2 Entities Colliding = new ent.Create??

[MICKMAC]

I'm hoping to make two entities touch eachother to create a new entity on their position when they collide.

Example: seed + pot = plant

How do I detect collision to make an output of ent.Create ? A mixture system, in that style.

Thank you in advance for any help! I appreciate it.

[havejack]

isnt it like a
[LUA]function ENT:Touch() t
-- CODE
end
[/LUA]

[Dynn]

[lua]-- Pot code, init
function ENT:Touch(hitEntity)
-- Code

-- Example
hitEntity:GetClass() == "seed" then
self.Entity:SetModel("something_else.mdl")
end
end
[/lua]

[MICKMAC]

[QUOTE=ms333;39580761][lua]-- Pot code, init
function ENT:Touch(hitEntity)
-- Code

-- Example
hitEntity:GetClass() == "seed" then
self.Entity:SetModel("something_else.mdl")
end
end
[/lua][/QUOTE]

Will this not just replace the model? I want it to create a totally different entity.

For example:
[lua]-- Pot code, init
function ENT:Touch(hitEntity)
-- Code

-- Example
hitEntity:GetClass() == "seed" then
ent.Create("plant")
end
end
[/lua]

Is this possible?

[havejack]

YOu can specify to remove the one entity and spawn a new one, simple as that

[MICKMAC]

Ok, so here's my update

[lua]Craft = 0
function ENT.Touch(self, hitEnt)
if (CurTime() >= Craft) and hitEnt:GetClass() == "meth" then
Craft = CurTime() + 1
hitEnt:Remove()
self:Remove()
local product = ents.Create("printer_lvlone")
product:SetPos( self:GetPos() + Vector(0,0,20) )
end
end[/lua]

There aren't any lua errors now, both of the existing entities remove but the new one doesn't spawn.

Any ideas?

[havejack]

Using the right model ? or ent name ? and self:GetPos() is invalid since it was romoved before that, so stoe the pos some where in like a "local pos = self:GetPos()" at the top

[Nockich]

[QUOTE=MICKMAC;39581400]Ok, so here's my update

[lua]Craft = 0
function ENT.Touch(self, hitEnt)
if (CurTime() >= Craft) and hitEnt:GetClass() == "meth" then
Craft = CurTime() + 1
hitEnt:Remove()
self:Remove()
local product = ents.Create("printer_lvlone")
product:SetPos( self:GetPos() + Vector(0,0,20) )
end
end[/lua]

There aren't any lua errors now, both of the existing entities remove but the new one doesn't spawn.

Any ideas?[/QUOTE]

Spawn the new ent first, since your removing the old one and then getting a pos from the old one (When it doesn't exist) and trying to spawn a new one.

If that makes any sense.

[MICKMAC]

[QUOTE=Sudoxe;39581492]Spawn the new ent first, since your removing the old one and then getting a pos from the old one (When it doesn't exist) and trying to spawn a new one.

If that makes any sense.[/QUOTE]

Yeah that makes sense.

Updated to:
[lua]Craft = 0
function ENT.Touch(self, hitEnt)
if (CurTime() >= Craft) and hitEnt:GetClass() == "meth" then
Craft = CurTime() + 1

local product = ents.Create("weed_plant")
product:SetPos( self:GetPos() + Vector(0,0,20) )

hitEnt:Remove()
self:Remove()

end
end[/lua]

This doesn't work, exact same problem. No entity is created, but the existing entities are still removed.

[havejack]

Is the entity your creating valid ?

[MICKMAC]

Oh wow, I fixed it.

missed this: product:Spawn() [b] LINE 8 [/b]

Fixed code:
[lua]Craft = 0
function ENT.Touch(self, hitEnt)
if (CurTime() >= Craft) and hitEnt:GetClass() == "meth" then
Craft = CurTime() + 1

local product = ents.Create("printer_lvlone")
product:SetPos( self:GetPos() + Vector(0,0,20) )
product:Spawn()

hitEnt:Remove()
self:Remove()

end
end[/lua]

[editline]14th February 2013[/editline]

Is there a way to make the entity spawned set the owner to whoever forces the entities to collide? Last part of this and I'm done on this project.

[Netheous]

I would use ENT:StartTouch() instead

@Edit: Also point of note, have you been to CheesecakeRP ? Because I got the same thing on my server, I made upgradable printers.