Simple addon not working

[alex578344]

I'm not sure why this is working. I have followed quite a few tutorials to get the basics but I'm confused at how to make a simple addon

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

include("shared.lua")

function GM:PlayerInitialSpawn(ply)
	print("Initial Spawn is working")
end

function Kill()
	local ply = LocalPlayer()
	ply:Kill()
end

hook.Add("InVehicle","inVehicle",Kill)
	

[Хум]

Iirc, PLAYER:Kill() is serverside.

[alex578344]

I put the Kill function into the init.lua file but it still doesnt work and still refuses to even print the message in PlayerInitialSpawn

[Rubat]

I'd assume you mean [B]gamemode[/B], not an [B]addon[/B]?
I'd assume the first code is init.lua, what is the second code about?

[alex578344]

No its an addon, that's what I don't understand, I've looked through other addons and they have structure that have the init, shared and cl_init. The second code is shared.lua

[Хум]

[QUOTE=alex578344;45906740]No its an addon, that's what I don't understand, I've looked through other addons and they have structure that have the init, shared and cl_init. The second code is shared.lua[/QUOTE]

1. You're overriding a GAMEMODE function. Use hook.Add instead.
2. LocalPlayer is clientside, PLAYER:Kill is serverside.

[alex578344]

I would really appreciate it if you could tell me what is wrong here. I don't understand what is meant when a GAMEMODE function is overridden, so I tried to mess around with it.

Init

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

include("shared.lua")


function whenplayerspawn()
	print("Initial Spawn is working")
end

function Kill()
	Player:Kill()
end

Shared

function GM:Initialize()
	print("Hi!")
	hook.Add("PlayerInitialSpawn", "onPlayerSpawn", whenplayerspawn)
	hook.Add("InVehicle","inVehicle",Kill)
end

[Rubat]

You are using code for a gamemode.

In what files do you put those codes? Full paths please.

[alex578344]

C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\addons\myaddon

inside myaddon file is a file called lua and info.txt

inside lua file is init, shared and cl_init

[Rubat]

Ok. Get rid of the info.txt, it is no longer needed.

Then move [B]lua/shared.lua[/B] to [B]lua/autorun/myaddon_shared.lua[/B]
[B]lua/init.lua[/B] to [B]lua/autorun/server/myaddon_init.lua[/B]
[B]lua/cl_init.lua[/B] to [B]lua/autorun/client/myaddon_cl_init.lua[/B]

Note that all files must be uniquely named so that they don't override other files on other addons or the game itself.

Then your files must contain this: ( as example )
init.lua

AddCSLuaFile("autorun/client/myaddon_cl_init.lua")
AddCSLuaFile("autorun/myaddon_shared.lua")

-- files in autorun are ran automatically by the game

function whenplayerspawn( ply ) --PlayerInitialSpawn has one argument
	print( "Initial Spawn is working", ply )
end
hook.Add( "PlayerInitialSpawn", "myaddon_PlayerInitialSpawn", whenplayerspawn ) -- in addons you use hook.Add, GM:* stuff is for GAMEMODES

-- There's no such hook as "InVehicle". There's a hook called "PlayerEnteredVehicle" though
local function Kill( ply,veh, role ) -- Localize functions so they are not overridden by other addons.
	ply:Kill()
end
hook.Add( "PlayerEnteredVehicle", "myaddon_PlayerEnteredVehicle_whatever", Kill )

cl_init.lua

hook.Add("HUDPaint", "myaddon_myhookname_must be unique", function() -- You can define hooks like this too
	draw.RoundedBox( 0, 0, 0, 128, 128, Color( 0, 0, 0, 128 ) ) -- Draw a box
end )

shared.lua

if ( CLIENT ) then -- Run this code only on client, since you cannot draw server side
	hook.Add("HUDPaint", "myaddon_myotherhook", function()
		draw.RoundedBox( 0, 0, 128, 128, 128, Color( 128, 0, 0, 128 ) ) -- Draw another box
	end )
end

-- The CLIENT and SERVER global variables are only used when you need to separate code to be run specifically on a SERVER or on a CLIENT in a SHARED file.

Your problem is that you do not know how to code.