How do I make this function take the arguments correctly?
Okay, so here is my problem: there may be some dumb errors in it, but that's because I've been editing it so much to desperately fix it...
I'm making a game that relies on waves of enemies being spawned, I have this so far as a script:
Wave = 1
print("Wave Loaded")
function Create(item,amount,Xran1,Xran2,Zran1,Zran2,CPart)
for i = 1, amount do
if item then
local Creation = game.ServerStorage.Instances.item
local Instance = Creation:Clone()
Instance.Parent = game.Workspace
local xpos = math.random(Xran1,Xran2) --To spawn grunts in an area
local zpos = math.random(Zran1,Zran2)
Instance[CPart].CFrame = CFrame.new(xpos,50,zpos)
wait(0.01)
else
print("Item is nil") -- always prints this, never actually spawns grunt
end
end
end
wait(0.5)
print("Running function...")
Create(Grunt, 20, -78.44,-81.5, -27.71, -30.5, Torso) --Seems to not take grunt as an argument
print("Function ran")
whenever I run the create function, it seems to not take Grunt as an argument to spawn, I have no idea what to do and I've tried numerous things including have it do FindFirstChild instead, having it do waitForChild. An exception is replacing "Item" with "Grunt" in the actual function,which makes it work, so my guess is I'm doing something wrong with giving it the argument "Item", It does the same with the argument "CPart", where if I replace it with torso in the actual function, it works fine
If something like this was posted before, I have not been able to find it Any help would be greatly appreciated
1 answer
Your problem is that when you write down game.ServerStorage.Instances.item it doesn't recognize item as a variable, but rather a decendant of game.ServerStorage.Instances. I suggest doing what you did with the CPart and changing that to game.ServerStorage.Instances[item], or you could use FindFirstChild. You will also have to change Grunt to "Grunt" and Torso to "Torso" so they are recognized as string values.
Another thing I found when testing it is that you put the Xran1/2 and Yran1/2 in the wrong spots. When using math.random, the smallest number must come first or else it won't function (-78.44 > -81.5 and -27.71 > -30.5).
Wave = 1
print("Wave Loaded")
function Create(item, amount, Xran1, Xran2, Zran1, Zran2, CPart)
for i = 1, amount do
if item then
local Creation = game.ServerStorage.Instances[item]
local Instance = Creation:Clone()
Instance.Parent = game.Workspace
local xpos = math.random(Xran1, Xran2) --To spawn grunts in an area
local zpos = math.random(Zran1, Zran2)
Instance[CPart].CFrame = CFrame.new(xpos,4,zpos)
wait(0.01)
else
print("Item is nil") -- always prints this, never actually spawns grunt
end
end
end
wait(0.5)
print("Running function...")
Create("Grunt", 20, -81.5, -78.44, -30.5, -27.71, "Torso") --Seems to not take grunt as an argument
print("Function ran")
