gamemode returns nill unless a lua-refresh happens

[Kiro The Pro]

Hello there!

I have this small clientside file, that outputs an error on joining and thus halts it's loading. Upon refreshing a file the code suddenly works.
It's in autorun and is ACSL'd.

Code:

local test = gmod.GetGamemode() or GAMEMODE 
print("[IWL] "..iwl.str.gl[IWL_CL_STATE])

[...]

function test:RenderScreenspaceEffects()
	<<nastystufftohappen>>
end

Console error:

[IWL] Trying to load!
[ERROR] lua/autorun/client/iwl_module_bld.lua:65: attempt to index local 'test' (a nil value)
  1. unknown - lua/autorun/client/iwl_module_bld.lua:65

Anyone has any idea? I'm pretty sure I'm missing something trivial about both gmod.GetGamemode() and GAMEMODE returning nil on the first launch, but apparently I couldn't find it after a couple of hours of searching.

[wepnet]

You're overwriting the test argument with the line

[QUOTE]local test[/QUOTE]

Simply remove it to fix your error.

[Kiro The Pro]

That would render the code not to work at all, obviously. It wouldn't even fix the error, as it'd still be a nil.

In case you mean it's a global variable used by the core, well, neither renaming it

[ERROR] lua/autorun/client/iwl_module_bld.lua:65: attempt to index local 'randomgamemode' (a nil value)
  1. unknown - lua/autorun/client/iwl_module_bld.lua:65

nor replacing it with the good old GM seems to work

[ERROR] lua/autorun/client/iwl_module_bld.lua:65: attempt to index local 'GM' (a nil value)
  1. unknown - lua/autorun/client/iwl_module_bld.lua:65

[zoox]

I'm not 100% on that, but files in Autorun might be executed before the game mode has loaded.
Try [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img] [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/GM/PostGamemodeLoaded]GM:PostGamemodeLoaded[/url]

[editline]17th May 2017[/editline]

Why are you accessing the game mode table in the first place?(instead of using the hook module)

[Kiro The Pro]

That fixed it, thank you!

(I need to grab some monitoring data for a dll module, couldn't find a better way)