Can't seem to find a way to toggle a tool gun lamp.

[XanderStuff7]

Hi there. I'm new to GMod Lua, so this is probably a very simple thing but I can't seem to work it out.

I'm trying to simply turn off and on a lamp spawned from the tool gun menu.

Here's just one of the code snippets I have tried to use:

local entities = ents.GetAll()

for k, v in pairs( ents.FindByClass( "gmod_lamp" ) ) do
v:Toggle()
end

This seems to do nothing to the lamp.

Thanks in advance.

[SweptThrone]

I just skimmed it, but this should help

[XanderStuff7]

Yeah, I have looked at this many times, but i'm fairly new to Gmod lua, and cant really understand it a bit. I read over it and saw something about a Projected Texture, which i'm trying to control now with some code.

[XanderStuff7]

OK, so far I have had no luck trying to work with ProjectedTextures. I have confirmed that it is ProjectedTextures from this page, but none of the function on there seem to work properly. I'm trying to attach these with this code:

local entities = ents.GetAll()

for k, v in pairs( ents.FindByClass( "class C_EnvProjectedTexture" ) ) do
v:TurnOff()
end

This has given no positive results.

[Rubat]

You need to call Toggle() on the server, not client.

[XanderStuff7]

Ah OK, i'll have to setup a quick server. Will this make it also toggle the Projected Texture?

[Doctor Jew]

No, you don't have to run a server. That's not what he means. He's saying you have to call Toggle from some server side code.

[XanderStuff7]

I tried running the code server side without the _cl on the end of the command, but it seemed it did even less that when I ran it in client. I have also watched most of that YouTube series from Code Blue allready xD