Tp command like ulx

[djratboy]

Ive been trying to remake a script, to replace ulx, for my clan servers and I cant figure out how to do the tp command.

Urrghh Ive used Player.GetShootPos and Player.AimVector but how would I get the max distance between anything in the world and that vector?

[MakeR]

[url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Player.GetEyeTrace]trace[/url]

[djratboy]

Ur lawl I am a bit of a lua noob, could you provide an example? :3

[editline]05:16PM[/editline]

Note: I did look on the wiki, just someone has removed endpos etc from the vectors page.

[MakeR]

[lua]local tr = ply:GetEyeTrace();
ply:SetPos(tr.HitPos + Vector(0, 0, 25))[/lua]

That is a very simple example, ply is the player object.

[djratboy]

Thanks <3

[editline]05:47PM[/editline]

I think the vectors page on the wiki needs updating with better examples and explanations, its not very clear unless you do like a-level physics+maths haha.

[|FlapJack|]

[QUOTE=djratboy;16541689]Thanks <3

[editline]05:47PM[/editline]

I think the vectors page on the wiki needs updating with better examples and explanations, its not very clear unless you do like a-level physics+maths haha.[/QUOTE]

I'm doing the Scottish equivalent, and I don't understand it :P

All I know is it's Vector(z , x , y)

I think...

[MakeR]

I just finished A Level physics ad A Level maths. I haven't got my results yet though.

[djratboy]

Lawl urr I tried teleporting a player (equiv of ulx goto):
player.SetPos(plya:GetPos())

Player being the person who called the argument and plya being the player to teleport to. It doesnt work - nothing happens - no errors no thing :(

Any ideas? :3

[Overv]

You're overriding the player library and not calling the function correctly, choose a different name.

[djratboy]

No its fine lawl, I have used the same name in like ten other functions.

[editline]07:14PM[/editline]

Even changed it to something else, didnt work. Lawl and also urrr im recycling old snippets from when BlackOps taught me the basics of lua - blame him :D

But yeah doesnt make a difference.

[Overv]

I don't think you actually have an idea what you're doing. Post all your code.

[djratboy]

function fh_goto( player, command, arguments )
if !player:IsAdmin() then
Sendtext("[FH] Not admin go away ^_^", player)
return
end
local plya = get_player(arguments[1])
if plya == nil then
Sendtext("Player not found: " .. arguments[1], player)
return
end
player.SetPos(plya:GetPos())
end
concommand.Add( "fh_goto", fh_goto )

[editline]07:26PM[/editline]

Also with vectors - nope. Never done vectors ;D

[Overv]

[lua]function fh_goto( ply, command, arguments )
if ( !ply:IsAdmin( ) ) then
Sendtext( "[FH] Not admin go away ^_^", ply )
return
end

local plya = get_player( arguments[1] )
if ( plya == nil ) then
Sendtext( "Player not found: " .. arguments[1] , ply )
return
end

ply:SetPos( plya:GetPos( ) + Vector( 0, 0, 128 ) )
end
concommand.Add( "fh_goto", fh_goto )[/lua]

[djratboy]

Thanks...I didnt use your code as such...I used:
ply:SetPos( plya:GetPos( ) + Vector( 0, 0, 128 ) )

And renamed ply to player and it works :D I might change the vector though...no idea why it didnt work in the first place. Thanks.

[editline]07:32PM[/editline]

O btw vectors etc, is it X,Y,Z or what the guy said above? (ZXY)

[Overv]

That's exactly what I did, except for the better formatting.

[lua]player.SetPos( plya:GetPos( ) )[/lua]

This tells Lua to set the position of the entity "plya:GetPos( )" to "nil". : means that the identifier before the : is the first argument. So, if you would still want to do it without a :, you'd do this:

[lua]player.SetPos( player, plya:GetPos( ) )[/lua]

[djratboy]

O crap I put a "." xD

I am too use to .net :P

Thanks :D

[|FlapJack|]

Also, player is infact a libary. By naming the variable that, you overwrote the libary making plya:GetPos() == nil

[djratboy]

This doesnt seem to work (from the wiki too):
function playerRespawn( ply )
Sendtextall("Respawn...")
if HasJail( ply ) == true then
GiveJail( ply )
end
Sendtextall(ply:GetName())
end
hook.Add( "PlayerSpawn", "playerRespawn", playerRespawn )

I even added a bit at the start to send text to everyone - incase it was e.g. GiveJail causing an error but nothing - that function works anyways and so does HasJail.

[Overv]

So, what exactly is the problem?

[commander204]

[QUOTE=|FlapJack|;16544882]Also, player is infact a libary. By naming the variable that, you overwrote the libary making plya:GetPos() == nil[/QUOTE]

Wait what? _R.Player is the Library!

[MakeR]

[url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Player]player[/url]...

[commander204]

oh you mean those 5 functions xD. Its only overwritten locally!

[MakeR]

It's common practice to not override any libraries, even if they are only overridden locally.

[djratboy]

The problem is that I have written a jail system and I want it so when the player respawns, their jail gets reapplied (weapons taken etc):

This doesnt seem to work (from the wiki too):
function playerRespawn( ply )
Sendtextall("Respawn...")
if HasJail( ply ) == true then
GiveJail( ply )
end
Sendtextall(ply:GetName())
end
hook.Add( "PlayerSpawn", "playerRespawn", playerRespawn )

Exepct this code doesnt work...nothing happens. I even added a line to send everyone text when a player respawned - also failed so its not due to error within the actual function.