"ENT:Touch" not functioning properly

Garry's Mod coding
#1

I am currently developing an entity for a certain gamemode and I want to run a certain script when a player collides with said entity

So far, after writing my own code for this, the entity works fine and rotates, yet it fails to do anything in the “ENT:Touch” hook.

Here is what I have so far in the init.lua file:

[lua]
AddCSLuaFile( “cl_init.lua” )
AddCSLuaFile( “shared.lua” )

include(‘shared.lua’)

function ENT:Initialize()

self:SetModel( "models/props_junk/watermelon01.mdl" )
self:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_NONE )
self:SetSolid( SOLID_NONE )
self:DrawShadow(true)

end

function ENT:Use( activator, caller )
return
end

function ENT:Think()

self:SetAngles( self:GetAngles() + Angle(0, 30, 0)

end

function ENT:StartTouch( ent )
if ( ent:IsValid() and ent:IsPlayer() ) then
print(“Melon get!”)
self:Remove()
end
end
[/lua]

#2

try adding this [lua] self:SetTrigger( true ) [/lua] to your Initialize() funciton.

I used this on a remake of trigger_teleport, but it was set to self:SetSolid( SOLID_BBOX ) so this may not work for the reason _nonSENSE said.

#3

Not sure if ENT:Touch works with SOLID_NONE.

#4

I was thinking the same thing, but will try Fantym420’s idea

[editline]17th January 2011[/editline]

Argh same result

[editline]17th January 2011[/editline]

I tried setting self:setSolid to SOLID_VPHYSICS but same result

#5

Set the collision group, along with SOLID_VPHYSICS. http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Entity.SetCollisionGroup

#6

What would I set the gollision group to? Would COLLISION_GROUP_DEBRIS work?

#7

COLLISION_GROUP_PLAYER would make it only collide with players, so I would use that.

#8

Gracias, giving it a try.

[editline]17th January 2011[/editline]

Well after setting it to COLLISION_GROUP_PLAYER, the melon is unable to spawn. It simply spits, “Attempted to create unknown entity type melon”

[editline]17th January 2011[/editline]

Here is the revised code:

[lua]
AddCSLuaFile( “cl_init.lua” )
AddCSLuaFile( “shared.lua” )

include(‘shared.lua’)

function ENT:Initialize()

self:SetModel( "models/props_junk/watermelon01.mdl" )
self:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_NONE )
self:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
self:SetCollisionGroup(COLLISION_GROUP_PLAYER)
self:DrawShadow(true)

self:SetTrigger( true )

end

function ENT:Use( activator, caller )
return
end

function ENT:Think()

self:SetAngles( self:GetAngles() + Angle(0, 30, 0)

end

function ENT:Touch( ent )
print(“Touched!”)
if ( ent:IsValid() and ent:IsPlayer() ) then
print(“Melon get!”)
self:Remove()
end
end
[/lua]

#9

Your console should show an error somewhere near the top.

#10

Why is that?

#11

I still get the error “Attempted to spawn unknown entity type” nothing spawns

#12

There is an error in your console because your entity is failing to load do to some syntax error. Just copy/paste your entire console.

Edit* actually I can see your syntax error now, in your Think() function your missing a ) at the end of SetAngles()