Spectator Mode Command

[CrossBoy]

Hello! I have a deathrun server using .//MrGash's Deathrun Gamemode (https://github.com/Mr-Gash/GMod-Deathrun) and was trying to see if I could get a simple Spectator mode to work. It appeared that it already had the team created, but no way of entering it.

So, I tried making this, and put it in /addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh.

Code: [Select]

local CATEGORY_NAME = "Spectate"

 function ulx.spectate( calling_ply )
ply:Kill
ply:SetTeam(TEAM_SPECTATOR)
end
local spectate = ulx.command( CATEGORY_NAME, "ulx spectate", ulx.spectate, "!spectate", false )
spectate:defaultAccess( ULib.ACCESS_ALL )
spectate:help( "Enters Spectator Only Mode." )

Here is the error I get:

[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/spec.lua:10: function arguments expected near 'ply'
  1. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/spec.lua:0

This is the first thing I've tried creating, and wasn't totally sure what was happening.

[Caustic Soda-Senpai]

You don't have it set to target anyone.

Code: Lua

1.  function ulx.spectate( calling_ply, target_ply )
2.   target_ply:Kill
3.   target_ply:SetTeam(TEAM_SPECTATOR)
4. end

[monkeymacman]

You don't have it set to target anyone.

Code: Lua

1.  function ulx.spectate( calling_ply, target_ply )
2.   target_ply:Kill
3.   target_ply:SetTeam(TEAM_SPECTATOR)
4. end

I assume he is trying to make it run it on the calling ply and have no target ply. In which case it's a simple error of using the wrong variable name.

Code: Lua

1.  function ulx.spectate( calling_ply )
2.   ply:Kill()
3.   ply:SetTeam(TEAM_SPECTATOR)
4. end

Should be changed to

Code: Lua

1.  function ulx.spectate( calling_ply )
2.   calling-ply:Kill()
3.   calling_ply:SetTeam(TEAM_SPECTATOR)
4. end

(original used ply in function but the actual argument name was calling_ply.) Also you don't currently have it set to tell you in chat that you went to spectator mode, I suggest looking through default ulx commands to see the chat messages, or looking on the GMod Wiki to search for chat and see which message would work best for you (or you could leave it as is, it's perfectly fine)

[Caustic Soda-Senpai]

Should be changed to

Code: Lua

1.  function ulx.spectate( calling_ply )
2.   calling-ply:Kill()
3.   calling_ply:SetTeam(TEAM_SPECTATOR)
4. end

Code: Lua

1.  function ulx.spectate( calling_ply )
2.   calling_ply:Kill()
3.   calling_ply:SetTeam(TEAM_SPECTATOR)
4. end

Minor typo, you did calling-ply rather than calling_ply