stock DealDamage(victim, damage, attacker = -1, dmgflags = DMG_GENERIC, const String:weapon[] = "")
{
  new String:strDmg[8], String:strDmgFlags[16];
  IntToString(damage, strDmg, sizeof(strDmg));
  IntToString(dmgflags, strDmgFlags, sizeof(strDmgFlags));
   
  new hurtent = CreateEntityByName("point_hurt");
  if(hurtent)
  {
   DispatchKeyValue(victim, "targetname", "dmgtarget");
   DispatchKeyValue(hurtent, "DamageTarget", "dmgtarget");
   DispatchKeyValue(hurtent, "Damage", strDmg);
   DispatchKeyValue(hurtent, "DamageType", strDmgFlags);
   if(weapon[0])
   {
    DispatchKeyValue(hurtent, "classname", weapon);
   }
   DispatchSpawn(hurtent);
    
   AcceptEntityInput(hurtent, "Hurt", (attacker > 0) ? attacker : -1);
   DispatchKeyValue(victim, "targetname", "nodmg");
    
   // clean up
   RemoveEdict(hurtent);
  }
}