Need to add more than one ship?

[Reality]

I have a code for a space ship, at the moment I can only add one..I'm looking to add more but it shows an error 'getent used with one or more enitity' how can i make it so i can have multiple ships? This is the start of the code, and the only bit that needs changing, im not released it all because it wasn't scripted or belong to me BUT i do have permission to use it.

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mainfi()
{
 
        level.spaceFighterHealth = 1000;
        //thread constant_gravity();
 
        spacefighter_trigs = getEnt("spacefighter_trig", "targetname");
        spacefighter_trigs thread waitForPilot();
}
 
waitForPilot()
{
        fighter = getEnt("fighter", "targetname");
        fighter.isSpaceFighter = true;
        fighter thread preFlight();
 
        while(1)
        {
                self waittill("trigger", player);
 
                if(fighter.hasPilot)
                        continue;
 
                if(isDefined(player.isPiloting))
                        continue;
 
                if(player.sessionstate != "playing")
                        continue;
 
                if(!isAlive(player) || !isPlayer(player))
                        continue;
 
                if(isDefined(player.pers["isBot"]))
                        continue;
 
                if(player getStance() == "prone")
                        continue;
 
                fighter.hasPilot = true;
                fighter.owner = player;
                player.isPiloting = true;
                player thread pilotFighter(fighter);
        }
}

[Drofder2004]

Mapping:

Make sure all 'ships' have NO targetname.
Make sure all 'triggers' have a targetname of "spacefighter_trig".

Now, select the first 'trigger' then select the 'fighter' for that trigger, then click W.
They should now be linked by a line in Radiant.

Scripting:

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    mainfi()
    {
     
            level.spaceFighterHealth = 1000;
            //thread constant_gravity();
     
            spacefighter_trigs = getEntArray("spacefighter_trig", "targetname");
            for(i=0;i<spacefighter_trigs.size;i++)
                  spacefighter_trigs[i] thread waitForPilot();
    }
     
    waitForPilot()
    {
            fighter = getEnt(self.target, "targetname");
            fighter.isSpaceFighter = true;
            fighter thread preFlight();
     
            while(1)
            {
                    self waittill("trigger", player);
     
                    if(fighter.hasPilot)
                            continue;
     
                    if(isDefined(player.isPiloting))
                            continue;
     
                    if(player.sessionstate != "playing")
                            continue;
     
                    if(!isAlive(player) || !isPlayer(player))
                            continue;
     
                    if(isDefined(player.pers["isBot"]))
                            continue;
     
                    if(player getStance() == "prone")
                            continue;
     
                    fighter.hasPilot = true;
                    fighter.owner = player;
                    player.isPiloting = true;
                    player thread pilotFighter(fighter);
            }
    }
 

[Reality]

Mapping:

Make sure all 'ships' have NO targetname.
Make sure all 'triggers' have a targetname of "spacefighter_trig".

Now, select the first 'trigger' then select the 'fighter' for that trigger, then click W.
They should now be linked by a line in Radiant.

Scripting:

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    mainfi()
    {
     
            level.spaceFighterHealth = 1000;
            //thread constant_gravity();
     
            spacefighter_trigs = getEntArray("spacefighter_trig", "targetname");
            for(i=0;i<spacefighter_trigs.size;i++)
                  spacefighter_trigs[i] thread waitForPilot();
    }
     
    waitForPilot()
    {
            fighter = getEnt(self.target, "targetname");
            fighter.isSpaceFighter = true;
            fighter thread preFlight();
     
            while(1)
            {
                    self waittill("trigger", player);
     
                    if(fighter.hasPilot)
                            continue;
     
                    if(isDefined(player.isPiloting))
                            continue;
     
                    if(player.sessionstate != "playing")
                            continue;
     
                    if(!isAlive(player) || !isPlayer(player))
                            continue;
     
                    if(isDefined(player.pers["isBot"]))
                            continue;
     
                    if(player getStance() == "prone")
                            continue;
     
                    fighter.hasPilot = true;
                    fighter.owner = player;
                    player.isPiloting = true;
                    player thread pilotFighter(fighter);
            }
    }
 

It didn't work I get an error 'array is not an object' Ignore the Array(self.target... I tried it with and without 'Array' there.

[Drofder2004]

Edit:
After reading the error again, it seems to read that "self.target" is being defined as an array (more specifically 'self').
I have reread the code a few times, and can see no reason for the
My guess is a mapping error.

Your map entities should be:

triggers
---------
targetname : spacefighter_trig
target : auto<#> (where <#> is a incrementing number)

ships
------
targetname : auto<#> (<#> incrementing as above)

The ships should have a line being drawn from them to the trigger, with an arrow pointing towards ths ship.

If you are 100% sure on the setup of the map, and the compile is correct and your GSC is correctly updating (use a print to check) then use "setDvar("fighter", self)" inside the waitForPilot thread to see what self is being defined as. (/fighter in console).

[Rain]

This error, was indeed caused by a error in the mapping, but I helped him out in Radiant and its all fixed. Thanks Drofder

[Drofder2004]

No probs.