Cannot get this addon to work properly... is something gone wrong in my lua?

[ajzima32]

Code: Lua

1. if SERVER then
2.         AddCSLuaFile("autorun/voicecons.lua")
3. end
4.  
5. if CLIENT then
6.         print( "Chat Commands FNAF 2 Edition" )
7.         print( "By Sakura" )
8. end
9.  
10. USay = {} --Emoticons Start
11.  
12. USay.WordList = {
13. ["music2"] = "fnaf2/musicbox2.wav";
14. ["robot2"] = "fnaf2/robotamb2.wav";
15. ["scream2"] = "fnaf2/scream2.wav";
16. ["phone1"] = "phoneman/call1a.wav";
17. ["phone2"] = "phoneman/call2a.wav";
18. ["phone3"] = "phoneman/call3a.wav";
19. ["phone4"] = "phoneman/call4a.wav";
20. ["phone5"] = "phoneman/call5a.wav";
21. ["phone6"] = "phoneman/call6a.wav";
22. ["phonesound2"] = "phoneman/ring.wav";
23. ["hello?"] = "other/bbhello.wav";
24. ["hi"] = "other/bbhi.wav";
25. ["bblaugh"] = "other/bblaugh.wav";
26. ["manglestatic"] = "other/mangleradio.wav";
27. }
28.  
29. function USay.ChatFunction( ply, text )
30.    if ply:IsValid() then
31.       for k,v in pairs(USay.WordList) do
32.          if string.find( text, k ) then
33. ply:EmitSound(USay.WordList[k])
34.             return text
35.          end
36.       end
37.    end
38. end
39. hook.Add("PlayerSay", "USay.ChatFunction_Hook", USay.ChatFunction) --Emoticons End

The purpose of this addon is to play a sound (globally) upon typing the keyword.

For some reason, the only ones that seem to work are
music2
robot2
scream2

The rest (i can hear my headphones crack and my game will lag a bit) but no sound will play.

[JamminR]

1) You're not setting up the table correctly.
You'd need commas for the way you're trying to split the table.
Example

Table.sub = {
["var1"] = "data1",
["var2"] = "data2",
}

2) Using your for pairs table loop, you probably want to emitsound the V of the loop, not K.
Your method would work, but might as well use the data instead of having lua engine look up what var is twice.
To make sure your code's working, try adding 'debug' "print" statements during your code and watch in console.

function USay.ChatFunction( ply, text )
  if ply:IsValid() then
print ("Looking in Text: " .. text )
     for k,v in pairs(USay.WordList) do
print (" for the word: " .. k "
        if string.find( text, k ) then
print (" FOUND: " .. k .."!" )
print (" I will next try to EmitSound: " .. v )
          ply:EmitSound(USay.WordList[v])
          return text
        end
     end
  end
end

[ajzima32]

Alright, well now my addon has stopped working completely.

[ERROR] addons/chat sounds - fnaf 2 edition/lua/autorun/voicecons.lua:33: unfinished string near '"'
  1. unknown - addons/chat sounds - fnaf 2 edition/lua/autorun/voicecons.lua:0

Code: Lua

1. if SERVER then
2.         AddCSLuaFile("autorun/voicecons.lua")
3. end
4.  
5. if CLIENT then
6.         print( "Chat Commands FNAF 2 Edition" )
7.         print( "By Sakura" )
8. end
9.  
10. USay = {} --Emoticons Start
11.  
12. USay.WordList = {
13. ["music2"] = "fnaf2/musicbox2.wav",
14. ["robot2"] = "fnaf2/robotamb2.wav",
15. ["scream2"] = "fnaf2/scream2.wav",
16. ["phone1"] = "phoneman/call1a.wav",
17. ["phone2"] = "phoneman/call2a.wav",
18. ["phone3"] = "phoneman/call3a.wav",
19. ["phone4"] = "phoneman/call4a.wav",
20. ["phone5"] = "phoneman/call5a.wav",
21. ["phone6"] = "phoneman/call6a.wav",
22. ["phonesound2"] = "phoneman/ring.wav",
23. ["hello?"] = "other/bbhello.wav",
24. ["hi"] = "other/bbhi.wav",
25. ["bblaugh"] = "other/bblaugh.wav",
26. ["manglestatic"] = "other/mangleradio.wav",
27. }
28.  
29. function USay.ChatFunction( ply, text )
30.   if ply:IsValid() then
31. print ("Looking in Text: " .. text )
32.      for k,v in pairs(USay.WordList) do
33. print (" for the word: " .. k "
34.        if string.find( text, k ) then
35. print (" FOUND: " .. k .."!" )
36. print (" I will next try to EmitSound: " .. v )
37.          ply:EmitSound(USay.WordList[v])
38.          return text
39.        end
40.     end
41.  end
42. end
43. hook.Add("PlayerSay", "USay.ChatFunction_Hook", USay.ChatFunction) --Emoticons End

[Avoid]

Alright, well now my addon has stopped working completely.

[ERROR] addons/chat sounds - fnaf 2 edition/lua/autorun/voicecons.lua:33: unfinished string near '"'
  1. unknown - addons/chat sounds - fnaf 2 edition/lua/autorun/voicecons.lua:0

Code: Lua

1. if SERVER then
2.         AddCSLuaFile("autorun/voicecons.lua")
3. end
4.  
5. if CLIENT then
6.         print( "Chat Commands FNAF 2 Edition" )
7.         print( "By Sakura" )
8. end
9.  
10. USay = {} --Emoticons Start
11.  
12. USay.WordList = {
13. ["music2"] = "fnaf2/musicbox2.wav",
14. ["robot2"] = "fnaf2/robotamb2.wav",
15. ["scream2"] = "fnaf2/scream2.wav",
16. ["phone1"] = "phoneman/call1a.wav",
17. ["phone2"] = "phoneman/call2a.wav",
18. ["phone3"] = "phoneman/call3a.wav",
19. ["phone4"] = "phoneman/call4a.wav",
20. ["phone5"] = "phoneman/call5a.wav",
21. ["phone6"] = "phoneman/call6a.wav",
22. ["phonesound2"] = "phoneman/ring.wav",
23. ["hello?"] = "other/bbhello.wav",
24. ["hi"] = "other/bbhi.wav",
25. ["bblaugh"] = "other/bblaugh.wav",
26. ["manglestatic"] = "other/mangleradio.wav",
27. }
28.  
29. function USay.ChatFunction( ply, text )
30.   if ply:IsValid() then
31. print ("Looking in Text: " .. text )
32.      for k,v in pairs(USay.WordList) do
33. print (" for the word: " .. k )
34.         if string.find( text, k ) then
35. print (" FOUND: " .. k .."!" )
36. print (" I will next try to EmitSound: " .. v )
37.           ply:EmitSound(USay.WordList[v])
38.           return text
39.         end
40.      end
41.   end
42. end
43. hook.Add("PlayerSay", "USay.ChatFunction_Hook", USay.ChatFunction) --Emoticons End

You forgot to close the brackets at line 33, also you put a quotation mark at the end.

[JamminR]

Yeah, I wasn't exactly meaning you copy/paste my example 100%. (It missed a closing parenthesis )
At this time of day for me, I'm within an hour of bedtime, with only 5-6 hours until time to get up for work.
(All you young college kids on a half hour nap between 'night' and 'classes' hush...I'm 1.8x-2x your age. )

Pro-Tip - learn to read the error codes Gmod lua presents.
It told you line 33 was expecting something.
Posted here, it's numbered, and, viola, us more experienced folks saw 33 was missing the )
We recommend you get a decent text editor that highlights code/punctuation.
I personally like Notepad++, but there are many others out there.

[ajzima32]

Yeah, I wasn't exactly meaning you copy/paste my example 100%. (It missed a closing parenthesis )
At this time of day for me, I'm within an hour of bedtime, with only 5-6 hours until time to get up for work.
(All you young college kids on a half hour nap between 'night' and 'classes' hush...I'm 1.8x-2x your age. )

Pro-Tip - learn to read the error codes Gmod lua presents.
It told you line 33 was expecting something.
Posted here, it's numbered, and, viola, us more experienced folks saw 33 was missing the )
We recommend you get a decent text editor that highlights code/punctuation.
I personally like Notepad++, but there are many others out there.

Yes, I have Note++pad  and I saw the gmod error, upon doing so I went to go find and do away with the error, yet everything I tried wasnt working..

"Hey, you cant judge me. I literally just got started with lua and wanted to know why the plugin wasnt working in general. Sounds werent playing."


I have no idea if it went from compressing the addon, or even if my sound files were up. Appearently not, they work fine while playing them in Windows Media Player.

And yes, I know it wasnt going to be as easy as copy/paste.

[ajzima32]

Wow... I said Note++pad. Maybe I should learn simple Kindergarten subjects first... ;-;