Lua script Nil value?

[slickman130]

i am VERY NEW to programming and i hoped i wouldnt have to do much until i learned but my luck ran out and now i have to fix something in the script.

when i press play it brings me to the script and a box shows up and says GetPosition (Nil value)

First of all what does NilValue mean? second how do i fix that?

it says its on line 45 so this is what is on line 45

local targetpos = self.target:GetPosition(true)

if anyone can help me fix that i would be greatly appreciative.

Thanks in advance!

 

 

-Nate

[catch22]

nil is null, empty, void, unassigned.

 

So without a script to look at, I'm not really sure. Did you write it, or is it a built in one?

 

Anyway, perhaps self.target is undefined.

[Einlander]

Nilvalue = no value/nothing

[Rick]

I offer a 1 on 1 Lua for Leadwerks training. The link to schedule one is in my sig below. $10 and hour and I go through this kind of stuff. It's meant for beginners or programmers new to Lua and want a quick lesson to catch up fast.

[Rick]

About this specific issue I'm sure what's happening is that your self.target variable is empty and not pointing to anything. So it's trying to call the function GetPosition() on a 'nil' object (self.target) which it can't do.

[slickman130]

ok thank you guys! and Rick you friended me on Steam and said the same exact thing!

[Rick]

You have a different name on here than Steam then . You were the one who replied to my tutorial video asking for help right?

[slickman130]

yup thats me xD on steam my name is iamthedoctor10 but my game name is Jewishfalafel