A blank gamemode, and yet errors are here.

[Monkey4TL]

Okay, my last gamemode gave off errors where it couldn't find files, i thought it must be somewhere in my code so i'll just start a fresh one.

without adding custom code i got errors...

Couldn't include file 'shared.lua' (File not found) (@gamemodes/game2/gamemode/cl_init.lua (line 1))

when i save my init.lua:

[AddCSLuaFile] Couldn't find 'cl_init.lua' (@gamemodes/game2/gamemode/init.lua (line 1))
[AddCSLuaFile] Couldn't find 'shared.lua' (@gamemodes/game2/gamemode/init.lua (line 2))
Couldn't include file 'shared.lua' (File not found) (@gamemodes/game2/gamemode/init.lua (line 4))

Now, heres the code:

Init.lua:

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

include('shared.lua')


function GM:PlayerInitialSpawn( ply )

ply:PrintMessage(HUD_PRINTTALK, 'You have entered the game.')

end

cl_init.lua:

include('shared.lua')

shared.lua

GM.Name = "Game2"
GM.Auther = "N/A" 
GM.Email = "N/A"
GM.Website = "N/A"
 
function GM:Initialize()

end 
DeriveGamemode("sandbox")

team.SetUp( 1, "User", Color( 255, 255, 255, 255 ) )
team.SetUp( 2, "Admin", Color( 25, 255, 25, 255) )

<Game name>.txt

"Game2"
{
	"base"		"base"
	"title"		"Game2"
	"maps"		"^gt_"
	"menusystem"	"1"
	"workshopid"	""

}

Please help, it wont let me add external files or even use the shared one.

[Tomelyr]

you have the wrong folder set up or gmod cant read from it.

it should be /pathtogmod/garrysmod/gamemodes/game2/gamemode/cl_init.lua and so on.

[Monkey4TL]

Yes, my directory is garrysmod/garrysmod/gamemodes/game2/gamemode/filename.lua and strangly it gives off the errors listed above

[Acecool]

Since the files are NOT empty, you may be AddCSLuaFile'ing the wrong order...

Basically, you're telling the client about cl_init.lure before you notify them of sh_init.lua ( this may or may not make a difference; I've seen cases where it has, and cases where it was something odd ).

Here's what I do ( I don't like using "shared.lua", personal preference... ):

init.lua

//
//
//
AddCSLuaFile( "sh_init.lua" )
AddCSLuaFile( "cl_init.lua" )
include( "sh_init.lua" );

cl_init.lua

//
// 
//
include( "sh_init.lua" );

sh_init.lua

//
// 
//
-- EVERYTHING.... Load order as follows:

-- Shared code

// Client / Server
if ( CLIENT ) then

else

end

-- Addons / Modules

-- Content ( game-mode specific data such as vehicles, etc )

Essentially, instead of repeating code in init/cl_init, I set sh_init to include / AddCSLuaFile all game-mode files ( because the way shared code works, is it only executes on each realm so you can set if SERVER then .. else .. end to include files etc -- shared should always come first, then client/server, then addons then content )..

If you want to work with a simple system that will manage everything for you, take a look at my auto-loader: [url]https://bitbucket.org/Acecool/acecooldev_base/src/[/url] [url]https://bitbucket.org/Acecool/acecooldev_base/downloads[/url]

Full-folder structure is here because bitbucket doesn't allow empty folders and files haven't been added everywhere yet ( just extract to the gm directory ): [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26074909/tutoring/_redistributable/acecooldev_base_folder_struct.rar[/url]

It is a skeletonized-developer-base game-mode which essentially only includes the autoloader ( to avoid having to mess with including files ever again ), useful functons / addon-hooks, useful CONSTs / Enumeration, etc...

It includes documentation which tells you how to re-name the game-mode to use a different folder-name / base-name.

It checks prefix / postfix on files to determine the realm the file should load in, it also changes active-realm for client/server/shared folders, and maps/ directories autoload maps/<map_name>/* in shared-mode at InitPostEntity and OnReloaded.

It also supports "loadgm" console command which refreshes the game-mode ( useful for users that don't have access to auto-refresh because of OS, or if you drag-n-drop a new file into the game-mode... If you add a new file, loadgm once, then make a simple change in the file and save it; previously you'd have to add, auto-refresh 1-2 times, then edit it or each realm 1-2 times before saving it 1-2 times )...