autospawning npcs/entities

[dpoolas]

Alright what I am trying to do is make it so zombies will spawn in spots given every 10 seconds

local function CreateZombie(npc)
local npc = ents.Create("nx_zombie")
npc:SetPos(Vector(table.Random(mytable)))
npc:Spawn()
end
timer.Create( "Zombietimer", 10, 0, CreateZombie, npc)

myTable={}
myTable[1]="433.200470,-657.511597,320.031250;"
myTable[2]="-200.917343,-1239.716431,312.031250"
myTable[3]="4022.880371,646.364136,320.031250;"
myTable[4]="3799.210693,1839.861328,312.031250"
myTable[5]="396.321228,-1197.222412,320.031250;"

[slay3r36]

you need to hook your timer to [B][URL="http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Gamemode.InitPostEntity"]Gamemode.InitPostEntity [IMG]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/IMG][/URL][/B]
and you should remove the " ; " in your table.

[TaintedTurnip]

[lua]timer.Create( "Zombietimer", 10, 0, function()
local npc = ents.Create("nx_zombie")
npc:SetPos(Vector(table.Random(mytable)))
npc:Spawn()
end )

myTable = {
"433.200470,-657.511597,320.031250",
"-200.917343,-1239.716431,312.031250",
"4022.880371,646.364136,320.031250",
"3799.210693,1839.861328,312.031250",
"396.321228,-1197.222412,320.031250"
}[/lua]

Untested, but should work.

Is nx_zombie a custom NPC?

[dpoolas]

in yours lucky it just has function which is confusing me.

[TaintedTurnip]

For a timer, you don't need to name a function, it just works like that.

Also, you only do

[lua]myTable={}
myTable[1]="433.200470,-657.511597,320.031250;"
myTable[2]="-200.917343,-1239.716431,312.031250"
myTable[3]="4022.880371,646.364136,320.031250;"
myTable[4]="3799.210693,1839.861328,312.031250"
myTable[5]="396.321228,-1197.222412,320.031250;" [/lua]

If you want to concatenate all of it, only basic use I can think of.

[Crazy Quebec]

[QUOTE=LuckyLuke;22565844]For a timer, you don't need to name a function, it just works like that.

Also, you only do

[lua]myTable={}
myTable[1]="433.200470,-657.511597,320.031250;"
myTable[2]="-200.917343,-1239.716431,312.031250"
myTable[3]="4022.880371,646.364136,320.031250;"
myTable[4]="3799.210693,1839.861328,312.031250"
myTable[5]="396.321228,-1197.222412,320.031250;" [/lua]

If you want to concatenate all of it, only basic use I can think of.[/QUOTE]

That's a table of strings, not vectors.

[lua]myTable={}
myTable[1]= Vector(433.200470,-657.511597,320.031250)
myTable[2]= Vector(-200.917343,-1239.716431,312.031250)
myTable[3]= Vector(4022.880371,646.364136,320.031250)
myTable[4]= Vector(3799.210693,1839.861328,312.031250)
myTable[5]= Vector(396.321228,-1197.222412,320.031250)[/lua]

[dpoolas]

so how would i go about incorporating the vector statement into lucky's code

[editline]12:11AM[/editline]

Would this work

local function CreateZombie(npc)
local npc = ents.Create("nx_zombie")
npc:SetPos((table.Random(mytable)))
npc:Spawn()
end
timer.Create( "Zombietimer", 10, 0, CreateZombie, npc)

myTable={}
myTable[1]= Vector(433.200470,-657.511597,320.031250)
myTable[2]= Vector(-200.917343,-1239.716431,312.031250)
myTable[3]= Vector(4022.880371,646.364136,320.031250)
myTable[4]= Vector(3799.210693,1839.861328,312.031250)
myTable[5]= Vector(396.321228,-1197.222412,320.031250)

[Crazy Quebec]

Yes, yes it would.

[dpoolas]

I'm not giving up what the hell is wrong with this i tried the last script and it didn't work

why won't this one work

AddCSLuaFile( "Zombiespawner.lua" )

timer.Create( "NPCSpawnTimer", 15, 0 function()
local ents = ent.Create("nx_zombie")
ents:SetPos(Vector(table.Random(myTable)))
ent:Spawn()
end

myTable = {
"433.200470,-657.511597,320.031250",
"-200.917343,-1239.716431,312.031250",
"4022.880371,646.364136,320.031250",
"3799.210693,1839.861328,312.031250",
"396.321228,-1197.222412,320.031250"}

[Crazy Quebec]

Because your myTable contains single strings, not 3 number seperated by commas.

Just use vectors in the table.

[dpoolas]

Anything wrong now?

AddCSLuaFile( "Zombiespawner.lua" )

timer.Create( "NPCSpawnTimer", 15, 0 function()
local ents = ent.Create("nx_zombie")
ents:SetPos(Vector(table.Random(myTable)))
ent:Spawn()
end

myTable={}
myTable[1]= Vector(433.200470,-657.511597,320.031250)
myTable[2]= Vector(-200.917343,-1239.716431,312.031250)
myTable[3]= Vector(4022.880371,646.364136,320.031250)
myTable[4]= Vector(3799.210693,1839.861328,312.031250)
myTable[5]= Vector(396.321228,-1197.222412,320.031250)

[Crazy Quebec]

You forgot a comma between 0 and function. You should be getting errors, if they don't help you post them here. Also why do you need to AddCSLuaFile that file? It's serverside.

[dpoolas]

Thats the thing thats weird no errors are coming up. This is my code now

timer.Create( "NPCSpawnTimer", 15, 0, function()
local ents = ent.Create("nx_zombie")
ents:SetPos(Vector(table.Random(myTable)))
ent:Spawn()
end

myTable={}
myTable[1]= Vector(433.200470,-657.511597,320.031250)
myTable[2]= Vector(-200.917343,-1239.716431,312.031250)
myTable[3]= Vector(4022.880371,646.364136,320.031250)
myTable[4]= Vector(3799.210693,1839.861328,312.031250)
myTable[5]= Vector(396.321228,-1197.222412,320.031250)

[AngryChairR]

" ... ents:S ... "

[Lily]

myTable={}
myTable[1]= Vector(433.200470,-657.511597,320.031250)
myTable[2]= Vector(-200.917343,-1239.716431,312.031250)
myTable[3]= Vector(4022.880371,646.364136,320.031250)
myTable[4]= Vector(3799.210693,1839.861328,312.031250)
myTable[5]= Vector(396.321228,-1197.222412,320.031250)

timer.Create( "NPCSpawnTimer", 15, 0, function()
local ent = ents.Create("nx_zombie")
ent:SetPos(Vector(table.Random(myTable))) 
ent:Spawn()
end)

Are you sure its loading propperly, becuse your code should give an error. this one is fixed

[editline]10:29AM[/editline]

1000 Posts! :toot:

[TaintedTurnip]

[QUOTE=Tobba;22598992]

myTable={}
myTable[1]= Vector(433.200470,-657.511597,320.031250)
myTable[2]= Vector(-200.917343,-1239.716431,312.031250)
myTable[3]= Vector(4022.880371,646.364136,320.031250)
myTable[4]= Vector(3799.210693,1839.861328,312.031250)
myTable[5]= Vector(396.321228,-1197.222412,320.031250)

timer.Create( "NPCSpawnTimer", 15, 0, function()
local ent = ents.Create("nx_zombie")
ent:SetPos(Vector(table.Random(myTable))) 
ent:Spawn()
end)

Are you sure its loading propperly, becuse your code should give an error. this one is fixed

[editline]10:29AM[/editline]

1000 Posts! :toot:[/QUOTE]

That should work.

Also, halfway there mate :toot:

[Aaron113]

The reason the other one probably wasn't working is because you were setting the table after the function so it returned nil. That is my guess anyway.

[dpoolas]

Alright my code now and still no result.

myTable={}
myTable[1]= Vector(433.200470,-657.511597,320.031250)
myTable[2]= Vector(-200.917343,-1239.716431,312.031250)
myTable[3]= Vector(4022.880371,646.364136,320.031250)
myTable[4]= Vector(3799.210693,1839.861328,312.031250)
myTable[5]= Vector(396.321228,-1197.222412,320.031250)

timer.Create( "NPCSpawnTimer", 15, 0, function()
local ent = ents.Create("nx_zombie")
ent:SetPos(Vector(table.Random(myTable)))
ent:Spawn()
end)

I put it in Lua/autorun/server and I tried Lua/autorun

Would it be this ent:SetPos(table.Random(myTable))
Since vector is already established in the table

[Crazy Quebec]

Yes, yes it would.

[dpoolas]

Lol it works only problem now is for some reason the snpc is spawning as an error........

This is ridiculous lol

[editline]11:44PM[/editline]

Nevermind its working. I will try setting up a max amount of the entity spawned at a time on my own

[dpoolas]

Ok yeah im going to ask how would i make it so only 30 zombies can be on the map at a time and keep the script running?