Where do I place my Lua Script..

[Mal1t1a]

Okay, I have made a Lua Script, but I do not know where to put it. If I put it into the garrysmod/garrysmod/lua/autorun folder, some of the functions mess up, such as ParticleEmitter and vgui.Create.

This is all that is in my script:

Making a Table of Strings
Build a Derma Menu when someone runs the command: "open_dmenu" which is added by:
concommand.Add("open_dmenu", Makedermamenu)
Hook the player's chat, so the commands are chat activated. If I use lua_openscript_cl test.lua
it works perfectly fine, but I'm rather new to Lua, so I don't know the placement of the Lua files, and how to actually make them 'work'. I only know how to develop Ass_Mod plugins, which are self-called. Can you please help? Thanks.

[braxus]

[QUOTE=Mal1t1a;17720989] some of the functions mess up, such as ParticleEmitter and vgui.Create.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Mal1t1a;17720989]
Making a Table of Strings
Build a Derma Menu when someone runs the command: "open_dmenu" which is added by:
concommand.Add("open_dmenu", Makedermamenu)
Hook the player's chat, so the commands are chat activated..[/QUOTE]

Why do you have ParticleEmitter in an autorun script? Do you mind posting the code?

[Mal1t1a]

[lua]
function Spit(ent)
local pos = ent:EyePos()
local heading = ent:GetAimVector()
local emitter = ParticleEmitter(pos)
emitter:SetNearClip(16, 20)

local particle = emitter:Add("particle/rain", pos)
particle:SetDieTime(3)
particle:SetStartAlpha(255)
particle:SetEndAlpha(100)
particle:SetStartSize(4)
particle:SetEndSize(0)
particle:SetRoll(math.Rand(0, 360))
particle:SetRollDelta(math.Rand(-20, 20))
particle:SetCollide(true)
particle:SetGravity(Vector(0, 0, -600))
particle:SetVelocity(heading * 350)
particle:SetAirResistance(10)

for i=1, 14 do
local particle = emitter:Add("particle/rain", pos)
particle:SetDieTime(math.Rand(1, 2))
particle:SetStartAlpha(255)
particle:SetEndAlpha(100)
particle:SetStartSize(1)
particle:SetEndSize(0)
particle:SetRoll(math.Rand(0, 360))
particle:SetRollDelta(math.Rand(-20, 20))
particle:SetCollide(true)
particle:SetGravity(Vector(0, 0, -600))
particle:SetVelocity(heading * 300 + VectorRand():Normalize() * 64)
particle:SetAirResistance(20)
end

emitter:Finish()
end
[/lua]

[braxus]

You need to make an individual file for the effect. (example: lua/effects/spit/init.lua)

Example...

function EFFECT:Init( data )

	local vOffset = data:GetOrigin()

	local emitter = ParticleEmitter( data:GetOrigin() );
		for i = 40, 50 do

			local smoke = emitter:Add( "particle/particle_smokegrenade", vOffset );

			if (smoke) then

				smoke:SetVelocity(VectorRand() * 600);
				
				smoke:SetLifeTime(0);
				smoke:SetDieTime(math.Rand(5, 10));
				
				smoke:SetColor(120, 120, 120);
				smoke:SetStartAlpha(math.Rand(240, 255));
				smoke:SetEndAlpha(0);
				
				smoke:SetStartSize(math.Rand(30, 45));
				smoke:SetEndSize(math.Rand(175, 225));
				
				smoke:SetRoll(math.Rand(-180, 180));
				smoke:SetRollDelta(math.Rand(-0.1, 0.1));
				
				smoke:SetAirResistance(math.Rand(400, 600));
				smoke:SetGravity( Vector( 0, 0, math.Rand(0, 10) ) );

				smoke:SetCollide( true );

				smoke:SetLighting(1);
			end
		end
		
	emitter:Finish()
end

function EFFECT:Think( )
	return false
end

function EFFECT:Render()
end

Then to emit the effect you need to do something like this...

function Spit(ent)
local effectdata = EffectData()
effectdata:SetOrigin(ent:GetPos())
util.Effect(nameoftheeffectfiledirectory,effectdata)
end

As you can see in the first codebox, local variable [b]vOffset[/b] is [b]data:GetOrigin()[/b]. This is what you just defined in the above code. It is the position of the entity.

[Mal1t1a]

Okay, but this does not help me place the Lua file... Would I have to use something like: CSAddLuaFile("test.lua")?
or would I have to use include('test.lua')?
If so, how exactly would I have to do that?

[braxus]

Nope.

Just fix the effect thing (make an individual serverside file for it and place it in lua/effects/spit) and place the other file in your autorun directory.

[Mal1t1a]

No, this does not fix it, as then vgui.Create still does not work. I've never gotten any derma menu to work with the autorun directory.

[bromvlieg]

[QUOTE=Mal1t1a;17721604]No, this does not fix it, as then vgui.Create still does not work. I've never gotten any derma menu to work with the autorun directory.[/QUOTE]

make an delay on it, like timer.Simple(2, function() ******* end)
as the derma module might run later then this script it wil error out.

edit:

why the fuck am i dumb?

[braxus]

[QUOTE=Mal1t1a;17721604]No, this does not fix it, as then vgui.Create still does not work. I've never gotten any derma menu to work with the autorun directory.[/QUOTE]

Post the code with vgui.Create in it.

[Mal1t1a]

[QUOTE=bromvlieg;17723390]make an delay on it, like timer.Simple(2, function() ******* end)
as the derma module might run later then this script it wil error out.

edit:

why the fuck am i dumb?[/QUOTE]

I tried the timer function, and it didn't work. Do you know how to use the:
[lua]if SERVER then
AddCSLuaFile("test.lua")//I don't know what goes here, is it supposed to be the name of the lua script that's being run?
return
end
[/lua]

If you do know how to use it, could you explain?

also, I didn't mark you as dumb.

[Lexic]

You're all unhelpful.
The answer is:
If your code is entirely clientside, then it goes in autorun/client.
If your code is entirely serverside then it goes in autorun/server.
If your code is mixed, then it goes in autorun, with if statements differentiating which it should be run on.
[lua]if SERVER then
-- Server Code
else
-- Client code
end[/lua]

[braxus]

sorry for trying to help you fucking dick

[Jam]

Hold your horses, dude. He only said that you didn't give him the help he needed.

You don't need to Spazz out.