Some Looping Help

[brazeyboy]

So I'm trying to create a script that randomly places a targeted player into a large box. There are 4 places that can be allowed to spawn. I want to loop through a table containing the vectors then store if someone has spawned there already. How would I go about doing this?

[brandonj4]

Show the table please.

[brazeyboy]

[QUOTE=brandonj4;36583653]Show the table please.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://codepad.org/BEibTH7d[/url]

[brandonj4]

I would do something like this:
[lua]
local spwpos = {}
spwpos[1] = Vector(-2067.78125, 549.71875, 1021.6875) //north
spwpos[2] = Vector(-1071.375, 1546.0625, 1021.6875) //east
spwpos[3] = Vector(-75.4375, 549.875, 1021.6875)
spwpos[4] = Vector(-1071.65625, -446.03125, 1021.6875)

hook.Add("Think", "CheckSpheres", function()
local radius = 100 //circle radius
for k,v in pairs(spwpos) do //loop table
local players = ents.FindInSphere(v,radius)
for k,v in pairs(players) do //loop for players
if (ValidEntity(v) and v:IsValid) and (v:IsPlayer()) then // check for a player
--code here
end
end
end
end)
[/lua]

Not sure if I got the right idea of what you were trying to do but there it is!

[brazeyboy]

Not EXACTLY what I was looking for BUT definitely set me on the right track! Thanks again!

[brandonj4]

[QUOTE=BradenFase;36585234]Not EXACTLY what I was looking for BUT definitely set me on the right track! Thanks again![/QUOTE]

Good to know and glad to help! :)

[brazeyboy]

How would I be able to count the amount of players in ents.FindInX?

[Freze]

[lua]
local amount=0
for k, v in pairs(ents.FindInX)
if v and v:IsValid() and v:IsPlayer() then
amount = amount + 1
end
end
[/lua]

[brazeyboy]

[QUOTE=Freze;36590476][lua]
local amount=0
for k, v in pairs(ents.FindInX)
if v and v:IsValid() and v:IsPlayer() then
amount = amount + 1
end
end
[/lua][/QUOTE]

I have that but instead it's in a function.

[lua]
local iter = 0
for k,v in pairs(ismax) do
if v:IsPlayer() then
iter = iter + 1
if iter < 4 then
target_ply:SetPos(spwpos[snum] + Vector(0,0,25))
target_ply:SetEyeAngles( spweyes[snum] )
end
end
end
[/lua]
This will not allow me to teleport anyone up to spwpos[snum].

[Chessnut]

The ents.FindInSphere will return a table with numbers as indexes, why not just use k instead?

[brazeyboy]

[QUOTE=Chessnut;36590559]The ents.FindInSphere will return a table with numbers as indexes, why not just use k instead?[/QUOTE]

Because if there's anything else in the FindInX it will change the numbers of the indexes right? I want the script to do nothing if there are already 4 players within the FindInBox.

[Chessnut]

True, my bad.

[brazeyboy]

[QUOTE=Chessnut;36590749]True, my bad.[/QUOTE]

Although, I could make a cleaner beforehand. Then set so the players can't spawn anything until 3 seconds is up...

[brandonj4]

[QUOTE=BradenFase;36591415]Although, I could make a cleaner beforehand. Then set so the players can't spawn anything until 3 seconds is up...[/QUOTE]

Did you happen to figure this all out?

[brazeyboy]

[QUOTE=brandonj4;36599393]Did you happen to figure this all out?[/QUOTE]

Still working on it. Unless you have an idea

[brazeyboy]

[QUOTE=brandonj4;36599393]Did you happen to figure this all out?[/QUOTE]

Hit a roadblock. Can't seem to sort this table by Member. Here's the code:

[lua]
local ismax = ents.FindInBox(Vector(68.627121, 1689.610840, 1021.427856), Vector(-2210.981689, -589.656311, 2161.493408))
target_ply:SetLocalVelocity( Vector( 0, 0, 0 ) )
table.SortByMember(ismax, "Player")
for k,v in pairs(ismax) do
print (k, v)
[/lua]

Here's the Error:
[@lua\includes\extensions\table.lua:408] invalid order function for sorting

[brandonj4]

[QUOTE=BradenFase;36607134]Hit a roadblock. Can't seem to sort this table by Member. Here's the code:

[lua]
local ismax = ents.FindInBox(Vector(68.627121, 1689.610840, 1021.427856), Vector(-2210.981689, -589.656311, 2161.493408))
target_ply:SetLocalVelocity( Vector( 0, 0, 0 ) )
table.SortByMember(ismax, "Player")
for k,v in pairs(ismax) do
print (k, v)
[/lua]

Here's the Error:
[@lua\includes\extensions\table.lua:408] invalid order function for sorting[/QUOTE]

Is this the same code as before? It seems as if you changed it and you're not even checking the spawn points anymore.

[brazeyboy]

[QUOTE=brandonj4;36612644]Is this the same code as before? It seems as if you changed it and you're not even checking the spawn points anymore.[/QUOTE]

No I'm not checking the spawn points at this moment. Here's the code:
[url]http://codepad.org/xtINlsTd[/url]