How do I get entity centerpoint in QC? (not origin)

[tundramagi]

How do I get entity centerpoint in QC? (not origin)
How do I figure out if the origin is comming up as 0,0,0 (or nothing and it's using the map origin instead)?

I want to make the debris launch from entity center point if no origin was set.
I need to find out the entity's center to do this, and I need to know if it doesn't have an origin.
I guess I will assume there is no origin if the origin comes up as 0 0 0 (but what is the if/then for this? if (self.orgin == '0 0 0')?

is abs min/max it?

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void LaunchDebris (string debrisname) =
{
   local   entity dbr;

   dbr = spawn();
   dbr.origin = self.origin + self.absmin
              + '1 0 0' * random() * (self.absmax_x - self.absmin_x)
              + '0 1 0' * random() * (self.absmax_y - self.absmin_y)
              + '0 0 1' * random() * (self.absmax_z - self.absmin_z);
   setmodel (dbr, debrisname );
   dbr.movetype = MOVETYPE_BOUNCE;
   dbr.solid = SOLID_NOT;
   // TODO parametrize this
   dbr.velocity_x = 70 * crandom();
   dbr.velocity_y = 70 * crandom();
   dbr.velocity_z = 140 + 70 * random();
   dbr.avelocity_x = random()*600;
   dbr.avelocity_y = random()*600;
   dbr.avelocity_z = random()*600;
   SUB_SetFade(dbr, time + 1 + random() * 5, 1);
};


[mand1nga]

try with

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e.origin + (e.mins + e.maxs) * 0.5

why another thread? you just had to press the new topic button, right?

[tundramagi]

try with

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e.origin + (e.mins + e.maxs) * 0.5

why another thread? you just had to press the new topic button, right?

Doesn't work. Can I have another way? This is what I tried (it still drops from origin):

dbr.origin = (self.origin + (self.mins + self.maxs) * 0.5)
+ '1 0 0' * random() * (self.absmax_x - self.absmin_x)
+ '0 1 0' * random() * (self.absmax_y - self.absmin_y)
+ '0 0 1' * random() * (self.absmax_z - self.absmin_z);

Why in QC is nothing easy and everything impossible?