spawnmenu.GetTools() is returning nil

[CamDAX]

why do i get

[ERROR] gamemodes/zombie/gamemode/cl_menu.lua:405: attempt to index a nil value
  1. Init - gamemodes/zombie/gamemode/cl_menu.lua:405
   2. Create - lua/includes/extensions/client/panel/scriptedpanels.lua:153
    3. Call - gamemodes/zombie/gamemode/cl_menu.lua:1063
     4. unknown - gamemodes/base/gamemode/cl_spawnmenu.lua:66
      5. unknown - lua/includes/modules/concommand.lua:69

from

[lua]
if Loaded == false || Loaded == nil || Loaded == NULL || Loaded == "" then
AllTools = spawnmenu.GetTools()

local Loaded = true
end
local tTables = AllTools
print(table.ToString( spawnmenu.GetTools(), "spawnmenu.GetTools()", true )) --This prints nothing

if tTables then
for k, v in pairs(tTables[1].Items) do --This is line405
if ( type( v ) == "table" ) then
local Name = v.ItemName
local Label = v.Text
if table.HasValue(menu_Categorys, Name) then
v.ItemName = nil
v.Text = nil
self:AddCategory( Name, Label, v )
end
end
end
else
LocalPlayer():ChatPrint("There has been an error loading your tools section, please rejoin the server or contact an administrator to fix this.")
end
[/lua]

[TheFreeman193]

Firstly, the loading thing you're doing could easily be causing problems, and you're making [i]Loaded[/i] local, so it won't be accessible outside of the [i]if[/i] block. A more ideal way to do this would be something like this:
[lua]local AllTools = AllTools || spawnmenu.GetTools()[/lua]

If this doesn't solve the your problem, you'll need to figure out why [i]tTables[1].Items[/i] is inexistent, but my guess is that your [i]if[/i] block isn't running in the first place.

[CamDAX]

print(table.ToString( spawnmenu.GetTools(), "spawnmenu.GetTools()", true ))

is returning nil

spawnmenu.GetTools()	=	{
}

[Matt-]

Heh that looks a lot like Flood's "custom" spawn menu, the way the spawn menu works has changed a lot, you're better off recreating this one rather than trying to port it to work with 13.

[TheFreeman193]

Try running that from the console ([i]lua_run_cl[/i]), and then again whilst in sandbox. What gamemode are you deriving from, if any?

[CamDAX]

I'm deriving it from a working gmod13 flood mod gamemode.

I'm trying to make a working zombie Apocalypse like gamemode that's more about killing zombies than becoming them.

[TheFreeman193]

My guess is, it's the menu system in the gamemode you're deriving from or have implemented into your code. As Matt suggested, you'll be a lot better off building one yourself.