Updating a derma via networking

[iGolden96]

I've gone blind to this problem and it's irritating. I'm running this client script inside addons/lua/autorun/client and it doesn't seem to be running on startup.

if CLIENT then
	print("running2")

	local charge = 10
	local enabled = false
	local flashframe
	local bar

	local _skin = { };
	function _skin:PaintProgress( panel, w, h )

		-- self.tex.ProgressBar.Back( 0, 0, w, h );
		self.tex.ProgressBar.Front( 0, 0, w * panel:GetFraction(), h );

	end
	derma.DefineSkin( "BarSkin", "Bar Skin", _skin );

	flashframe = vgui.Create("DFrame")
	flashframe:SetSize(100, 30)
	flashframe:SetPos(ScrW() - (100 + 50), 50)
	flashframe:SetVisible(false)
	flashframe:SetDraggable(false)
	flashframe:ShowCloseButton(false)
	flashframe:SetTitle("")
	flashframe.Paint = function(s, w, h)
		draw.RoundedBox(4, 0, 0, w, h, Color(5, 5, 5, 150))
	end

	bar = vgui.Create("DProgress", flashframe)
	bar:SetSize(100, 30)
	bar:SetBGColor(Color(5, 5, 5, 100))
	bar:SetFGColor(Color(245, 245, 255))
	bar:SetVisible(false)
	bar:SetFraction(charge/10)
	bar:SetSkin("BarSkin")
	
	net.Receive( "switchflashlight", function(len)
		enabled = net.ReadBool()
		charge = net.ReadInt(5)
		print("charge " .. charge)
		print(enabled)
		flashframe:SetVisible(enabled)
		bar:SetVisible(enabled)
		if enabled then bar:SetFraction(charge/10) end
		flashframe:Refresh()
		bar:Refresh()
	end )
end

I fiddled around with a few things and nothing. In addons/lua/autorun/server/... I have

AddCSLuaFile("autorun/client/cl_flashlight.lua")
util.AddNetworkString("switchflashlight")

at the top.

It works fine when I adjust anything inside the client script and it refreshes, so the problem has to be it not running on the client? Nothing prints on the client or anything.
Thanks for your help, I've probably made a stupid mistake that I've gone blind to.

[Gedo789]

You are running this script too early.
I suggest to do this instead.

hook.Add("PostGamemodeLoaded","switchflashlight",function()

	local charge = 10
	local enabled = false
	local flashframe
	local bar

	local _skin = { };
	function _skin:PaintProgress( panel, w, h )

		-- self.tex.ProgressBar.Back( 0, 0, w, h );
		self.tex.ProgressBar.Front( 0, 0, w * panel:GetFraction(), h );

	end
	derma.DefineSkin( "BarSkin", "Bar Skin", _skin );

	flashframe = vgui.Create("DFrame")
	flashframe:SetSize(100, 30)
	flashframe:SetPos(ScrW() - (100 + 50), 50)
	flashframe:SetVisible(false)
	flashframe:SetDraggable(false)
	flashframe:ShowCloseButton(false)
	flashframe:SetTitle("")
	flashframe.Paint = function(s, w, h)
		draw.RoundedBox(4, 0, 0, w, h, Color(5, 5, 5, 150))
	end

	bar = vgui.Create("DProgress", flashframe)
	bar:SetSize(100, 30)
	bar:SetBGColor(Color(5, 5, 5, 100))
	bar:SetFGColor(Color(245, 245, 255))
	bar:SetVisible(false)
	bar:SetFraction(charge/10)
	bar:SetSkin("BarSkin")
	
	net.Receive( "switchflashlight", function(len)
		enabled = net.ReadBool()
		charge = net.ReadInt(5)
		print("charge " .. charge)
		print(enabled)
		flashframe:SetVisible(enabled)
		bar:SetVisible(enabled)
		if enabled then bar:SetFraction(charge/10) end
		flashframe:Refresh()
		bar:Refresh()
	end )
end)