Trying to weld an entity to another entity.

[Calikid92]

I want to weld the top entity to the bottom entity with lua.
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yVjmTaf.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LILI8SF.png[/IMG]

[Rubat]

Making a picture of the code is a very bad idea. Do you expect us to retype it to test it?

[manolis]

[QUOTE=Winter;45902484]I want to weld the top entity to the bottom entity with lua.
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yVjmTaf.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LILI8SF.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]

You haven't told us what the problem is

[Angry pepper]

[QUOTE=Coffeee;45905909]You haven't told us what the problem is[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Winter;45902484]I want to weld the top entity to the bottom entity with lua.
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? [/QUOTE]

Assuming the rotating blade at the top does not weld and either falls off or stays in midair?

[Calikid92]

[QUOTE=Angry pepper;45905942]Assuming the rotating blade at the top does not weld and either falls off or stays in midair?[/QUOTE]

Right, it simply doesn't weld.

The highlighted part in the picture is what I'm working on. When I spawn the entity the top will fall off and there are no errors. Here's the link to the wiki, [url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/constraint/Weld[/url]

The code for the init.lua

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

function ENT:Initialize()

	self:SetModel( "models/props_c17/lampShade001a.mdl" )
	self:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
	self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS )
	self:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )

	local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()
	if (phys:IsValid()) then
	phys:SetMass( 50 )
	phys:Wake()
	end

	local ent = ents.Create( "turret_gun" )

	if (  !IsValid( ent ) ) then return end
	ent:SetPos( self:GetPos() + Vector(0,0,5) )
	ent:Spawn()
	
	constraint.Weld( self, ent, 0, 0, 0, false, false )
	
end

[bitches]

Maybe constraints are removed after entity initialization? Try applying this after initialization is complete, with a manually called function.

[Hoffa1337]

[QUOTE=Winter;45939129]Right, it simply doesn't weld.

The highlighted part in the picture is what I'm working on. When I spawn the entity the top will fall off and there are no errors. Here's the link to the wiki, [url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/constraint/Weld[/url]

The code for the init.lua

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

function ENT:Initialize()

	self:SetModel( "models/props_c17/lampShade001a.mdl" )
	self:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
	self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS )
	self:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )

	local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()
	if (phys:IsValid()) then
	phys:SetMass( 50 )
	phys:Wake()
	end

	local ent = ents.Create( "turret_gun" )

	if (  !IsValid( ent ) ) then return end
	ent:SetPos( self:GetPos() + Vector(0,0,5) )
	ent:Spawn()
	
	constraint.Weld( self, ent, 0, 0, 0, false, false )
	
end

[/QUOTE]
I'd say your entity isn't valid until next frame.

local weld = constraint.Weld( self, ent, 0, 0, 0, false, false )
print( IsValid( weld ), type( weld ) )

try this:
timer.Simple( 0, function() if IsValid( ent ) && IsValid( self ) then constraint.Weld( self, ent, 0, 0, 0, false, false ) end end )