Problems That Don't Need Their Own Thread v2.0

[ForrestMarkX]

[QUOTE=syl0r;45949941]PlayerInitialSpawn is only called when the player spawns the first time. It should work after the blacklisted player rejoins.[/QUOTE]

Hmm I see, I'll test things out and see if it works

[editline]11th September 2014[/editline]

Okay so it doesn't work, it appears that my hook for PlayerInitialSpawn is not being called as when I added logs they were not called

[zeaga]

Is there a way to toggle a derma panel? i.e. allow the same button that brought the panel up to also close it if it's already up?

[Fredy]

[QUOTE=zeaga;45950120]Is there a way to toggle a derma panel? i.e. allow the same button that brought the panel up to also close it if it's already up?[/QUOTE]
That should be fairly simple.
Example:

function button:DoClick()
	if(self.Panel && self.Panel:IsValid()) then
		self.Panel:Remove()
		self.Panel = nil
	else
		self.Panel = vgui.Create("DPanel", someparent)
	end
end

[zeaga]

[QUOTE=syl0r;45950249]That should be fairly simple.[/QUOTE]
Thanks! I tried something similar to that, but I used a weird method of checking if the panel was up. I guess I was just being stupid.

[ForrestMarkX]

I need help involving files from LUA, how would I do things such as open a file then write a entry with a linebreak but afterwards if the entry is already there then just update a certain part like time or points?

I'm trying to make a system to save people to a blacklist for a vote thing, and another that will save a players points value then load it if he returns

[Хум]

[QUOTE=ForrestMarkX;45950576]I need help involving files from LUA, how would I do things such as open a file then write a entry with a linebreak but afterwards if the entry is already there then just update a certain part like time or points?

I'm trying to make a system to save people to a blacklist for a vote thing, and another that will save a players points value then load it if he returns[/QUOTE]

file.Exists
file.Write
file.Append
\n

[Acecool]

I'd recommend using ispanel( ) or IsValid( panel ) instead of panel:IsValid because if the panel isn't valid, IsValid will nil error in the example above.

Here are a few documents on it:
[url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26074909/tutoring/vgui/creating_a_toggle_menu_system.lua.html[/url]
[url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26074909/tutoring/vgui/open_menu_key_tap_using_bind.lua.html[/url]
[url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26074909/tutoring/vgui/open_vgui_based_on_keypress.lua.html[/url]

[ForrestMarkX]

[QUOTE=HumbleTH;45951067]file.Exists
file.Write
file.Append
\n[/QUOTE]

Hmm when using file.Append wouldn't it add a new line to the file? instead of updating the existing entry within the file

[Хум]

[QUOTE=ForrestMarkX;45951145]Hmm when using file.Append wouldn't it add a new line to the file? instead of updating the existing entry within the file[/QUOTE]

You need to add the newline in yourself.
[url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Main_Page]There is a wiki on this, you know..[/url]

[ForrestMarkX]

[QUOTE=HumbleTH;45951493]You need to add the newline in yourself.
[url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Main_Page]There is a wiki on this, you know..[/url][/QUOTE]

I know about that but currently now I'm trying to find a way to find a certain value within an = like Points= then just update that value instead of writing a whole new line, I'm thinking of using something like string.find for a certain value if it exists then just find the value I want to modify with another string.find then do string.right to get the real value after =

[BFG9000]

[QUOTE=ForrestMarkX;45951703]I know about that but currently now I'm trying to find a way to find a certain value within an = like Points= then just update that value instead of writing a whole new line, I'm thinking of using something like string.find for a certain value if it exists then just find the value I want to modify with another string.find then do string.right to get the real value after =[/QUOTE]

Use the file class.
[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Category:File[/url]

[ForrestMarkX]

[QUOTE=BFG9000;45951736]Use the file class.
[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Category:File[/url][/QUOTE]

I've been looking at that but with my limited knowledge of LUA, I'm not entirely sure how to use the functions there especially with ReadBool, ReadByte and etc

[BFG9000]

Come to think of it, I would actually just read the file first, then modify the returned string before overwriting the whole thing.
Unless you've got a pretty big file.

[ForrestMarkX]

[QUOTE=BFG9000;45951755]Come to think of it, I would actually just read the file first, then modify the returned string before overwriting the whole thing.
Unless you've got a pretty big file.[/QUOTE]

The file would probably get big with players being added in as the format I have it in is like this

PlayerName, SteamID, Points

[BFG9000]

So use the file library instead like you have been in conjunction with the string library
[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Category:string[/url]

One method is to explode the file using newline as a separator, rewrite what you need to by modifying the returned table, then implode it and file.Write it.

[editline]11th September 2014[/editline]

Woah wait a second this is for data storage?

[ForrestMarkX]

[QUOTE=BFG9000;45951802]So use the file library instead like you have been in conjunction with the string library
[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Category:string[/url]

One method is to explode the file using newline as a separator, rewrite what you need to by modifying the returned table, then implode it and file.Write it.

[editline]11th September 2014[/editline]

Woah wait a second this is for data storage?[/QUOTE]

I see, and yeah it is. I was originally opting to use a MySQL database but since it's not being used across more then 1 server I opted for a local approach with a .txt file

[BFG9000]

Use this instead of your current system:

[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/util/TableToKeyValues[/url]
[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/util/KeyValuesToTable[/url]

It is a bit hinky in that you have to sanitise it for booleans and vector/angle objects, and all the keys are automatically lowercased whether you like it or not, but for what you're doing it's perfect

[ForrestMarkX]

[QUOTE=BFG9000;45951827]Use this instead of your current system:

[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/util/TableToKeyValues[/url]
[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/util/KeyValuesToTable[/url]

It is a bit hinky in that you have to sanitise it for booleans and vector/angle objects, and all the keys are automatically lowercased whether you like it or not, but for what you're doing it's perfect[/QUOTE]

Hmm interesting, I forgot that LUA can use tables

[BFG9000]

You can also use Table To JSON for a different solution with the same end result.

[Shyclone]

Problem: My DarkRP server's F4 menu is completely blank, and all jobs/ammo's don't exist.
Error: [LUA] Couldn't include file 'darkrp_customthings\jobs.lua' (File not found) (@gamemodes/darkrp/gamemode/libraries/modificationloader.lua (line 111)) [/LUA]

I do not remember exactly what I did, but I believe I messed up something in the DarkRP core files. (Don't post "Well that's why" just yet, read on.)
I reinstalled DarkRP, and got a clean version of the darkrpmodification addon.
I MANUALLY re-added/edited the settings I had in the old darkrpmodification files.
Every time I saved a file, and originally when it was broken, it gave the above error, once for each file in the "darkrp_customthings", "darkrp_modules", and "darkrp_language" folders. Though, it worked fine.

When I finished editing the last file, it broke again. I don't get any errors, though.

Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated.

PS: If I take the darkrpmodification addon out of the server files, the F4 menu works fine, using default jobs/ammo's/etc.

[TripsLetash]

So, I'm working on some circles. The issue I'm having is that I'm using an api made by someone else but the api itself is a bit limitted. It only allows for 'cutting' the image in slices Clockwise.

Example:
[T]http://puu.sh/bviNc/05459bf17f.jpg[/T]

Those circles are actually images/materials and I'm cutting away the parts/slices based on a percentage.

I was told another person made an api/a better way to achieve this, does anyone still have that link/ a better way to do it?

[Хум]

[QUOTE=TripsLetash;45956021]So, I'm working on some circles. The issue I'm having is that I'm using an api made by someone else but the api itself is a bit limitted. It only allows for 'cutting' the image in slices Clockwise.

Example:
[T]http://puu.sh/bviNc/05459bf17f.jpg[/T]

Those circles are actually images/materials and I'm cutting away the parts/slices based on a percentage.

I was told another person made an api/a better way to achieve this, does anyone still have that link/ a better way to do it?[/QUOTE]

It was in one of the previous WAYWOs, don't remember which one though.

[ROFLBURGER]

I am also having a cricle problem

Bascially my friend is trying to make a HUD and I can't help him because I don't know how the fuck it works

He's trying to make a 3/4 of a circle as a healthbar. I've done it in Expression 2, but expression 2 uses degrees and Lua uses radians so I'm stuck on the conversions

here's the E2

[lua]interval(100)

Max = 135
if (X < Max) {X=X+1} --Basically for x=1, 135 do

Offset = 180 -- Rotation
#Rad = pi()/180
Rad = 1

From = Max/Rad

HPX = sin((X+Offset)*2)*10 --Position X of each for instance
HPY = cos((X+Offset)*2)*10 --Position Y of each for instance

holoCreate(X) -creation of the "menu"
holoPos(X,entity():pos() + vec(HPX,HPY,100)) -- setting the position

--useless shit
holoScaleUnits(X,vec(1,1,1))
holoAng(X,ang(0,-X*2,0))
holoColor(X,vec(X,X,X))

[/lua]

[Nimhster]

Here's the code ROFLBURGER has been helping me with in question:

[lua]
for i=1, math.min(HP,100) do
Rad = math.pi/180
Max = 135*Rad
Offset = 180*Rad
From = Max
X = i*1.35
HPX = math.sin((X+Offset)*2*From)*50
HPY = math.cos((X+Offset)*2*From)*50
surface.SetDrawColor(Color(X,X,X,255))
surface.SetMaterial( Material("vgui/writealphaonly") )
--surface.DrawTexturedRect(RingX,RingY,RingRes,RingRes) --( X axis, Y axis, Width, Height )
surface.DrawTexturedRect(ScrW()/2 + HPX,ScrH()/2 + HPY ,5,5) --( X axis, Y axis, Width, Height )
end
[/lua]

We're trying to get it to show up as a circle in 270degrees (3/4 circle) as mentioned, but we haven't been having any luck getting it to do that.

[Fredy]

@ROFLBURGER:
Just use [URL="http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/math/rad"]math.rad[/URL]

[AnonTakesOver]

1 radian = 57.2957795 degree

[NoFearzz]

somehow i get these error's on my TTT server

 ConVarRef ttt_time_limit_minutes doesn't point to an existing ConVar
ConVarRef ttt_round_limit doesn't point to an existing ConVar
ConVarRef gmod_physiterations doesn't point to an existing ConVar

still in my config:

ttt_round_limit 6
ttt_time_limit_minutes 90

gmod_physiterations ? i have no idea what this is about

[Tomelyr]

[QUOTE=TripsLetash;45956021]
I was told another person made an api/a better way to achieve this, does anyone still have that link/ a better way to do it?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=gonzalolog;45872079]
Anyway, there's enough info and i hope someone get fun with this

[URL="https://www.dropbox.com/s/um14hwin6gyh233/Payday%20Deployment.7z?dl=0"]Payday 2 HUD Deployment[/URL]

Oh! And enjoy the circular progress API![/QUOTE]
Maybe this?

[CoreBase]

So how come does this still allows players to change the convar.

CreateConVar("vat_procentage", 0, {FCVAR_SERVER_CAN_EXECUTE, FCVAR_NOTIFY}, "Sets vat" )

This thing should've stopped it from allowing that

FCVAR_SERVER_CAN_EXECUTE

[editline]12th September 2014[/editline]

Anyone?

[Хум]

-snip- nevermind, misread the wiki