Making SWEP's and Adding Them To Gamemode

[Gisgar3]

Hello guys, I am having trouble getting my custom SWEP's into my custom gamemode. In my SWEP
s folder ('entities/weapons/m4a1/') I have a shared.lua that contains all of my SWEP's information. Now, when calling the SWEP from my 'players.lua' file located directly in my gamemode's 'gamemode' folder, it comes out with the error 'NULL Ent in GiveNamedItem!', and the SWEP's 'shared.lua' comes out with the error 'attempt to index global 'SWEP' (a nil value).' How would I fix this? Thanks!

//players.lua

local ply = FindMetaTable( "Player" )

include ("entities/weapons/m4a1/shared.lua")

function ply:SetPlayerTeam ( n )

if (n == 'TEAM_SWAT') then

self:SetPlayerColor( Vector( 0, 0, 1 ) )
self:SetModel("models/player/police.mdl")
self:SetRunSpeed( 250 )
self:SetWalkSpeed( 175 )
self:SetJumpPower( 200 )
self:Give("m4a1")
self:SetupHands()
end
if (n == 'TEAM_TERR') then

self:SetPlayerColor(Vector(1, 0, 0))
self:SetModel("models/player/police.mdl")
self:SetRunSpeed( 275 )
self:SetWalkSpeed( 180 )
self:SetJumpPower( 200 )
self:SetupHands()
end
end

--shared.lua <-- located at entities/weapons/m4a1/

SWEP.Author = "Ratchet"
SWEP.Contact = "N/A"
SWEP.Purpose = "Used in 'SWAT' gamemode."
SWEP.Instructions = "LeftMouse = Primary Fire"
SWEP.Category = "Weapons"
SWEP.Spawnable = true
SWEP.AdminSpawnable = true

SWEP.ViewModel = Model("v_rif_m4a1.mdl")
SWEP.WorldModel = Model("w_rif_m4a1.mdl")
SWEP.HoldType = "crossbow"

SWEP.Primary.ClipSize = 36
SWEP.Primary.DefaultClip = 36
SWEP.Primary.Automatic = true
SWEP.Primary.Ammo = "SMG1"
local ShootSound = Sound( "Metal.SawbladeStick" )

if (!SERVER) then

    AddCSLuaFile ("shared.lua")

    SWEP.Weight = 5

    SWEP.AutoSwitchTo = false
    SWEP.AutoSwitchFrom = false

elseif (!CLIENT) then

    SWEP.PrintName = "SWAT M4A1"

    SWEP.Slot = 4
    SWEP.SlotPos = 1

    SWEP.DrawAmmo = true

    SWEP.DrawCrosshair = false
end

function SWEP:PrimaryAttack()

    self:EmitSound( ShootSound )

end

function SWEP:Initialize()

self:SetHoldType(self.HoldType)

end

[rtm516]

Rename entities/weapons/m4a1/shared.lua to entities/weapons/m4a1.lua
and remove
include ("entities/weapons/m4a1/shared.lua")

[Gisgar3]

I still only receive the 'NULL Ent in GiveNamedItem!' error.

[FireWolf]

Do you not need AddCSLuaFile()?

[Gisgar3]

Removing that didn't fix my problem. I still get the 'NULL Ent in GiveNamedItem!' error.

[FireWolf]

No. I mean add AddCSLuaFile() to the top of your SWEP page. Exactly how I typed it. Pretty sure that will fix it/might fix it as I have that on my SWEPS.

[Gisgar3]

Just tried that. Still have the same problem occurring.