Character dropping items upon being hit?

[YourGGeorgie]

I saw a forum post where a person was making a character which dropped logs with a 50/50 chance when they were hit. Link: https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/83766-solved-can-custom-character-spawn-objects/

My character is a grass gekko, and I want them to drop grass sometimes upon being hit. I copied the code to see whether it would work, but when my character gets hit there is an error message, which I've attached. If anyone could make sense of this and help me it'd mean the world, thanks!

[Ultroman]

If you read the comments after the code-block, they solve the problem in the thread. The error even points out that the function is misspelled (by telling you it doesn't exist, when we know all entities are guaranteed to have a SetPosition() function).

Edited April 24, 2020 by Ultroman

[YourGGeorgie]

Thanks, I fixed the problem but now it says that "variable 'projectile' is not declared" in the error.

This is the code for it:

inst:ListenForEvent("attacked", function(inst)
    inst:DoTaskInTime(0, function(inst)
        if math.random() <= .5 then
            local wood = SpawnPrefab("log")
            wood.Transform:SetPosition(inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition())
            
            if wood.Physics ~= nil then
                local x, y, z = wood.Transform:GetWorldPosition()
                wood.Physics:Teleport(x, .3, z)

                local angle = (math.random() * 20 - 10) * DEGREES
                angle = angle + math.random() * 2 * PI
                
                local speed = projectile and 2 + math.random() or 3 + math.random() * 2
                wood.Physics:SetVel(math.cos(angle) * speed, 10, math.sin(angle) * speed)
            end
        end
    end)
end)

 

If anyone could help again that would be great, thanks

[Ultroman]

They're using a "projectile" variable in the "local speed" line, but it's not mentioned anywhere else. Try just changing that line to:

local speed = 3 + math.random() * 2

 

[YourGGeorgie]

Hm, there's a different error now which I've attached. I've been playing around with the code a little bit but I can't find a solution

 

Thanks for the continued help

[Ultroman]

The error says you're missing and "end" somewhere after line 77. The code you've posted doesn't have any such problems. If this information doesn't help you find the problem, post the whole Lua file, so I can look at it.

[YourGGeorgie]

Yes! It works perfectly now, tysm!