Brush entitys ent:GetPos()

[bromvlieg]

hey,

normaly you should use ent:GetPos()
but as it seems, when i use it at brush based entitys, it dont work it returns vector(0,0,0

hammer:
made brush whit trigger matrial, then tie to entity and then enterred my entity name.
it works since perfecly,

but now i need to get the pos of that entity, else i would need to make an keyvalue wich contains the text x y z but to do that in 17 maps for about 10-40 entitiys, a BIT hard.

and there should be an easy way

any one know this?

EDIT:

to hard i guess?

[_Kilburn]

Try this:

[lua]local min, max = ent:WorldSpaceAABB()
local pos = (min+max)/2[/lua]

[bromvlieg]

sorry for the bumb, but i still cant get it to work :(

halp?

[_Kilburn]

[QUOTE=bromvlieg;17843330]sorry for the bumb, but i still cant get it to work :(

halp?[/QUOTE]

What are you trying to do exactly?

[bromvlieg]

to get the pos of an entity.

info:
its a brush

hammer > placed a box whit trigger matrial> tie to entity > called it info_test_ent
lua > ent:GetPos() returns vector(0,0,0)

[_Kilburn]

[QUOTE=_Kilburn;17723980]Try this:

[lua]local min, max = ent:WorldSpaceAABB()
local pos = (min+max)/2[/lua][/QUOTE]

Did you try this?

[Jinto]

[QUOTE=_Kilburn;17723980]Try this:

[lua]local min, max = ent:WorldSpaceAABB()
local pos = (min+max)/2[/lua][/QUOTE]

This is correct. But I advise against division, multiplication is faster.

[lua]
local mins, maxs = ent:WorldSpaceAABB();
local pos = ( mins + maxs ) * 0.5;
[/lua]

[bromvlieg]

i tryed that, and lol! it must be faster about 0.00000000000001 second?XD

[_Kilburn]

[QUOTE=Jinto;17860879]But I advise against division, multiplication is faster.[/QUOTE]

Oh, never really paid attention to that, but now that you say it, it's pretty obvious. :v: Thanks for the tip.

[bromvlieg]

still no solusion :( *bump*

[disseminate]

Does info_test_ent exist? Do you have red text in console saying it doesn't exist?

GetPos is valid on any ent.

[kevkev]

[QUOTE=Disseminate;17918332]Does info_test_ent exist? Do you have red text in console saying it doesn't exist?

GetPos is valid on any ent.[/QUOTE]

Read the OP again, he said it returns 0,0,0.

[_Kilburn]

What does the WorldSpaceAABB solution return? You should be a bit clearer, does it still return 0,0,0 or what?
Because it always worked for me.

[bromvlieg]

it returns 0,0,0 also, and the ent name i just tyoped in something random, it real ent exists.

after trying it for a while, its about random what the obbspace thngy returns, 0,0,0 or the good pos its totaly random, tryed to remake my hole dedi server, tryed t in my GMod
else said. my pc is fucked XD

wel, thanks any way for your time guys.