ENT:Use() does'nt work

[wamilou]

Hello world,

Yesterday, I try to make a SENT but the hook "ENT:Use()" doesn't called :/

Gmod Wiki Page : [b][url=wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=ENT.Use]ENT.Use [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b]

And my SENT luas :
[u][b]cl_init.lua[/b][/u]
[lua]
include("shared.lua")
[/lua]

[u][b]init.lua[/b][/u]
[lua]
AddCSLuaFile("cl_init.lua")
AddCSLuaFile("shared.lua")

include("shared.lua")

local actPlayer = nil;

function ENT:SpawnFunction( ply, tr )
if ( !tr.Hit ) then return end
local ent = ents.Create("prop_physics");
ent:SetPos( tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal * 16 );
ent:SetModel("models/props/metal_box.mdl");
ent:Spawn();
ent:SetUseType(SIMPLE_USE);
ent:Activate();

return ent;
end

function ENT:Use( activator, caller )
Msg("Active : "..activator:GetName().."\n");
if ( activator:IsPlayer() and actPlayer == nil ) then
actPlayer = activator;
Msg("Debug\n");
end

if( activator == actPlayer ) then
actPlayer = nil;
end
end

function ENT:Think()
if(actPlayer != nil) then
local pos = actPlayer:GetPos()+actPlayer:GetUp()*50+actPlayer:GetForward()*100

self.Entity:SetPos(pos);
end
end
[/lua]

[u][b]shared.lua[/b][/u]
[lua]
ENT.Type = "anim"

ENT.PrintName = "Portal Cube"
ENT.Author = "Wamilou"
ENT.Contact = "[e-mail]"
ENT.Purpose = "The cube of portal 1"
ENT.Instructions = "Play with this as on portal 1"
ENT.Category = "Portal Mod Entities"

ENT.Spawnable = true
ENT.AdminSpawnable = true
[/lua]

Could you help me please ?

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[ralle105]

You ain't giving it any physics, thus there's nothing to press use on.

[wamilou]

How can I make this please ?

[Killer_Steel]

By initiating it's physics through ENT:Initialize(),

I'm surprised you aren't using this.

function ENT:Initialize()
if phys:IsValid() then
phys:Wake()
end

Not near all the code that's in this function, look up ENT:Initialize and see what you learn from that.

[Killer_Steel]

Double post? Dunno how I managed that.

[wamilou]

It does'nt work !

[lua]
Msg("-*-*- Init cube -*-*-\n");

AddCSLuaFile("cl_init.lua")
AddCSLuaFile("shared.lua")

include("shared.lua")

ENT.Type = "anim"

local actPlayer = nil;

function ENT:Initialize()
local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject();
if(phys:IsValid()) then
phys:Wake();
end
end

function ENT:SpawnFunction( ply, tr )
if ( !tr.Hit ) then return end
local ent = ents.Create("prop_physics");
ent:SetPos( tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal * 16 );
ent:SetModel("models/props/metal_box.mdl");
ent:Spawn();
ent:SetUseType(SIMPLE_USE);
ent:Activate();

local phys = ent:GetPhysicsObject();
if(phys:IsValid()) then
phys:Wake();
end

return ent;
end

function ENT:Use( activator, caller )
Msg("Active : OK\n");
end
[/lua]

Could you help please ?
I read the page of ENT:Initialize() but it don't work :/

[LinkTwilight]

Right now you're just making a prop_physics in the SpawnFunction, and not doing anything with it.

You need to make it spawn the SEnt instead.

[b]init.lua[/b]

AddCSLuaFile("cl_init.lua")
AddCSLuaFile("shared.lua")

include("shared.lua")

local actPlayer = nil;

function ENT:SpawnFunction( ply, tr )

	if ( !tr.Hit ) then return end
	
	local SpawnPos = tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal * 32
	
	local ent = ents.Create( 'ent_broken' )
	
	ent:SetPos( SpawnPos )
	
	ent:Spawn()
	ent:Activate()
	
	return ent

end

function ENT:Initialize()

	self:SetModel( 'models/props/metal_box.mdl' )
	
	self:PhysicsInit(SOLID_VPHYSICS)
	self:SetMoveType(MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS)
	self:SetSolid(SOLID_VPHYSICS)
	
	self:SetUseType(SIMPLE_USE)
	
	local Phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()
	
	if Phys:IsValid() then
	
		Phys:Wake()
		
	end
	
end

function ENT:Use( activator, caller )

	Msg("Active : "..activator:GetName().."\n");
	
	if ( activator:IsPlayer() and actPlayer == nil ) then
		
		actPlayer = activator;
		Msg("Debug\n");
		
	end

	if( activator == actPlayer ) then
	
		actPlayer = nil;
	
	end

end

function ENT:Think()

	if(actPlayer != nil) then

		local pos = actPlayer:GetPos()+actPlayer:GetUp()*50+actPlayer:GetForward()*100

		self.Entity:SetPos(pos);
		
	end

end

Replace line 14's ent_broken with your classname.

[wamilou]

No work.
It return in console :

prop at 663 -42 31 missing modelname

Can you help me please ?

[LinkTwilight]

[QUOTE=wamilou;25356152]No work.
It return in console :

prop at 663 -42 31 missing modelname

Can you help me please ?[/QUOTE]

Are you sure that you copied all the code?
That error should only come up if you're still making a prop_physics instead of your entity's classname.

Can you post your code?

[wamilou]

[lua]
AddCSLuaFile("cl_init.lua")
AddCSLuaFile("shared.lua")

include("shared.lua")

local actPlayer = nil;

function ENT:SpawnFunction( ply, tr )

if ( !tr.Hit ) then return end

local SpawnPos = tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal * 32

local ent = ents.Create( 'prop_physics' )

ent:SetPos( SpawnPos )

ent:Spawn()
ent:Activate()

return ent

end

function ENT:Initialize()

self:SetModel( 'models/props/metal_box.mdl' )

self:PhysicsInit(SOLID_VPHYSICS)
self:SetMoveType(MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS)
self:SetSolid(SOLID_VPHYSICS)

self:SetUseType(SIMPLE_USE)

local Phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()

if Phys:IsValid() then

Phys:Wake()

end

end

function ENT:Use( activator, caller )

Msg("Active : "..activator:GetName().."\n");

if ( activator:IsPlayer() and actPlayer == nil ) then

actPlayer = activator;
Msg("Debug\n");

end

if( activator == actPlayer ) then

actPlayer = nil;

end

end

function ENT:Think()

if(actPlayer != nil) then

local pos = actPlayer:GetPos()+actPlayer:GetUp()*50+actPlayer:GetForward()*100

self.Entity:SetPos(pos);

end

end
[/lua]

[Sphinxa279]

ents.Create, shouldn't that contain the name of your entity you're making, not prop_physics, also use [NOPARSE]

[/NOPARSE] tags.

[LinkTwilight]

Replace prop_physics with your entity's classname

Here's how to find it.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/n06Ru.png[/img]

Of course yours is different than mine.

[ralle105]

Is metal_box.mdl really a vanilla model?

[LinkTwilight]

[QUOTE=ralle105;25357107]Is metal_box.mdl really a vanilla model?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, it's the companion cube.

Really descriptive name. :v:

[ralle105]

Outta be love_box.mdl then:saddowns::h:

[wamilou]

It works, thanks :D

Hmmm...I make a portal mod for gmod :)

[Sphinxa279]

In all honesty I don't think you're going to be able to, you're struggling with a simple entity like this one...

[melindagreen]

^^ lol