light and switch messages

[AggrorJorn]

I'm trying to make a switch work for turning on and of lights. First problem is, is that I can turn the light of (hide message), but then I can't get it back on (show message.) I use these messages in the switch.lua:

 if entity.hidden==1 then
                                       target:SendMessage("show",nil,delay)
                               else
                                       target:SendMessage("hide",nil,delay)
                               end

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[macklebee]

I'm trying to make a switch work for turning on and of lights. First problem is, is that I can turn the light of (hide message), but then I can't get it back on (show message.) I use these messages in the switch.lua:

 if entity.hidden==1 then
                                       target:SendMessage("show",nil,delay)
                               else
                                       target:SendMessage("hide",nil,delay)
                               end

.

 

need more code than that to troubleshoot... where are you setting entity.hidden to a 1 after you turn off the light? that if-statement is looking for entity.hidden==1 to turn on the light...

[AggrorJorn]

The script I'm using is an entire copy of the original switch. It is exactly the same now, appart from the messages "activate" and " deactivate", which I replaced with Hide and Show. The base.lua message function looks like this.

if message=="hide" then
	entity.model:Hide()
	entity.hidden=1
elseif message=="show" then
	entity.model:Show()
	entity.hidden=0

 

I have added the entity.hidden=1 and entity.hidden=0 here.

[AggrorJorn]

I also tried to make my own messages: "LightOn" and "lightOf". This way I can call the entity.light instead of hiding the the lamp. It's the same as show and hide, but the difference is is that I can call light entities that are in a fixed position like the cagelight. But also here: I can only turn it off and not back on.