net.SendToServer nil value

[AustinH]

This is the code I am calling clientside to send the server the integer.

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

include('shared.lua')

if SERVER then
	ENT.cratesAdded = 0
end

function ENT:Initialize() self:SetModel("models/Items/item_item_crate.mdl") self:PhysicsInit(SOLID_VPHYSICS) self:SetMoveType(MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS) self:SetSolid(SOLID_VPHYSICS) self:SetUseType(SIMPLE_USE) local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject() if phys:IsValid() then phys:Wake() end end

function ENT:Touch(ent)
	if ent.IsVehicle() then
		self:EmitSound( "items/ammocrate_close.wav", 75, 100, 1, CHAN_AUTO )
		self:Remove()
		print("crate added")
		net.Start( "cratesAdd" )
			net.WriteUInt( self.cratesAdded + 1, 8 ) -- You can also use net.WriteInt here. The second argument is 8 since the age will never be above 255. Doing this saves bandwidth and can reduce lag.
		net.SendToServer()
	end
end

and my serverside which tries to get the cratesAdded

util.AddNetworkString( "cratesAdd" )

net.Receive( "cratesAdd", function()
		print("Received message! You have added "..cratesAdded.. " crates!")
end)

and this is the error I get..

[ERROR] addons/citizenjobs/lua/entities/crate/init.lua:19: attempt to call field 'SendToServer' (a nil value)
  1. unknown - addons/citizenjobs/lua/entities/crate/init.lua:19

[Fredy]

[URL="http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/ENTITY/Touch"]ENT:Touch()[/URL] is a serverside only callback.
[URL="http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/net/SendToServer"]net.SendToServer()[/URL] is clientside only so the server doesn't have it.
You don't even have to send anything from client to server since the server knows it touched by itself.

[AustinH]

[QUOTE=syl0r;49796959][URL="http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/ENTITY/Touch"]ENT:Touch()[/URL] is a serverside only callback.
[URL="http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/net/SendToServer"]net.SendToServer()[/URL] is clientside only so the server doesn't have it.
You don't even have to send anything from client to server since the server knows it touched by itself.[/QUOTE]

Ahh I see where I went wrong. I am calling net.SendToServer on serverside so its trying to send it to itself. Should I use broadcast instead?

[Splerge]

[QUOTE=AustinH;49796971]Ahh I see where I went wrong. I am calling net.SendToServer on serverside so its trying to send it to itself. Should I use broadcast instead?[/QUOTE]

no don't use net library at all, just a simple function call

[lua]function ENT:Touch(ent)
if ent.IsVehicle() then
self:EmitSound( "items/ammocrate_close.wav", 75, 100, 1, CHAN_AUTO )
self:Remove()
print("crate added")
addCrate() -- or whatever
end
end[/lua]