Rotating an Entity

Garry's Mod coding
#1 

concommand.Add("chatclicker.start", function(ply, cmd, n)  
    if not ply:IsValid() then return end  
    if ply.chatprop != nil and ply.chatprop:IsValid() then ply.chatprop:Remove() end  
    ply.chatprop = ents.Create("prop_physics")  
    ply.chatprop:SetModel("models/extras/info_speech.mdl")  
    ply.chatprop:SetPos(ply:LocalToWorld(Vector(0, 0, 100)))  
    ply.chatprop:SetAngles(ply:GetAngles())  
    ply.chatprop:SetParent(ply)  
end)

Trying to get this info_speech.mdl to rotate above the player

been 3 hours can’t figure it out.

Please tell me how before… :emo:

#2

If I were you I’d make a SENT for your speech bubble so that you can define it’s think hook. In it you would set it’s angles to a different yaw each think to make it rotate. To control the speed you would delay the think.

[editline]10:45PM[/editline]

That SENT would also only need to be serverside, so stuff everything into init.lua

#3

Ok

Did all that.

Some reason…I get no errors or anything and yet it doesn’t work. Nothing even appears.

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

function ENT:SpawnFunction( plr, tr )

if not tr.Hit then return end

local ent = ents.Create( self.Classname )
ent:SetPos( tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal * 100 )
ent:Spawn()
ent:Activate()	

return ent

end

function ENT:Initialize()
self:SetModel(“models/extras/info_speech.mdl”)
self:PhysicsInit( SOLID_NONE )
self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_NONE )
self:SetSolid( SOLID_NONE )
self.Yaw = 0

local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()
if phys:IsValid() then phys:Wake() end

end

function ENT:SetPlayer( pl )
self:SetPos( pl:GetPos() + pl:GetUp() * 100 )
self:SetParent( pl )

end

function ENT:Think()
self:NextThink(CurTime())
self:SetAngles( self:GetAngles() + Angle(0,1,0) )

end[/lua]

which is in lua/entities/chatbox

and

[lua]if SERVER then
AddCSLuaFile(“autorun/chatclicker.lua”)
ErrorNoHalt(“Adding Server Chatclicker Hooks…”)
concommand.Add(“chatclicker.start”, function(ply, cmd, n)
if not ValidEntity(pl) || ValidEntity(ply.chatprop) then return end
ply.chatprop = ents.Create(“chatbox”)
ply.chatprop:SetPlayer(ply)
ply.chatprop:Spawn()
ply.chatprop:Activate()
end)
concommand.Add(“chatclicker.end”, function(ply, cmd, n)
if not ValidEntity(ply) then return end
if ValidEntity(ply.chatprop) then ply.chatprop:Remove() end
ErrorNoHalt("Done!
")
end)
end

if CLIENT then
ErrorNoHalt(“Adding Client Chatclicker Hooks…”)
hook.Add(“StartChat”, “chatclicker.start”, function() RunConsoleCommand(“chatclicker.start”) end)
hook.Add(“FinishChat”, “chatclicker.end”, function() RunConsoleCommand(“chatclicker.end”) end)
ErrorNoHalt("Done!
")
end[/lua]

which is in autorun

don’t mind the ErrorNoHalts. Just for testing purposes.