Spawn Entity at multiple locations?

[iViscosity]

No errors, but no entity. I think I did it right.

init.lua:

Code: Lua

1. AddCSLuaFile( "cl_init.lua" )
2. AddCSLuaFile( "shared.lua" )
3.  
4. include( "shared.lua" )
5.  
6.  
7. function ENT:Initialize()
8.  
9.     self:SetModel( self.Model )
10.     self:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
11.     self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_NONE )
12.     self:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
13.     self:SetUseType( SIMPLE_USE )      
14.     self:DrawShadow( true )
15.  
16.     local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()
17.        
18.     if IsValid( phys ) then
19.  
20.             phys:Wake()
21.            
22.     end
23.        
24. end
25.  
26. function ENT:Use( caller, activator )
27.  
28.     for k, v in pairs( caller:GetWeapons() ) do
29.  
30.        if v == "weapon_popcorn" then
31.  
32.             caller:PrintMessage( HUD_PRINTTALK, "You already have popcorn!" )
33.  
34.           else
35.  
36.             caller:Give( "weapon_popcorn" )
37.  
38.         end
39.  
40.  
41.     end
42.  
43. end
44.  

cl_init.lua:

Code: Lua

1. include( "shared.lua" )
2.  
3.  
4. function ENT:Draw()
5.  
6.  
7.         self:DrawModel()
8.  
9.  
10. end

shared.lua:

Code: Lua

1. ENT.Author = "iViscosity"
2. ENT.Information = "Gives players popcorn on cinema."
3. ENT.Category = "Cinema"
4.  
5.  
6. ENT.Spawnable = false
7. ENT.AdminOnly = false
8. ENT.Type = "anim"
9. ENT.Base = "base_anim"
10.  
11.  
12. ENT.PrintName = "Popcorn"
13.  
14.  
15. ENT.Model = "models/teh_maestro/popcorn.mdl"

Actual spawn (/garrysmod/lua/entities is where I have it, should I move it?)

Code: Lua

1. ENT.Author = "iViscosity"
2. ENT.Information = "Gives players popcorn on cinema."
3. ENT.Category = "Cinema"
4.  
5.  
6. ENT.Spawnable = false
7. ENT.AdminOnly = false
8. ENT.Type = "anim"
9. ENT.Base = "base_anim"
10.  
11.  
12. ENT.PrintName = "Popcorn"
13.  
14.  
15. ENT.Model = "models/teh_maestro/popcorn.mdl"

[MrPresident]

You did it completely wrong...

Review the sent_ball.lua like I said.

You don't need a shared.lua, init.lua or cl_init.lua.


You need just 1 file that has your entity code in it. Then the code to SPAWN the entity... the code that has ents.Create, needs to not be in the Entity code.. it needs to be somewhere else. Somewhere that autoruns serverside.

[roastchicken]

In the loop, there is an ents.Create.

Whoops, must've missed that

[iViscosity]

I wasn't actually planning to make it with a single file... I was going to try it with a different file... but oh well


popcorn_spawner.lua:
 

Code: Lua

1. ENT.Author = "iViscosity"
2. ENT.Information = "Gives players popcorn on cinema."
3. ENT.Category = "Cinema"
4.  
5.  
6. ENT.Type = "anim"
7. ENT.Base = "base_anim"
8. ENT.PrintName = "Popcorn Spawner"
9.  
10.  
11. function ENT:Initialize()
12.  
13.  
14.     if ( CLIENT ) then return end
15.  
16.     self:SetModel( "models/teh_maestro/popcorn.mdl" )
17.     self:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
18.     self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_NONE )
19.     self:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
20.     self:SetUseType( SIMPLE_USE )      
21.     self:DrawShadow( true )
22.     self:Spawn()
23.  
24.     local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()
25.        
26.     if IsValid( phys ) then
27.  
28.        phys:Wake()
29.            
30.     end
31.        
32. end
33.  
34. function ENT:Use( activator, caller )
35.  
36.     for k, v in pairs( activator:GetWeapons() ) do
37.  
38.        if v == "weapon_popcorn" then
39.  
40.             activator:PrintMessage( HUD_PRINTTALK, "You already have popcorn!" )
41.  
42.           else
43.  
44.             activator:Give( "weapon_popcorn" )
45.  
46.         end
47.  
48.  
49.     end
50.  
51. end
52.  
53.  
54. if ( SERVER ) then return end
55.  
56.  
57. function ENT:Draw()
58.  
59.  
60.     self:DrawModel()
61.  
62.  
63. end

would it be like this? That's what I got from looking at sent_ball.lua


EDIT: Using that code, and this in garrysmod/lua/autorun/server

Code: Lua

1. local popcorn_positions = {
2.     Vector( 223.00898742676, 999.78521728516, 41.03125 ),
3.     Vector( 311.53573608398, 999.78521728516, 41.03125 ),
4.     Vector( 474.81579589844, 999.78521728516, 41.03125 )
5. }
6.  
7. hook.Add( "PostGamemodeLoaded", "Spawn_Popcorn", function()
8.  
9.  
10.         for k, v in pairs( popcorn_positions ) do
11.  
12.  
13.          local popcorn = ents.Create( "popcorn_spawner" )
14.             popcorn:SetPos( v )
15.             popcorn:Spawn()
16.  
17.         end
18.  
19. end )
20.  

and nothing happens. No errors, no spawn.

[MrPresident]

Have you tried any debugging yet? Learn to properly debug, it's the most powerful thing you can do as a developer (in any language).

Is your spawn hook running? Is it creating the entity? Is the Initialize being called?
All of these things can be learned with just a couple lines of code. print is your friend.