Lua Error! My SWEP won't even show up :(

[WasabiThumbs]

I want to make a SWEP that lowers the gravity of the target, sends them upwards, and then explodes them. The problem could be that ExplodeSubject is not being called right. In that case I could do timer.Simple( 2, function(ento) blah blah end ) but I am unsure. Anybody have advice?

function SWEP:PrimaryAttack()
	ento = self.Owner:GetEyeTrace().Entity
	if ento:IsValid() then
		ento.SetGravity( -450 )
		ento:SetVelocity( Vector( 0, 0, 250 ) )
		self.Owner:EmitSound( "gravitywobble.mp3" )
		timer.Simple( 2, ExplodeSubject(ento) )
	else
		self.Owner:EmitSound( "notarget.wav" )
	end
end

function SWEP:ExplodeSubject(subject)
	local explode = ents.Create("env_explosion")
	explode:SetPos( subject:GetPos() )
	explode:SetOwner( self.Owner )
	explode:Spawn()
	explode:SetKeyValue("iMagnitude","175")
	explode:Fire("Explode", 0, 0 )
	explode:EmitSound("weapon_AWP.Single", 400, 400 )
	if subject:IsPlayer() then
		subject:Kill()
	else
		subject:Remove()
	end
end

[editline]22nd April 2017[/editline]

Oops. It doesn't look like I saw this mistake. I'll be back...

ento.SetGravity( -450 )

Should be a colon, yes?

Nope. Still the same.

[editline]22nd April 2017[/editline]

It seems I should run a

Entity:IsWorld()

test, yes?

Still doesn't work! HEEEEEEELP

The console is neutral...
Here is a pastebin of my script:
[url]https://pastebin.com/AU9bF3NM[/url]

[zoox]

timer.Simple( 2, function() 
    if IsValid(self) and IsValid(ento) then -- After the two seconds delay the weapon or entity might be invalid (somebody removed the entity, ...) -- Use IsValid checks to avoid "Tried to use a NULL entity!" errors
        self:ExplodeSubject(ento)
    end
end)

[WasabiThumbs]

[QUOTE=zoox;52139897]

timer.Simple( 2, function() 
    if IsValid(self) and IsValid(ento) then -- After the two seconds delay the weapon or entity might be invalid (somebody removed the entity, ...) -- Use IsValid checks to avoid "Tried to use a NULL entity!" errors
        self:ExplodeSubject(ento)
    end
end)

[/QUOTE]

I'll try it when I get home. The fact that surprises me is that the weapon does not even show up, yet produces no console errors. I should also try the folder itself instead of the .gma
Good point tho.

[zoox]

That's odd -- I put your script in lua/weapons/weapon_test.lua and it showed up right away

[WasabiThumbs]

[QUOTE=zoox;52140973]That's odd -- I put your script in lua/weapons/weapon_test.lua and it showed up right away[/QUOTE]

I'm adding this snippet now and trying the folder instead of the gma- will be back soon.

function SWEP:ExplodeSubject(subject)
	if IsValid(self) and IsValid(subject) then
		local explode = ents.Create("env_explosion")
		explode:SetPos( subject:GetPos() )
		explode:SetOwner( self.Owner )
		explode:Spawn()
		explode:SetKeyValue("iMagnitude","175")
		explode:Fire("Explode", 0, 0 )
		explode:EmitSound("weapon_AWP.Single", 400, 400 )
		if subject:IsPlayer() then
			subject:Kill()
		else
			subject:Remove()
		end
	end
end

[editline][/editline]

The problem is mostly solved, yet the target still does not explode. The script cannot call global ExplodeSubject() and identifies it as a nil value. What exactly defines a function as global, though? [URL="https://vid.me/rIZe"]Here's a video.[/URL]

[zoox]

Did you replace

timer.Simple( 2, ExplodeSubject(ento) )

with the snippet I posted earlier?

[WasabiThumbs]

And that concludes it! I have resolved it myself. Here's the new script on pastebin:

[url]https://pastebin.com/M3aFG4Sn[/url]

I have another problem but I'll make a new thread because this seems dead.

[editline]23rd April 2017[/editline]

[QUOTE=zoox;52141426]Did you replace

timer.Simple( 2, ExplodeSubject(ento) )

with the snippet I posted earlier?[/QUOTE]

Oops, sorry zoox. Check out the pastebin. I'm sure I did.