather than being able to create "levels" as parts of levels.