Another Shop NPC Problem...Please Help

[BrightLiteFilms]

Well, I try to interact with my shop NPC, and I do not know why it isn't working. Here is the code (cl_init.lua):

include('shared.lua') -- At this point the contents of shared.lua are ran on the client only.

function menu1()
	local DLabel3
	local DLabel2
	local DButton5
	local DButton6
	local DFrame2

	DFrame2 = vgui.Create('DFrame')
	DFrame2:SetSize(445, 267)
	DFrame2:Center()
	DFrame2:SetTitle('John's Jobs')
	DFrame2:SetDeleteOnClose(false)
	DFrame2:ShowCloseButton(false)
	DFrame2:MakePopup()

	DButton6 = vgui.Create('DButton')
	DButton6:SetParent(DFrame2)
	DButton6:SetSize(225, 50)
	DButton6:SetPos(107, 68)
	DButton6:SetText('Yes, I am.')
	DButton6.DoClick = function() menu2()

	DButton5 = vgui.Create('DButton')
	DButton5:SetParent(DFrame2)
	DButton5:SetSize(223, 50)
	DButton5:SetPos(107, 153)
	DButton5:SetText('No, I really do not know why I am here.')
	DButton5.DoClick = function() end

	DLabel2 = vgui.Create('DLabel')
	DLabel2:SetParent(DFrame2)
	DLabel2:SetPos(62, 28)
	DLabel2:SetText('Hey there! My name is John, and I own this fine establishment. ')
	DLabel2:SizeToContents()

	DLabel3 = vgui.Create('DLabel')
	DLabel3:SetParent(DFrame2)
	DLabel3:SetPos(62, 43)
	DLabel3:SetText('Can I interest you in a job?')
	DLabel3:SizeToContents()
end
usermessage.Hook("ShopNPCUsed", NPCShopMenu) --Hook to messages from the server so we know when to display the menu.

function menu2()
	local DLabel4
	local DLabel5
	local DButton8
	local DButton7
	local DFrame3

	DFrame3 = vgui.Create('DFrame')
	DFrame3:SetSize(445, 267)
	DFrame3:Center()
	DFrame3:SetTitle('John's Jobs')
	DFrame3:SetDeleteOnClose(false)
	DFrame3:ShowCloseButton(false)
	DFrame3:MakePopup()

	DButton7 = vgui.Create('DButton')
	DButton7:SetParent(DFrame3)
	DButton7:SetSize(225, 50)
	DButton7:SetPos(107, 68)
	DButton7:SetText('Yeah. Sure.')
	DButton7.DoClick = function() DFrame3()

	DButton8 = vgui.Create('DButton')
	DButton8:SetParent(DFrame3)
	DButton8:SetSize(223, 50)
	DButton8:SetPos(107, 153)
	DButton8:SetText('No, take me away from here.')
	DButton8.DoClick = function() end

	DLabel5 = vgui.Create('DLabel')
	DLabel5:SetParent(DFrame3)
	DLabel5:SetPos(62, 28)
	DLabel5:SetText('Well I am glad you are so enthusiastic.')
	DLabel5:SizeToContents()

	DLabel4 = vgui.Create('DLabel')
	DLabel4:SetParent(DFrame3)
	DLabel4:SetPos(62, 43)
	DLabel4:SetText('Would you like to see our selection of jobs?')
	DLabel4:SizeToContents()
end

Basically, you are sort of talking to an NPC here, and for eeverything he says, there is a yes or no button. Clicking the yes button will make him say something else, and clicking the no button will close the VGUI. I am not sure why when I try to interact with the NPC nothing shows up. Any ideas?

[Busymonkey]

Where are you calling it?

[editline]09:03PM[/editline]

/ how?

[BrightLiteFilms]

[QUOTE=Busymonkey;23851869]Where are you calling it?

[editline]09:03PM[/editline]

/ how?[/QUOTE]

What do you mean? I am using the shop_npc_example from Garrysmod.org and the gmod wiki, and I just used Derma Designer to create my panels.

[Busymonkey]

Where/How are you telling the NPC to open it, when someone "Use's" it?

[BrightLiteFilms]

In the init.lua file there is this:

function ENT:AcceptInput( Name, Activator, Caller )	

	if Name == "Use" and Caller:IsPlayer() then
		
		umsg.Start("ShopNPCUsed", Caller) -- Prepare the usermessage to that same player to open the menu on his side.
		umsg.End() -- We don't need any content in the usermessage so we're sending it empty now.
		
	end
	
end

I am pretty sure this is what is doing it.

[Busymonkey]

[QUOTE=Wiki]Note : This tutorial assumes you know how to create a scripted entity and only covers the parts that are required to make a working shop NPC.[/QUOTE]

[editline]09:11PM[/editline]

Mah automerge D:

Anyways, you have to make the entity, having more functions than just the ones shown in the tutorial.

[BrightLiteFilms]

[QUOTE=Busymonkey;23852024][editline]09:11PM[/editline]

Mah automerge D:

Anyways, you have to make the entity, having more functions than just the ones shown in the tutorial.[/QUOTE]

I did not use the Tutorial, I downloaded the NPC from Garrys Mod.org and tested it and it worked, but when I added my own menu and deleted the old one, nothing happened.

[Busymonkey]

This is from my entity

cl_init

include('shared.lua')
 
ENT.RenderGroup = RENDERGROUP_BOTH


function ENT:Draw()
	self.Entity:DrawModel()
end

function ENT:DrawTranslucent()
end

function ENT:BuildBonePositions( NumBones, NumPhysBones )
end

function ENT:SetRagdollBones( bIn )
end

function ENT:DoRagdollBone( PhysBoneNum, BoneNum )
end

--Derma Stuff

init.lua

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

 
function ENT:Initialize()
	self:SetModel( "models/barney.mdl" ) 
 
	self:SetHullType( HULL_HUMAN );
	self:SetHullSizeNormal();
 
	self:SetSolid( SOLID_BBOX ) 
	self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_STEP )
 
	self:CapabilitiesAdd( CAP_ANIMATEDFACE | CAP_TURN_HEAD ) 
 
	self:SetMaxYawSpeed( 5000 )

	self:SetHealth(99999)
 
end
 

 
function ENT:AcceptInput( input, activator, caller )  
    if not timerforbox then
        timerforbox = true timer.Simple(1, function() timerforbox = false end)
         if input == "Use" and activator:IsPlayer() and then 
	    	    umsg.Start("stuff_lol", activator)
				umsg.End()
         end  
    end
end

shared.lua

ENT.Base = "base_ai" 
ENT.Type = "ai"
 
ENT.PrintName		= ""
ENT.Author			= ""
ENT.Contact			= "" 
ENT.Purpose			= ""
ENT.Instructions	= ""
 
ENT.AutomaticFrameAdvance = true
 
function ENT:OnRemove()
end
 
function ENT:PhysicsCollide( data, physobj )
end

function ENT:PhysicsUpdate( physobj )
end

function ENT:SetAutomaticFrameAdvance( bUsingAnim )
	self.AutomaticFrameAdvance = bUsingAnim
end

There you go; Structure of an NPC shop.

[editline]09:18PM[/editline]

:ninja: Well, it never worked from me, that NPC Shop you could download.

Try using what I gave you.

[editline]09:19PM[/editline]

Also, for future reference, please dont create another thread, asking about the same subject, but different problem; simply "Edit" the OP or ask the question in the same thread.

[BrightLiteFilms]

Would this work? Or do I not need to start off the Derma Stuff with a function?
cl_init.lua:

include('shared.lua')
 
ENT.RenderGroup = RENDERGROUP_BOTH


function ENT:Draw()
	self.Entity:DrawModel()
end

function ENT:DrawTranslucent()
end

function ENT:BuildBonePositions( NumBones, NumPhysBones )
end

function ENT:SetRagdollBones( bIn )
end

function ENT:DoRagdollBone( PhysBoneNum, BoneNum )
end

--Derma Stuff
function NPCShopMenu()
	local DLabel3
	local DLabel2
	local DButton5
	local DButton6
	local DFrame2

	DFrame2 = vgui.Create('DFrame')
	DFrame2:SetSize(445, 267)
	DFrame2:Center()
	DFrame2:SetTitle('John's Jobs')
	DFrame2:SetDeleteOnClose(false)
	DFrame2:ShowCloseButton(false)
	DFrame2:MakePopup()

	DButton6 = vgui.Create('DButton')
	DButton6:SetParent(DFrame2)
	DButton6:SetSize(225, 50)
	DButton6:SetPos(107, 68)
	DButton6:SetText('Yes, I am.')
	DButton6.DoClick = function() menu2()

	DButton5 = vgui.Create('DButton')
	DButton5:SetParent(DFrame2)
	DButton5:SetSize(223, 50)
	DButton5:SetPos(107, 153)
	DButton5:SetText('No, I really do not know why I am here.')
	DButton5.DoClick = function() end

	DLabel2 = vgui.Create('DLabel')
	DLabel2:SetParent(DFrame2)
	DLabel2:SetPos(62, 28)
	DLabel2:SetText('Hey there! My name is John, and I own this fine establishment. ')
	DLabel2:SizeToContents()

	DLabel3 = vgui.Create('DLabel')
	DLabel3:SetParent(DFrame2)
	DLabel3:SetPos(62, 43)
	DLabel3:SetText('Can I interest you in a job?')
	DLabel3:SizeToContents()
end
hook.Add("ShopNPCUsed", NPCShopMenu) --Hook to messages from the server so we know when to display the menu.

function menu2()
	local DLabel4
	local DLabel5
	local DButton8
	local DButton7
	local DFrame3

	DFrame3 = vgui.Create('DFrame')
	DFrame3:SetSize(445, 267)
	DFrame3:Center()
	DFrame3:SetTitle('John's Jobs')
	DFrame3:SetDeleteOnClose(false)
	DFrame3:ShowCloseButton(false)
	DFrame3:MakePopup()

	DButton7 = vgui.Create('DButton')
	DButton7:SetParent(DFrame3)
	DButton7:SetSize(225, 50)
	DButton7:SetPos(107, 68)
	DButton7:SetText('Yeah. Sure.')
	DButton7.DoClick = function() DFrame3()

	DButton8 = vgui.Create('DButton')
	DButton8:SetParent(DFrame3)
	DButton8:SetSize(223, 50)
	DButton8:SetPos(107, 153)
	DButton8:SetText('No, take me away from here.')
	DButton8.DoClick = function() end

	DLabel5 = vgui.Create('DLabel')
	DLabel5:SetParent(DFrame3)
	DLabel5:SetPos(62, 28)
	DLabel5:SetText('Well I am glad you are so enthusiastic.')
	DLabel5:SizeToContents()

	DLabel4 = vgui.Create('DLabel')
	DLabel4:SetParent(DFrame3)
	DLabel4:SetPos(62, 43)
	DLabel4:SetText('Would you like to see our selection of jobs?')
	DLabel4:SizeToContents()
end

I am sorta iffy on the hook.Add("ShopNPCUsed", NPCShopMenu).

[gameguysz]

Use this instead of the hook
[lua]
usermessage.Hook("ShopNPCUsed", NPCShopMenu)
[/lua]

[BrightLiteFilms]

Alright, thanks man, but should I add it after the second derma menu, too (which is just a chain reaction of the first panel)?

[gameguysz]

[QUOTE=BrightLiteFilms;23877446]Alright, thanks man, but should I add it after the second derma menu, too (which is just a chain reaction of the first panel)?[/QUOTE]

Yes i do believe so.

[BrightLiteFilms]

But won't that make it so that it appears when you use the NPC, not after you click a button on the first menu?

[gameguysz]

[QUOTE=BrightLiteFilms;23877741]But won't that make it so that it appears when you use the NPC, not after you click a button on the first menu?[/QUOTE]

Oh okay i see what your talking about know. Yes your correct. Leave it in the same location