Weird entity issue.

[Netheous]

I've made over 5000 entities in my life and all worked fine while networking them, but now there is one that is trying to mess with me.

So I send data from servers side to client and apply it to entity, then I print it on both ends and I get this as an output:
[IMG]http://puu.sh/cTfBK/1abb6b9835.png[/IMG]
So as you can see, it works properly... but when I am trying to print the table inside ENT:Draw(), it returns nil.
I am clueless at this point.

sv_core.lua -- Entity creation and item setting.

function coffeeInventory.dropStack( ply, itemPos )   
    local x, y = itemPos[1], itemPos[2]
    if ply.coffeeInventory[ x ][ y ] == false then
        return
    end
    
    local pack = ents.Create( "coffeeinventory_package" )
    pack:SetPos( LocalToWorld( Vector( 50, 0, 35 ), Angle( 0, 0, 0 ), ply:GetPos(), ply:GetAngles() ) )
    pack:Spawn()
    pack.item = ply.coffeeInventory[ x ][ y ]
    pack:sendData()


    ply.coffeeInventory[ x ][ y ] = false


    coffeeInventory.sendPlayerData( ply )
    coffeeInventory.database.savePlayerData( ply )
end

init.lua -- Entity and sending data

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


function ENT:Initialize()
    self:SetModel( "models/props_junk/cardboard_box003a.mdl" )
    self:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
    self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS )
    self:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
    self:SetUseType( SIMPLE_USE )
    self:GetPhysicsObject():Wake()


    self.item = {}
end


function ENT:Use( activator, caller )
    local i = ents.Create( self.item.class )
    i:SetPos( self:GetPos() + Vector( 0, 0, 35 ) )
    i:SetModel( self.item.mdl )
    i:Spawn()


    for var, value in pairs ( self.item.data ) do
        i[ var ] = value
        i.dt[ var ] = value
    end


    self.item.amount = self.item.amount - 1
    if self.item.amount <= 0 then
        self:Remove()
    end
end


util.AddNetworkString( "coffeeInv_itemPackageData" )
function ENT:sendData()
    net.Start( "coffeeInv_itemPackageData" )
        net.WriteEntity( self )
        net.WriteTable( self.item )
    net.Broadcast()
end

cl_init.lua -- Entity data receiving

include("shared.lua")


net.Receive( "coffeeInv_itemPackageData", function()
    local ent = net.ReadEntity()
    ent.item = net.ReadTable()
end )


function ENT:Draw()
    print( self.item )


    self:DrawModel()
    if self:GetPos():Distance( LocalPlayer():GetPos() ) < 250 then     
        cam.Start3D2D( self:GetPos() + Vector( 0, 0, 15 ), Angle( 0, LocalPlayer():EyeAngles().yaw - 90, 90 ), 0.02 )
            surface.SetDrawColor( Color( 235, 189, 99, 50 ) )
            surface.DrawRect( -400, 0 + math.sin( CurTime() ) * 50, 800, 100 )
            draw.SimpleText( "Item Pack ", "coffeeinventory_medium3d", 0, 50 + math.sin( CurTime() ) * 50, Color( 255, 255, 255 ), TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER, TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER )
        cam.End3D2D()
    end
end

[PortalGod]

does it always error? networking is asynchronous so it's probably calling draw before it has a chance to set self.item

[Netheous]

[QUOTE=PortalGod;46503745]does it always error? networking is asynchronous so it's probably calling draw before it has a chance to set self.item[/QUOTE]

It doesn't error at all, it just prints nil.

I've kept printing for like 10 seconds and it didn't change.

[Rubat]

I have the same problem with GMS, I have no idea why it does that, but here's the workaround I use:

local PendingDrops = PendingDrops or {}

net.Receive( "gms_container", function()
	local t = net.ReadTable()
	local ent = t.Container

	PendingDrops[ t.EntIndex ] = t

	/*if ( !IsValid( ent ) ) then

		print( "This should not be happening!", ent )
		
		//PendingDrops[ t.EntIndex ] = t

	else

		//ent:Update( t )

	end*/

end )

function ENT:Think()

	if ( PendingDrops[ self:EntIndex() ] ) then
		//print("updated", self)
		self:Update( PendingDrops[ self:EntIndex() ] )

		PendingDrops[ self:EntIndex() ] = nil

	end

end