Command help

[Dolph1n]

So, I'm not the best at coding, but I know basics and I'm pretty good at using ctrl+c and ctrl+v, so go easy on me.

Anyways I'm trying to make a command  for TTT that will check if you are alive, and if you are will give you a Tsay, and if you're NOT alive it will force you to spectate a player(like ulx spectate does).

Here's what I have so far:

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function ulx.spectate( calling_ply, target_ply )
if not calling_ply:IsValid() then
Msg( "You can't spectate from dedicated server console.\n" )
return
end
for k,v in pairs(calling_plys) do
if v:Alive() then
Msg( "You can't spectate while alive!" )
else
calling_ply:Kill()
calling_ply:SetForceSpec(true)
calling_ply:SetTeam(TEAM_SPEC)
calling_ply:ConCommand( "ttt_spectate" )
calling_ply:ConCommand( "ttt_spectator_mode 1" )
calling_ply:Spectate( OBS_MODE_IN_EYE )
calling_ply:SpectateEntity( target_ply )



ulx.fancyLogAdmin( calling_ply, true, "#A began spectating #T", target_ply )
end
end
end

When I use the command, nothing happens and I get this error:

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[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/util.lua:200: function arguments expected near ':'
  1. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/util.lua:0

EDIT: I think I got it, retrying.

Ok, so I no longer get the error but nothing happens, at least while alive.

EDIT 2: Nothing happens while dead either.

EDIT 3: It's no longer a recognized command by ULX. Fun.

EDIT 4: There's gonna be a lot of edits in this. Wow I'm bad at coding.

I moved some "end"s around and got it to be a command again, but now I get this error:

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[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/util.lua:196: bad argument #1 to 'pairs' (table expected, got nil)
  1. pairs - [C]:-1
   2. call - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/util.lua:196
    3. __fn - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/commands.lua:943
     4. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/commands.lua:1296
      5. unknown - lua/includes/modules/concommand.lua:54


[iViscosity]

Code: Lua

1. function ulx.spectate( calling_ply, target_ply )

That is your function statement.

Code: Lua

1. for k,v in pairs(calling_plys) do

This is the line giving the error.


Nowhere in your code do you have a 'calling_plys' variable set. pairs requires a table as an argument, and because calling_plys is not defined anywhere (hint: nil) the function returns nil. The error thrown says exactly that, it expects a table but a nil statement was given.


I don't really understand why you're using a for k,v loop, because when someone calls a command, there's only going to be one person calling it, and one target. So really, you can remove the whole for loop, check if calling_ply:Alive() then he can't do it, else he can.


EDIT: Just realized your error pointed to the default ULX location. While you can do this, this is a bad idea because when ULX and ULib are updated, your command is going to be overwritten. Put it in something like

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addons/<yourAddonName>/lua/ulx/modules/sh

EDIT2: Msg only echoes to the Dedicated Server console (the RCon). To get it to go to the player, you'll need to use Player:PrintMessage or ULib.tsay

[Dolph1n]

Code: Lua

1. function ulx.spectate( calling_ply, target_ply )

That is your function statement.

Code: Lua

1. for k,v in pairs(calling_plys) do

This is the line giving the error.


Nowhere in your code do you have a 'calling_plys' variable set. pairs requires a table as an argument, and because calling_plys is not defined anywhere (hint: nil) the function returns nil. The error thrown says exactly that, it expects a table but a nil statement was given.


I don't really understand why you're using a for k,v loop, because when someone calls a command, there's only going to be one person calling it, and one target. So really, you can remove the whole for loop, check if calling_ply:Alive() then he can't do it, else he can.


EDIT: Just realized your error pointed to the default ULX location. While you can do this, this is a bad idea because when ULX and ULib are updated, your command is going to be overwritten. Put it in something like

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addons/<yourAddonName>/lua/ulx/modules/sh

EDIT2: Msg only echoes to the Dedicated Server console (the RCon). To get it to go to the player, you'll need to use Player:PrintMessage or ULib.tsay

What about something like this?

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function ulx.spectate( calling_ply, target_ply )
if not calling_ply:IsValid() then
msg( "You can't spectate from dedicated server console.\n" )
return
end
for v in pairs(calling_ply) do
if v:Alive() then
calling_ply:PrintMessage( "You can't spectate while alive!" )
table.insert(affected_plys, v)
else
calling_ply:Kill()
calling_ply:SetForceSpec(true)
calling_ply:SetTeam(TEAM_SPEC)
calling_ply:ConCommand( "ttt_spectate" )
calling_ply:ConCommand( "ttt_spectator_mode 1" )
calling_ply:Spectate( OBS_MODE_IN_EYE )
calling_ply:SpectateEntity( target_ply )



ulx.fancyLogAdmin( calling_ply, true, "#A began spectating #T", target_ply )
end
end
end

[iViscosity]

That should work, however the 'msg' at the top as it is a nil value, it is case sensitive, Msg.


EDIT: Also, you can use  to highlight your lua.

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