Manipulating map entities with lua script.

[DonnieLewis]

Hi everyone! So I was wondering, how would I go about making a lua script that can control inputs and outputs of an entity in a map. For example, if I had a Light entity, could I make a lua script that fires it's "Toggle" input? If so I'd love to know the syntax to do such a thing. Thanks for the help in advance!

Edit: Sorry if this seems like a mapping question, I posted this here because it's mainly about scripting, just working with map elements, and I felt like there would be more people here who could help.

[Kevlon]

[img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img] [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Entity/Fire]Entity:Fire[/url]
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I don't really know what you mean by map entity

[DonnieLewis]

[QUOTE=Kevlon;49369590][img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img] [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Entity/Fire]Entity:Fire[/url]
??????
I don't really know what you mean by map entity[/QUOTE]

Just the type of entity that you put in a map with hammer, like a point light. Thanks though, I think that MAY be exactly what I was looking for!

[editline]22nd December 2015[/editline]

Well, there is a little bit of a problem with that though, in the example code it gives:

local tr = LocalPlayer():GetEyeTrace()
local ent = tr.Entity
if IsValid( ent ) then
	ent:Fire( "lock" )
end

That defines "ent" as whatever entity that the player is looking at, but how would I target a specific entity that's compiled into a map, such as a light, or maybe a door, anything really?

[NiandraLades]

sent:GetClass()

[DonnieLewis]

[QUOTE=NiandraLades;49369774]sent:GetClass()[/QUOTE]

Alright, cool. So how would I use that to target my light entity? This is the main goal:

local ent = --<My light entity in map named "togglelight">
if IsValid( ent ) then
	ent:Fire( "Toggle" ) -- I want the script to fire the "Toggle" input on the light. 
end

[Billy]

[QUOTE=DonnieLewis;49369832]:snip:[/QUOTE]

I'm not exactly a mapper but from my knowledge you've "named" it "togglelight"? So that should mean you could do this:

for _,v in pairs(ents.GetAll()) do
	if (v:GetName() == "togglelight") then
		v:Fire("Toggle")
		break
	end
end

[DonnieLewis]

[QUOTE=BillyOnWiiU;49370070]I'm not exactly a mapper but from my knowledge you've "named" it "togglelight"? So that should mean you could do this:

for _,v in pairs(ents.GetAll()) do
	if (v:GetName() == "togglelight") then
		v:Fire("Toggle")
		break
	end
end

[/QUOTE]

Thanks so much! I will try that!

[editline]22nd December 2015[/editline]

[QUOTE=BillyOnWiiU;49370070]I'm not exactly a mapper but from my knowledge you've "named" it "togglelight"? So that should mean you could do this:

for _,v in pairs(ents.GetAll()) do
	if (v:GetName() == "togglelight") then
		v:Fire("Toggle")
		break
	end
end

[/QUOTE]

OMG Thank you so much! It totally worked!!!