Health Nil Value

[LupoTheHyena]

Help a brotha out?

[Monti18]

You probably have an old template or so, you need a common postinit and master postinit function, as otherwise errors as these are produced.

Your fn is in the field of the common postinit, which means on the client and on the server. As the client doesn't have components, only replicas, health and so on will be nil.

Add your values to this newer template and change the names to your character:

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local MakePlayerCharacter = require "prefabs/player_common"

local assets = {
    Asset("SCRIPT", "scripts/prefabs/player_common.lua"),
}

-- Your character's stats
TUNING.ESCTEMPLATE_HEALTH = 150
TUNING.ESCTEMPLATE_HUNGER = 150
TUNING.ESCTEMPLATE_SANITY = 200

-- Custom starting inventory
TUNING.GAMEMODE_STARTING_ITEMS.DEFAULT.ESCTEMPLATE = {
}

local start_inv = {}
for k, v in pairs(TUNING.GAMEMODE_STARTING_ITEMS) do
    start_inv[string.lower(k)] = v.ESCTEMPLATE
end
local prefabs = FlattenTree(start_inv, true)

-- When the character is revived from human
local function onbecamehuman(inst)
	-- Set speed when not a ghost (optional)
	inst.components.locomotor:SetExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "esctemplate_speed_mod", 1)
end

local function onbecameghost(inst)
	-- Remove speed modifier when becoming a ghost
   inst.components.locomotor:RemoveExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "esctemplate_speed_mod")
end

-- When loading or spawning the character
local function onload(inst)
    inst:ListenForEvent("ms_respawnedfromghost", onbecamehuman)
    inst:ListenForEvent("ms_becameghost", onbecameghost)

    if inst:HasTag("playerghost") then
        onbecameghost(inst)
    else
        onbecamehuman(inst)
    end
end


-- This initializes for both the server and client. Tags can be added here.
local common_postinit = function(inst) 
	-- Minimap icon
	inst.MiniMapEntity:SetIcon( "esctemplate.tex" )
end

-- This initializes for the server only. Components are added here.
local master_postinit = function(inst)
	-- Set starting inventory
    inst.starting_inventory = start_inv[TheNet:GetServerGameMode()] or start_inv.default
	
	-- choose which sounds this character will play
	inst.soundsname = "willow"
	
	-- Uncomment if "wathgrithr"(Wigfrid) or "webber" voice is used
    --inst.talker_path_override = "dontstarve_DLC001/characters/"
	
	-- Stats	
	inst.components.health:SetMaxHealth(TUNING.ESCTEMPLATE_HEALTH)
	inst.components.hunger:SetMax(TUNING.ESCTEMPLATE_HUNGER)
	inst.components.sanity:SetMax(TUNING.ESCTEMPLATE_SANITY)
	
	-- Damage multiplier (optional)
    inst.components.combat.damagemultiplier = 1
	
	-- Hunger rate (optional)
	inst.components.hunger.hungerrate = 1 * TUNING.WILSON_HUNGER_RATE
	
	inst.OnLoad = onload
    inst.OnNewSpawn = onload
	
end

return MakePlayerCharacter("esctemplate", prefabs, assets, common_postinit, master_postinit, prefabs)