creating an entity

[c-unit]

[lua]-- Talking with an NPC
function UseNPC( ply, NPC )
RunConsoleCommand("My client-sided menu command here")
Msg( "Player " .. ply:Nick() .. " Has discussed with Jared the Gun Dealer " )
end

-- making an NPC
local ent = ents.Create("npc_gman") -- This creates our entity
ent:SetPos(-278.422241, -1538.100464, -79.968750)
ent:Spawn() -- actually spawning
end

local sequence = self.Entity:LookupSequence("idle")
self.Entity:SetSequence(sequence)
end[/lua]

The error I am getting is this

init.lua:67: '<eof>' expected near 'end'

I am not showing the path for security reasons, but where am I not ending?

[Cubar]

[QUOTE=c-unit;21804262][lua]-- Talking with an NPC
function UseNPC( ply, NPC )
RunConsoleCommand("My client-sided menu command here")
Msg( "Player " .. ply:Nick() .. " Has discussed with Jared the Gun Dealer " )
end

-- making an NPC
local ent = ents.Create("npc_gman") -- This creates our entity
ent:SetPos(-278.422241, -1538.100464, -79.968750)
ent:Spawn() -- actually spawning
end

local sequence = self.Entity:LookupSequence("idle")
self.Entity:SetSequence(sequence)
end[/lua]

The error I am getting is this

init.lua:67: '<eof>' expected near 'end'

I am not showing the path for security reasons, but where am I not ending?[/QUOTE]

Remove the 2 unneeded ends at the end of your code

[c-unit]

[QUOTE=Cubar;21804295]Remove the 2 unneeded ends at the end of your code[/QUOTE]

Thanks! now the only problem is, the entity is not spawning. any ideas?

[DocDoomsday]

[QUOTE=c-unit;21804352]Thanks! now the only problem is, the entity is not spawning. any ideas?[/QUOTE]

did you bother doing the ENT:Initialize() function anywhere and setting it up? If you didn't then you need to in order to fix that.

[c-unit]

[QUOTE=DocDoomsday;21805354]did you bother doing the ENT:Initialize() function anywhere and setting it up? If you didn't then you need to in order to fix that.[/QUOTE]

Ah, I did not, I will look into that now.

[Lily]

If you put that in a gamemode it will probbably crash on start, you have to use InitPostEntity to spawn stuff(a hook, check it on wiki)

[c-unit]

Doesn't crash, just doesn't spawn anything (it doesn't even load the gamemode )

[Jam]

It's meant to be

[lua]ent:SetPos(Vector(-278.422241, -1538.100464, -79.968750))[/lua]

And assuming that the sequence bit is in the same file as above...

[lua]local sequence = ent:LookupSequence("idle")
ent:SetSequence(sequence)[/lua]

[c-unit]

ah, thank you.

[c-unit]

I just realized that, don't I need a hook in the first part
--> [lua] -- Talking with an NPC
function UseNPC( ply, NPC )
RunConsoleCommand("My client-sided menu command here")
Msg( "Player " .. ply:Nick() .. " Has discussed with Jared the Gun Dealer " )
end [/lua]

such as..

 hook.Add( "PlayerUse", "USINGNPC", "UseNPC" ) 

?

[editline]05:04PM[/editline]

forgot to add: so it will then look like this

[lua]
-- Talking with an NPC
function UseNPC( ply, NPC )
RunConsoleCommand("My client-sided menu command here")
Msg( "Player " .. ply:Nick() .. " Has discussed with Jared the Gun Dealer " )
hook.Add("PlayerUse", "USINGNPC", "UseNPC")
end
[/lua]