bad argument #2 to '?' (Vector expected, got number)

[Crazy Quebec]

Hey, I want to trace perpendicularly to a trace hitpos but am running into a weird problem. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong, or what I should be doing?

Here's what I have :
[lua]local tr = self:GetEyeTrace()

local endpos = tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal*100
print(type(tr.HitPos), type(endpos)) -- Prints Vector Vector
local hittr = util.QuickTrace(tr.HitPos, endpos) -- bad argument #2 to '?' (Vector expected, got number)
[/lua]

Thanks in advance. :smile:

[Silverlan]

It should work fine actually. (It does for me at least)
Have you tried using util.TraceLine instead? (util.TraceLine({start = tr.HitPos, endpos = tr.HitPos +endpos}))

[| FlapJack |]

Shouldn't do any difference, but try:

[lua]local tr = Vector(self:GetEyeTrace())

local endpos = Vector(tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal*100)
print(type(tr.HitPos), type(endpos)) -- Prints Vector Vector
local hittr = util.QuickTrace(tr.HitPos, endpos) -- bad argument #2 to '?' (Vector expected, got number) [/lua]

[Silverlan]

[QUOTE=| FlapJack |;18113365]Shouldn't do any difference, but try:

[lua]local tr = Vector(self:GetEyeTrace())

local endpos = Vector(tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal*100)
print(type(tr.HitPos), type(endpos)) -- Prints Vector Vector
local hittr = util.QuickTrace(tr.HitPos, endpos) -- bad argument #2 to '?' (Vector expected, got number) [/lua][/QUOTE]
What are you doing? That will set tr to Vector(1,1,1), I don't see how that's supposed to help...

[Crazy Quebec]

Sorry guys, I'm an idiot. That's not even what was giving me an error.:blush: (I had assumed)

Problem fixed.

[| FlapJack |]

[QUOTE=Silverlan;18113446]What are you doing? That will set tr to Vector(1,1,1), I don't see how that's supposed to help...[/QUOTE]

So tonumber will turn 5 into 1?

[/sarcasm]

And if it doesn't return the way it should, just use .x .y and .z. Problem solved.

[Silverlan]

[QUOTE=| FlapJack |;18113485]So tonumber will turn 5 into 1?

[/sarcasm]
[/QUOTE]
No, but you can't use a table as an argument for Vector(). If you don't use numbers, or anything at all, Vector() always returns a vector with x = 1, y = 1 and z = 1.

[EDITLINE]-[/EDITLINE]
By the way, quebec, small mistake in your code.
The second argument of util.QuickTrace is not supposed to be a world position. It automatically adds the vector given through the first argument to the second argument, so in this case it would create a trace from tr.HitPos to tr.HitPos +tr.HitNormal *100 +tr.HitPos, and I'm pretty sure that's not what you want. Just change it to this:
[lua]local tr = self:GetEyeTrace()

-- local endpos = tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal*100
local enddir = tr.HitNormal*100
local hittr = util.QuickTrace(tr.HitPos, enddir)
[/lua]

[Crazy Quebec]

[QUOTE=Silverlan;18113536]No, but you can't use a table as an argument for Vector(). If you don't use numbers, or anything at all, Vector() always returns a vector with x = 1, y = 1 and z = 1.

[EDITLINE]-[/EDITLINE]
By the way, quebec, small mistake in your code.
The second argument of util.QuickTrace is not supposed to be a world position. It automatically adds the vector given through the first argument to the second argument, so in this case it would create a trace from tr.HitPos to tr.HitPos +tr.HitNormal *100 +tr.HitPos, and I'm pretty sure that's not what you want. Just change it to this:
[lua]local tr = self:GetEyeTrace()

-- local endpos = tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal*100
local enddir = tr.HitNormal*100
local hittr = util.QuickTrace(tr.HitPos, enddir)
[/lua][/QUOTE]

Oh, quite right you are, I had misread the documentation. Thanks. :smile:

[Magnificor]

What were you reading?