searching in spawn menu creating script errors

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#1

Every time I search for an item in the spawn menu it continuously duplicates the search results and creates script errors

The error it keeps giving:
[ERROR] gamemodes/sandbox/gamemode/spawnmenu/creationmenu/content/contentsearch.lua:99: attempt to index field ‘icon’ (a nil value)

  1. RefreshResults - gamemodes/sandbox/gamemode/spawnmenu/creationmenu/content/contentsearch.lua:99
  2. fn - gamemodes/sandbox/gamemode/spawnmenu/creationmenu/content/contentsearch.lua:65
    3. Run - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/hook.lua:110
    4. unknown - gamemodes/sandbox/gamemode/cl_search_models.lua:41

Timer Failed! [search_models_update][@gamemodes/sandbox/gamemode/cl_search_models.lua (line 41)]

What it looks like:

1600×900 306 KB

Thanks for reading

#2

Do you have a lot of mods? I’d like to know what can possibly cause this.

Is this singleplayer? Are there any other errors in the console?

#3

i have almost 200 mods but none of them have anything to do with the spawn menu. it also started happening when i was offline unable to download mods

it happens when im in a listen and multiplayer server
the only error im getting in console is the one i posted

#4

Alright do this for me:

Go to the file gamemodes/sandbox/gamemode/spawnmenu/creationmenu/content/contentsearch.lua

And put this in between lines 98 and 99:



if ( !IsValid( result.icon ) ) then PrintTable( result ) end

So it looks like this:



	local results = search.GetResults( str )
	for id, result in pairs( results ) do
		if ( !IsValid( result.icon ) ) then PrintTable( result ) end
		result.icon:SetParent( GetHUDPanel() ) -- Don't parent the icons to search panel prematurely
	end

Then go to singleplayer and try this again. As soon as any errors pop up, just paste the entire console log here in between


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#5

this is what i got


 func	=	function: 0x6b811658
text	=	cbtree5_big.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/cbtree5_big.mdl

[ERROR] gamemodes/sandbox/gamemode/spawnmenu/creationmenu/content/contentsearch.lua:100: attempt to index field 'icon' (a nil value)
  1. RefreshResults - gamemodes/sandbox/gamemode/spawnmenu/creationmenu/content/contentsearch.lua:100
   2. fn - gamemodes/sandbox/gamemode/spawnmenu/creationmenu/content/contentsearch.lua:65
    3. Run - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/hook.lua:110
     4. unknown - gamemodes/sandbox/gamemode/cl_search_models.lua:41

Timer Failed! [search_models_update][@gamemodes/sandbox/gamemode/cl_search_models.lua (line 41)]
#6

Alright.


function PANEL:RefreshResults( str )

	if ( !str ) then -- User tried to search for something
		CurrentSearch = self.Search:GetText()
		str = CurrentSearch
		OldResults = -1
	else
		-- Don't force open the search when you click away from search while this function is called from cl_search_models.lua
		if ( ContentPanel.SelectedPanel != self.PropPanel ) then
			return
		end
	end

	if ( !str or str == "" ) then return end

	local results = search.GetResults( str )
	for id, result in pairs( results ) do
		if ( !IsValid( result.icon ) ) then print( "====================") PrintTable( result ) print( "====================")  continue end
		result.icon:SetParent( GetHUDPanel() ) -- Don't parent the icons to search panel prematurely
	end

	print( OldResults == #results )
	-- I know this is not perfect, but this is the best I am willing to do with how the search library was set up
	if ( OldResults == #results ) then -- No updates, don't rebuild
		for id, result in pairs( results ) do
			if ( IsValid( result.icon ) ) then result.removedicon = true result.icon:Remove() end -- Kill all icons
		end
		return
	end
	OldResults = #results

	self.PropPanel:Clear()

	local Header = self:Add( "ContentHeader" )
	Header:SetText( #results .. " Results for \"" .. str .. "\"" )
	self.PropPanel:Add( Header )

	for k, v in pairs( results ) do
		self:AddSearchResult( v.text, v.func, v.icon )
	end

	self.PropPanel:SetParent( ContentPanel )
	ContentPanel:SwitchPanel( self.PropPanel )

end

I want you to replace the function “function PANEL:RefreshResults( str )” (Lines 82 to 122) in your copy to the one above.

Then try the search again. This should fix your problem (for singleplayer only), but I still want you to do something for me, to understand what is happening and hopefully fix it for everyone.

After the search finishes ( when the blue bar on the top disappears ), please type the following in your console:
whereis models/cbtree5_big.mdl

And then please post the console log (all of it) here.

#7

now its just serching infinitely and spamming this in console


 ====================
func	=	function: 0x690ee748
text	=	light_streetlight.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/props/de_inferno/light_streetlight.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x6f0fd620
text	=	tree_group.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/props/de_inferno/tree_group.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x689f8f88
text	=	tree_large.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/props/de_inferno/tree_large.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x1ac70a18
text	=	tree_small.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/props/de_inferno/tree_small.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x62af5d38
text	=	tides_streetlight.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/props/de_tides/tides_streetlight.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x6f10f038
text	=	tree.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/props/dossf/tree.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x6ddf7c28
text	=	tree.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/props/gtasf/tree.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x6b49ef50
text	=	oh_xmas_tree_demo.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/player/items/all_class/oh_xmas_tree_demo.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x6b871e48
text	=	oh_xmas_tree_engineer.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/player/items/all_class/oh_xmas_tree_engineer.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x6e922260
text	=	oh_xmas_tree_heavy.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/player/items/all_class/oh_xmas_tree_heavy.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x7044e0e8
text	=	oh_xmas_tree_medic.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/player/items/all_class/oh_xmas_tree_medic.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x6e26c070
text	=	oh_xmas_tree_pyro.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/player/items/all_class/oh_xmas_tree_pyro.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x6901b558
text	=	oh_xmas_tree_scout.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/player/items/all_class/oh_xmas_tree_scout.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x6e6c1998
text	=	oh_xmas_tree_sniper.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/player/items/all_class/oh_xmas_tree_sniper.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x6df58330
text	=	oh_xmas_tree_soldier.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/player/items/all_class/oh_xmas_tree_soldier.mdl
====================
====================
func	=	function: 0x6c2750e0
text	=	oh_xmas_tree_spy.mdl
words:
		1	=	models/player/items/all_class/oh_xmas_tree_spy.mdl
====================
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#8

It’s not searching infinitely, the bar going the opposite direction is normal as the game finds more folders to scan. It all hugely depends on the amount of models your game has installed.

You can replace the line 99 with the following to stop the spam:



		if ( !IsValid( result.icon ) ) then continue end

If you still want to help, since those models will not appear in your search results, to figure out why that happens, go to your lua/includes/modules/spawnmenu.lua and replace lines 240-245 with the following and post the full console log after the search is finished.



function CreateContentIcon( type, parent, tbl )

	local cp = GetContentType( type )
	if ( cp ) then
		local ico = cp( parent, tbl )
		if ( !IsValid( ico ) ) then print( "CreateContentIcon - FAILED TO CREATE ICON ", type, parent ) PrintTable( tbl ) end
		return ico
	else
		print( "CreateContentIcon - NO TYPE ", type, parent, tbl )
	end

end