ION Cannon

[NEDM_Insane]

Originally Posted by SERPENT711

It isn't working because by using {table, value} you are making a table with "table" and "value" as its members and passing that 1 table to the insert method. Try using:

table:insert( table,value )

Which passes the arguments table and value as separate arguments instead of as 1 table.

That didnt work it gave me an error that said:

Bad argument #1 (expected number, got table)

Then i did:

table.insert (params.CVars, "blah(actually code)")

then got (table expected, got nil).... WTF?

[itsbth]

params.CVars is nil...
Try to find out why.

(And BTW, you are missing the language strings "#No sound", "#Zap1", "#Zap2", "#Zap3". Remove the # if you don't want to use localization (though you should use it)).

[singilli]

Is it any good ?

[NEDM_Insane]

Originally Posted by itsbth

params.CVars is nil...
Try to find out why.

(And BTW, you are missing the language strings "#No sound", "#Zap1", "#Zap2", "#Zap3". Remove the # if you don't want to use localization (though you should use it)).

Ok i changed CVars to pluh so now it looks like:

table.insert{ params.pluh, "code here"}

But i got another error that said i didn't have the right amount of arguments.


EDIT:


OK I changed a few things around here. this is my table code:

table.insert{params.pluh,"wire_IONCannon_delay"}
	table.insert{params.pluh,"wire_IONCannon_damage"}
	table.insert{params.pluh,"wire_IONCannon_sound"}
	table.insert{params.pluh,"wire_IONCannon_auto"}

pluh = CVars... i just changed it.
Ok now im getting this error, i think its because i need to build the actual ION Cannon right?

weapons\gmod_tool\stool.lua:77: attempt to concatenate local 'property' (a table value)

[NEDM_Insane]

ok worked on this a few days:

cl_init:

include('shared.lua')

ENT.Spawnable			= false
ENT.AdminSpawnable		= false
ENT.RenderGroup 		= RENDERGROUP_OPAQUE

function ENT:GetOverlayText()

	return self:GetPlayerName()	
	
end

shared:

ENT.Type 		= "anim"
ENT.Base 		= "base_wire_entity"

ENT.PrintName	= "ION Cannon"
ENT.Author		= "NEDM_Insane"
ENT.Contact		= "Steam: NEDM_Insane E-Mail: InsaneHL@comacst.net"

init:

AddCSLuaFile( "cl_init.lua" )
AddCSLuaFile( "shared.lua" )

include('shared.lua')

ENT.WireDebugName = "ION Cannon"


function ENT:Initialize()
	self.Model = "models/props_c17/lampShade001a.mdl"
	self.Entity:SetModel( "models/props_c17/lampShade001a.mdl" )
	
	self.hires = false
	self.Entity:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
	self.Entity:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS )
	self.Entity:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
	self.Entity:SetColor(255,0,0,255)
	self.Entity:DrawShadow( false )

	local phys = self.Entity:GetPhysicsObject()
	if (phys:IsValid()) then
		phys:Wake()
		phys:SetDragCoefficient ( 10 )
	end
	self.Inputs = Wire_CreateInputs ("R" "B" "G" "Fire")

end

function ENT:SpawnFunction( ply, tr)

	if ( !tr.Hit ) then return end
	
	local SpawnPos = tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal * 16
	
	local ent = ents.Create( "ION Cannon" )
		ent:SetPos( SpawnPos )
	ent:Spawn()
	ent:Activate()
	
	return ent

end 

-- Damage from the ION cannon
function ENT:SetDamage( i )
	self.Damage = i
end 
function ENT:GetDamage()
	return
end

-- Delay on ION cannon (if set to auto)
function ENT:SetDelay( i )
	if self.Auto == 1 then
		self.Delay = i
	end 
end
function ENT:GetDelay()
	return self.Delay
end

-- Sound IONs make
function ENT:SetSound( str )
	self.Sound = str
end
function ENT:GetSound()
	return self.Sound
end

function ENT:Setup (out_dist, out_color, out_ang, out_pos, Range)
	self.out_dist 		= out_dist
	self.out_color 		= out_color
	self.out_ang		= out_ang
	self.out_pos		= out_pos
	self:SetBeamLength(Range)
	self.PrevOutput = nil
	
	self.Inputs.SelectValue.Value = 0
	
end

function ENT:TriggerInput(ingame, value)
	if (iname == "A" ) then
		if (value ~= 0) then
			 local vStart = self.Entity:GetPos()
			 local vForward = self.Entity:GetUp()
			 
			 local trace = {}
				 trace.start = vStart
				 trace.endpos = vStart + (vForward * self:GetBeamLength() & )
			 local trace = util.TraceLine( trace )	
		end
	end
end

So why won't it spawn?

[Wodden]

Originally Posted by NEDM_Insane

local ent = ents.Create( "ION Cannon" )

Whats your entitys folder name? I think it's ion_cannon or something.
Usage of ents.Create:

ents.Create("Entity folder name here") e.g. ents.Create("prop_combine_ball)

[itsbth]

USE () NOT {} WHEN CALLING FUNCTIONS!
Unless you know what you're doing, which you obviously don't

[CAANz]

Use GCFScape to find some better sounds.