PhysObj:SetVelocity and Entities

[Apple_Bloom]

So far I've been having an issue with applying force to an entity when it finds other entities, at this moment players, in a sphere around itself.

My code so far:

function ENT:Think()
	local targets = ents.FindInSphere(self.Entity:GetPos(), 150)
	
	for _, target in pairs( targets ) do
		self.Entity:SetVelocity( Vector(1, 0, 0) )
	end
end

I just put in the vector (1, 0, 0) for testing purposes, but I cannot get the entity to move in the direction when I come near, instead I get zero errors

as to what I may be doing wrong, and I am most likely getting zero errors due to me missing something important. If someone could help me out that would be great.

My purpose for doing this is to eventually create an entity that would act as a creature that will run away, or run towards you depending on it's standing; i.e: How happy/sad it is.

[B]edit:[/B] Okay so I figured out what I was doing wrong while trying to apply force to the object, here is my now updated code:

function ENT:Think()
	local targets = ents.FindInSphere(self.Entity:GetPos(), 150)
	
	if ( targets ) then
		self.Entity:GetPhysicsObject():ApplyForceCenter( VectorRand() * 100 )
	end
end

My next question is this now; If I wanted to make it so my entity only moves once every 5 seconds in a random direction would I do something like the following?

local nextmove = CurTime()

if ( nextmove > 5 ) then
      code here for movement
end
--I've tried this, but it still seems to be moving around, how would I check to see if I had last moved? When to move next? So on and so forth?

[Whiterabbit]

[QUOTE=Apple_Bloom;45325076]My next question is this now; If I wanted to make it so my entity only moves once every 5 seconds in a random direction would I do something like the following?

local nextmove = CurTime()

if ( nextmove > 5 ) then
      code here for movement
end
--I've tried this, but it still seems to be moving around, how would I check to see if I had last moved? When to move next? So on and so forth?

[/QUOTE]

[lua]
--when you create the entity
self.NextMoveTime = CurTime()+5 --don't start moving until 5 have seconds have passed (could just use CurTime() to move straight away)

--In your entity think
if CurTime()>self.NextMoveTime then
--it's time to move
--move and stuff
--you could also add something like self.LastMoveTime = CurTime() here (if you need that information)

--reset the time
self.NextMoveTime = CurTime()+3 --move again in 3 seconds
end
[/lua]