Get Player Object or Player Entity?

[InstantDeath]

Ok, even after reading through the wiki and PIL, I still feel like I don't really know what I'm doing.

I'm trying to make an RPG using Networked Ints. ([b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Entity.SetNetworkedInt]Entity.SetNetworkedInt [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b], [b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Entity.GetNetworkedInt]Entity.GetNetworkedInt [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b])

I need to make a function in shared.lua(or included, which is my case) that receives the player's entity/player object so that I can use [b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Entity.GetNetworkedInt]Entity.GetNetworkedInt [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b].

I currently have:

[lua]
local metaplayer = FindMetaTable("Player") //Get the meta table of player

function metaplayer:SetXP(amount)
metaplayer:SetNetworkedInt( "xp", amount )
//self:SaveXP()
end

function metaplayer:GetXP()
return metaplayer:GetNetworkedInt( "xp" )
end
[/lua]

I would be grateful for any help that would point me in the right direction.

[ceribik]

This doesn't answer your question, but you have a few typos in your code

local metaplayer = FindMetaTable("Player") //Get the meta table of player
 
function metaplayer:SetXP(amount)
    self:SetNetworkedInt( "xp", amount )
    //self:SaveXP()
end
 
function metaplayer:GetXP()
    return self:GetNetworkedInt( "xp" )
end

When in those meta functions (e.g. metaplayer:GetXP), self refers to the player, not metaplayer.

[InstantDeath]

[QUOTE=ceribik;27080883]This doesn't answer your question, but you have a few typos in your code

local metaplayer = FindMetaTable("Player") //Get the meta table of player
 
function metaplayer:SetXP(amount)
    self:SetNetworkedInt( "xp", amount )
    //self:SaveXP()
end
 
function metaplayer:GetXP()
    return self:GetNetworkedInt( "xp" )
end

When in those meta functions (e.g. metaplayer:GetXP), self refers to the player, not metaplayer.[/QUOTE]

problem with using self: Self does not work in shared.lua

[lua]
function metaplayer:GetLevel()
return self:GetNetworkedInt( "level" ) // line 99
end
[/lua]

[gamemodes\gmodrpg\gamemode\sh_npc.lua:99] attempt to index local 'self' (a nil value)

[_nonSENSE]

That is why you use "if CLIENT then" or "if SERVER then" conditions, or you put each function in a separate file.

[InstantDeath]

so what would i use instead of self for client?

[_nonSENSE]

You always use self if you are trying to reference the object/table. The problem is that the function you are trying to call is not available on the client (SetNetworkedInt): this is why you use 2 different functions on the client / server.

[InstantDeath]

what is the function for clients then? SetNWInt?

[_nonSENSE]

Think about what you want the client to do, and what the server should do. It might clear things up.

[InstantDeath]

[QUOTE=_nonSENSE;27084649]Think about what you want the client to do, and what the server should do. It might clear things up.[/QUOTE]

Well, I just want the server to keep track of the Networked ints, and I'm not sure why the client is trying to call the function, because I never intended them to.

hmm, still getting the same result ([gamemodes\gmodrpg\gamemode\sh_npc.lua:125] attempt to index local 'self' (a nil value)), could this be the cause?

[lua]
function AveragePlayerLvl()
if SERVER then
local lvl = 0
local count = 0
local total
for k, v in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
lvl = lvl + v.GetLevel() // this line
count = count + 1
end

total = lvl/count
return total
end
end

function PlayerCount()
if SERVER then
local count
for k, v in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
count = count + 1
end
return count
end
end
[/lua]

[_nonSENSE]

You posted irrelevant code. If you don't want the client to use those functions, why did you try to put them in a shared file. Define Entity:SetXP on the server only. You do not want / need the client to have that. As for the GetXP function, make it return the contents of the NetworkedInt, and then network it to the client.

Also, your second function is unnecessary:

[lua]
local pCount = #player.GetAll()
[/lua]

[InstantDeath]

Thanks for that little tidbit of code, saved me from making useless code :)

anyway, I guess I can elaborate a little more.

Here's my real problem:

ERROR: Hook 'NPC_Initialize' Failed: [gamemodes\gmodrpg\gamemode\sh_npc.lua:20] attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil value
Removing Hook 'NPC_Initialize'

[lua]
function NPC_Init()
if SERVER then
local pCount = #player.GetAll()
for _, v in pairs( ents.GetAll() ) do
if v:IsNPC() then
local health = v:Health()
v:SetNetworkedInt("npcxp", ((health*AveragePlayerLvl()) + math.pow(10, (AveragePlayerLvl()/10)))) // this line
v:SetHealth((health*AveragePlayerLvl()*pCount))
end
end
end
end
hook.Add( "InitPostEntity", "NPC_Initialize", NPC_Init)
[/lua]

The reason I posted the functions before this post, was because it calls those functions where its saying it is getting a nil value.

I made a console cmd version of that function so that I could test to see if it just wasn't setting the NWInt on NPCs that haven't spawned yet.

It gives me the error [gamemodes\gmodrpg\gamemode\sh_npc.lua:99] attempt to index local 'self' (a nil value)

which is the line I showed you before.

[lua]
function NPC_ReInit()
if SERVER then
local pCount = #player.GetAll()
for _, v in pairs( ents.GetAll() ) do
if v:IsNPC() then
if v:GetNetworkedInt("npcxp") == 0 then
local health = v:Health()
v:SetNetworkedInt("npcxp", ((health*AveragePlayerLvl()) + math.pow(10, (AveragePlayerLvl()/10))))
v:SetHealth((health*AveragePlayerLvl()*pCount))
end
end
end
end
end

concommand.Add("gmodrpg_reinit_npc", NPC_ReInit)
[/lua]

I'm trying to figure out what function is returning a nil value in that line.

[lua]v:SetNetworkedInt("npcxp", ((health*AveragePlayerLvl()) + math.pow(10, (AveragePlayerLvl()/10)))) // this line[/lua]

[_nonSENSE]

AveragePlayerLvl() probably is. v.GetLevel() should be v:GetLevel(). Post that function please.

[InstantDeath]

here.

[lua]
function metaplayer:GetLevel()
if SERVER then
return self:GetNetworkedInt( "level" )
end
end
[/lua]

Current Problem:

No lua errors, but the NPC won't die, and I can't get hit by the npc. hmmn Finally killed it with a combine ball.

console log:

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[InstantDeath]

ok, I noticed that npcs that spawn AFTER NPC_Init is called never give any XP. is there a way I can hook when an NPC spawns or entity is created? Because I would prefer not to execute this line of code on every frame...