Wirelink Entity Question

[Coolflip]

so, i have this code:

@name 
@inputs E:entity
@outputs V:vector Active FadeRate Fire
@persist X:entity

interval(10)

V = E:shootPos() + E:eye() * 80
Active=1, FadeRate=100
R=random(0,255)
G=random(0,255)
B=random(0,255)
Fire=random(0,1)
X=XWL:entity()
X:setColor(R,G,B)

I am basically trying to set the color of the wirelink entity (a holo emitter) and i can't find out how i could combine the codes E:setColor(N,N,N) and XWL:entity(), i have tried setting a in chip variable thats an entity (X) to the one selected by wirelink, and than to change the color of the variable (X). But that failed horribly Any help would be appreciated

[SatansSimon]

im not sure but i think setColor stes the color of the expression-chip not anything else

[Syranide]

I'm assuming that code validates, because it does look good from at a first glance.
However, E:setColor() is partly unusable (sorry for the bad documentation), it is limited to only your own entities, however, ownership in gmod doesn't really appear to be properly defined, thus, in most occassions it will not report you as the owner... so it will not do anything.

So basically, E:setColor() doesn't really work right now.

[Coolflip]

damn

ill just go back to using the colorer heh

anyways, thanks for clarifying that

[Hunter234564]

Little tip on the Fire = random(1,0) part:
You can use Fire = -Fire +1
The random() method maybe sticks to <0.5 for 10 executions, while the other method constantly switches every execution.

[Syranide]

Little tip on the Fire = random(1,0) part:
You can use Fire = -Fire +1
The random() method maybe sticks to <0.5 for 10 executions, while the other method constantly switches every execution.

Fire = !Fire

is a better way

[chinoto]

I haven't tested the functions myself, but you can now set the color of your entities using setColor.