trying to get players position

[frankpetrov]

trying to see if a player is within 10 of a certain coord but i get the error "attempt to call field 'GetPos' <a nil value>

any clue as to how to get this to work? any and all help is appreciated.

pistachio.command:Create("scavenge", "", "Scavenge an area for items.", function(client, arguments)
	local pos1 = Vector(2258.769043,5173.314941,-131.968750) // boxes
	local ClosestDistance = 10
	local Distance = player.GetPos():Distance(pos1)

	if (client:GetPrivateVar("karma") >= 1) then
		if (Distance < ClosestDistance) then
			client:ChatPrint("Scavenging...")
			client:Freeze(true)
			timer.Simple(5, function()
				local RandAmount = math.floor(math.Rand(1,3))
				if(RandAmount == 1) then
					local RandAmount2 = math.floor(math.Rand(1,5))
					client:AddMoney(RandAmount2);
					client:ChatPrint("You can't gather that!")
				end;
				if(RandAmount == 2) then
					client:AddItem("weapon_pickaxe")
					client:ChatPrint("You found a pickaxe!")
				end;	
				if(RandAmount == 3) then
					client:Health(-5);
					client:ChatPrint("A rabid mouse bit your hand!")
				end;	
			client:Freeze(false)	
			end)
		else
				client:ChatPrint("You are not near the scavenging area")
		end;
	else
		client:Notify("You dont have enough Karma!");
	end;
end);

[Pugsworth]

player[b].[/b]GetPos()

[frankpetrov]

I tried using that

[Pugsworth]

[QUOTE=FrankPetrov;40239161]I tried using that[/QUOTE]

That's what's wrong.
You're trying to access a metatable function directly. Use player:GetPos()

[frankpetrov]

so what should i change "local Distance = player.GetPos():Distance(pos1)" to? i need it to check if a player is within so far of the area. I'm not only trying to get the player's position... Sorry if i'm seeming stupid about this, your words are just too vague to me.

[meanwhile]

[QUOTE=FrankPetrov;40239327]so what should i change "local Distance = player.GetPos():Distance(pos1)" to? i need it to check if a player is within so far of the area. I'm not only trying to get the player's position... Sorry if i'm seeming stupid about this, your words are just too vague to me.[/QUOTE]

player:GetPos(), not player.GetPos()

[Pugsworth]

[QUOTE=FrankPetrov;40239327]so what should i change "local Distance = player.GetPos():Distance(pos1)" to? i need it to check if a player is within so far of the area. I'm not only trying to get the player's position... Sorry if i'm seeming stupid about this, your words are just too vague to me.[/QUOTE]

I told you.
player:GetPos() instead of player.GetPos()

The difference is that lua automatically sets the "self" variable when you use a colon. It's Syntactic sugar for:
player.GetPos(player)

[frankpetrov]

[QUOTE=NightmareX91;40239401]player:GetPos(), not player.GetPos()[/QUOTE]

still says its a nil value though

[Pugsworth]

[QUOTE=FrankPetrov;40239435]still says its a nil value though[/QUOTE]
It's because 'player' isn't declared. You have 'client' as an argument, but used 'player' instead.

[Greetings]

player.GetPos doesn't exist.

client:GetPos().

[frankpetrov]

Awesome. got it to work thanks a lot everyone!