[Entity]Problem with Speed setting

[Akahon]

I'm coding an entity which when used will increase the health and lose some speed.
"Health add" works but "Speed loss" don't.
Here's the code

function ENT:Use(activator, ply)
activator:SetHealth(activator:Health()+150)
ply:SetRunSpeed( 100 )
ply:SetWalkSpeed( 50 )
self.Entity:Remove()
end

Someone know why it don't works?

By the way, I'm searching the "trigger" (like activator) for the player death.

[Akahon]

Please help me :'{

[commander204]

Yes your functions fails because you try to set the speed of ply, which is the caller??? Set the speed on the activator and check if it is a player beforehand to be sure.

[Akahon]

More like these?

function ENT:Use(activator, caller)
activator:SetHealth(activator:Health()+150)
activator:SetRunSpeed( 100 )
activator:SetWalkSpeed( 50 )
activator:SendHint( "Test!", 10)
self.Entity:Remove()
end
	

But these didn't worked too.
Hum, someone can edit my code to show me how it works because I'm lost. :/

[Akahon]

I didn't found the answer yet....Someone can help me by telling me how to use SpeedSet in an useable entity please?

[Morcam]

[QUOTE=Akahon;20594323]More like these?

function ENT:Use(activator, caller)
activator:SetHealth(activator:Health()+150)
activator:SetRunSpeed( 100 )
activator:SetWalkSpeed( 50 )
activator:SendHint( "Test!", 10)
self.Entity:Remove()
end

But these didn't worked too.
Hum, someone can edit my code to show me how it works because I'm lost. :/[/QUOTE]

Uhhh, I plugged this code into an entity for the heck of it, and it seems to work just fine...

Technically this is a better way of doing it, but either way worked fine for me. Just plug your code into an init.lua and you should be fine.

function ENT:Use(activator, caller)
 if activator:IsPlayer() then
  activator:SetHealth(activator:Health()+150)
  activator:SetRunSpeed( 100 )
  activator:SetWalkSpeed( 50 )
  activator:SendHint( "Test!", 10)
  self.Entity:Remove()
 end
end

[Akahon]

Well, I tried to test and I had the same result as before:
Health works but speed doesn't change and the hint is appearing after 10 seconds and displays "#Hint Test!" or something like that but the hint doesn't show up if I use a second entity.

[Crazy Quebec]

At this point would you mind pasting your whole ent's code here? The code you have should work so the issue might be something else.

[Akahon]

init

AddCSLuaFile( "shared.lua" )
include( 'shared.lua' )

function ENT:SpawnFunction( ply, tr )
	
	if !tr.Hit then return end

	local SpawnPos = tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal * 1

	local ent = ents.Create( "sent_armyhat" )
	ent:SetPos( SpawnPos )
	ent:Spawn()
	ent:Activate()
	
	return ent
end

function ENT:Initialize()

	-- Set up the entity
	self.Entity:SetModel("models/props_cans/spy_bill.mdl")
 
	self.Entity:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
	self.Entity:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS )
	self.Entity:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )

	
	self.Index = self.Entity:EntIndex()
	
	local phys = self.Entity:GetPhysicsObject()
	if phys:IsValid() then
		phys:Wake()
	end
end

function ENT:Use(activator, caller)
 if activator:IsPlayer() then
  activator:SetHealth(activator:Health()+150)
  activator:SetRunSpeed( 100 )
  activator:SetWalkSpeed( 50 )
  activator:SendHint( "Test!", 10)
  self.Entity:Remove()
 end
end

Shared

ENT.Type = "anim"
ENT.Base = "base_gmodentity"

ENT.PrintName = "Army hat"
ENT.Author = "Akahon"

ENT.Spawnable = true
ENT.AdminSpawnable = true 

ENT.Category		= "Mahsent";
ENT.Information		= "A hat to get ultra health and lose some speed"


function ENT:SetupModel()

	self.Entity:SetModel( "models/props_cans/spy_bill.mdl" )

end

[Morcam]

function ENT:Initialize()
 self.Entity:SetModel( "models/Combine_Helicopter/helicopter_bomb01.mdl" ) 
 self.Entity:SetName("Gravity Test Entity")
 self.Entity:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
 self.Entity:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS )
 self.Entity:SetMoveCollide(MOVECOLLIDE_FLY_SLIDE)
 self.Entity:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
 self.Entity:SetUseType(SIMPLE_USE)
 
 local phys = self.Entity:GetPhysicsObject()
 if (phys:IsValid()) then
  phys:Wake()
  phys:EnableGravity(false)
  phys:EnableDrag(false)
  phys:EnableCollisions(true)
  self.Entity:StartMotionController()
 end
 self.Entity:SetKeyValue("rendercolor", "255 255 255")
 self.OldTime = CurTime()
end
 
function ENT:SpawnFunction( ply, tr )
 if ( !tr.Hit ) then return end
 
 local SpawnPos = tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal * 16 + Vector(0,0,50)
 
 local ent = ents.Create( "gravitytestentity" )
 ent:SetPos( SpawnPos )
 ent:Spawn()
 ent:Initialize()
 ent:Activate()
 ent.SPL = ply
 return ent
end
 
function ENT:Use(activator, caller)
 if activator:IsPlayer() then
  activator:SetHealth(activator:Health()+150)
  activator:SetRunSpeed( 100 )
  activator:SetWalkSpeed( 50 )
  activator:SendHint( "Test!", 10)
  self.Entity:Remove()
 end
end

Is what I have. That should include all the functional stuff. The motion control stuff can be stripped out.

[Akahon]

In fact, my entity was conflicting with the "player resizer addon"(that addon conflicts with everything I think... even multiplayer...). So my ent set the player's speed but now, I want to know how can I make a thing like that.

while (used==1 && "playerIsAlive" )
{
thethingiwantodowith
}
removething

Someone can confirm that while loop exists in LUA?
By the way I don't know how is called the "playerIsAlive" thing I need in Gmod, someone can tell me what it is?

[Hoffa]

[QUOTE=Akahon;20778217]
Someone can confirm that while loop exists in LUA?
[/QUOTE]

[lua]
while ( true ) do
print("batman!!1")
end
[/lua]

[esalaka]

[QUOTE=Akahon;20778217]In fact, my entity was conflicting with the "player resizer addon"(that addon conflicts with everything I think... even multiplayer...). So my ent set the player's speed but now, I want to know how can I make a thing like that.

while (used==1 && "playerIsAlive" )
{
thethingiwantodowith
}
removething

Someone can confirm that while loop exists in LUA?
By the way I don't know how is called the "playerIsAlive" thing I need in Gmod, someone can tell me what it is?[/QUOTE]

[lua]while ply:Alive() do

-- Code and shit here

end[/lua]

Easy enough :P

[Akahon]

Thanks :D

"

[editline]09:16PM[/editline]

Now I'm searching a function to "wait" like

while blah = blah
wait 1 sec
functionlambda

[Copperbotte]

[b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Timer.Simple]Timer.Simple [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b]
here's some code you will find useful:

while blah==blah
timer.Simple(1, functionlambda) --timer.Simple(INTEGER, FUNCTION)

[Akahon]

I tried to do that function with the timer but it don't works

function ENT:Use(activator, ply)
local ss2 = activator:GetNetworkedFloat("SprintSpeed")
local ws2 = activator:GetNetworkedFloat("WalkSpeed")
local ss = activator:GetNetworkedFloat("SprintSpeed")
local ws = activator:GetNetworkedFloat("WalkSpeed")
activator:SetHealth(activator:Health()+400)
ply:SetWalkSpeed(ws*2)
ply:SetRunSpeed(ss*2)
ply:SetGravity(0.2)
local God = 1
self.Entity:Remove()
while (God == 1 && ply:Alive() ) do
if( activator:Health() <=2 )then
			ply:Kill()
	return
else
timer.Simple(1, activator:SetHealth(activator:Health()-1)
end
end
end
end

[Akahon]

By the way, what should I do to spawn in an entity's function an other entity I created in the addon?

[Crazy Quebec]

The same thing you do to spawn any entity, [b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Ents.Create]Ents.Create [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b].

[Akahon]

Thanks but I don't know why my function doesn't work, especially in that while loop

while (God == 1 && ply:Alive() ) do
if( activator:Health() <=2 )then
			ply:Kill()
	return
else
timer.Simple(1, SetHealth(activator:Health()-1)
end
end
end
end

Someone can fix it? Or tell me what's wrong?

[MakeR]

Why are you using a while loop?

[editline]09:10AM[/editline]

You should be using timers ([b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Timer.Create]Timer.Create [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b]) or a think hook ([b][url=wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Gamemode.Think]Gamemode.Think [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b] ) to manage reoccurring events, a while loop will just cause the game to hang while the loop runs.

[Akahon]

Here's my new not-working code :confused:

God = 0
function ENT:Use(activator, ply)
local ss = activator:GetNetworkedFloat("SprintSpeed")
local ws = activator:GetNetworkedFloat("WalkSpeed")
activator:SetHealth(activator:Health()+400)
ply:SetWalkSpeed(ws*2)
ply:SetRunSpeed(ss*2)
ply:SetGravity(0.2)
God = 1

self.Entity:Remove()
end
Hplosetime = 0
function Godkill(activator, caller, ply)
if (God = 1) then
if (CurTime() >= Hplosetime then
if( activator:Health() <=2 )then
			ply:Kill()
			God = 0
	return
else
activator:SetHealth(activator:Health()-1)
Hplosetime = CurTime() + 1
end
end
end
end
end
hook.Add("Think", "Godkill", Godkill)

What's wrong?

[MakeR]

Errors?

[Akahon]

No, the entity is not spawning.

[MakeR]

Is it in the menu? If it is, have you got a spawn function?

[Akahon]

Yes
init

AddCSLuaFile( "shared.lua" )
include( 'shared.lua' )

function ENT:SpawnFunction( ply, tr )
	
	if !tr.Hit then return end

	local SpawnPos = tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal * 1

	local ent = ents.Create( "sent_godhat" )
	ent:SetPos( SpawnPos )
	ent:Spawn()
	ent:Activate()
	
	return ent
end

function ENT:Initialize()

	-- Set up the entity
	self.Entity:SetModel("models/props_cans/soldier_viking.mdl")
 
	self.Entity:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
	self.Entity:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS )
	self.Entity:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )

	
	self.Index = self.Entity:EntIndex()
	
	local phys = self.Entity:GetPhysicsObject()
	if phys:IsValid() then
		phys:Wake()
	end
end
God = 0
function ENT:Use(activator, ply)
local ss = activator:GetNetworkedFloat("SprintSpeed")
local ws = activator:GetNetworkedFloat("WalkSpeed")
activator:SetHealth(activator:Health()+400)
ply:SetWalkSpeed(ws*2)
ply:SetRunSpeed(ss*2)
ply:SetGravity(0.2)
God = 1

self.Entity:Remove()
end
Hplosetime = 0
function Godkill(activator, caller, ply)
if (God = 1) then
if (CurTime() >= Hplosetime then
if( activator:Health() <=2 )then
			ply:Kill()
			God = 0
	return
else
activator:SetHealth(activator:Health()-1)
Hplosetime = CurTime() + 1
end
end
end
end
end
hook.Add("Think", "Godkill", Godkill)

[Crazy Quebec]

If the addon is registeted properly and it doesn't work then there are errors. It's as simple as that. Make sure to read the whole console.

[MakeR]

Just because the errors don't pop up on the screen doesn't mean there aren't any, you need to check the console.

[Akahon]

I've got this

Couldn't register Scripted Entity immolate - the Type field is empty!
entities/sent_godhat/init.lua:50: ')' expected near '='
Folder	=	entities/sent_godhat
Couldn't register Scripted Entity sent_godhat - the Type field is empty!
Skipping E2 extension 'propcore'.

[MakeR]

Look at line 50, you are missing a closing bracket (parenthesis).

[Akahon]

In fact there was an missing "=" in" if ( God == 1 )" too