how to move an item from the ground to an inventory

[sauvva]

i made a hole in the ground that finds nearby petals and move them towards it, then it was suposed to store the item in the inventory just like the mole does, so i can dig it later, but i cant find a way to pick a prefab  and move it to the inventory

aditionally i would also like for it to pick flowers as if a player had picked and then droped it in the ground, so they can be targeted by this effect
the idea is to make it look like invisible ants are harvesting the flowers

i used this code:
 

local food = GetClosestInstWithTag("cattoy", inst, 30)
    if food then
        if food:GetDistanceSqToPoint(inst:GetPosition())< 1 then
            inst.components.inventory:GiveItem(food)
        else
            move_food(food)
        end
    end

and i got this error:

master_server_log.txt

Edited October 29, 2025 by sauvva

[FerniFrenito]

[00:01:14]: [string "scripts/components/inventoryitem_replica.lu..."]:217: attempt to index field 'classified' (a nil value)
LUA ERROR stack traceback:
    scripts/components/inventoryitem_replica.lua:217 in (method) SetPickupPos (Lua) <211-219>
    scripts/components/stackable.lua:7 in (field) ? (Lua) <3-9>
    scripts/class.lua:43 in () ? (Lua) <36-45>
    scripts/components/stackable.lua:181 in (method) Put (Lua) <142-186>
    scripts/components/inventory.lua:1001 in (method) GiveItem (Lua) <908-1074>
    ../mods/sauvva/scripts/prefabs/anthill.lua:34 in (field) fn (Lua) <30-40>
    scripts/scheduler.lua:186 in (method) OnTick (Lua) <164-216>
    scripts/scheduler.lua:409 in (global) RunScheduler (Lua) <407-415>
    scripts/update.lua:240 in () ? (Lua) <224-298>

I think you are running this code on client side, in that side  "classified" doesn't exists, so you need to modify your code to run it on the server side, whether using an RPC or a validation check. That depends on how you handle the code you posted here.

[sauvva]

anthill.lua

it is working now that i included a check, but how was running in the client when i only called doaction after checking if it was mastersim?

Edited November 7, 2025 by sauvva

[sauvva]

well, false alarm, the erros still happens, even checking before calling the function and before calling the function that calls the function

 

anthill.lua

[FerniFrenito]

Send me the full mod so I can see what's going on.

[sauvva]

sauvva_mod.zip

the entire mod, with the offending part comented

[FerniFrenito]

On 11/8/2025 at 10:52 PM, sauvva said:

sauvva_mod.zip

the entire mod, with the offending part comented

I apologize for the long wait. I have found a solution for your case:

-- Anthill.lua

local function store_pickable(inst,pickable)
    local pos = inst:GetPosition()
    if (not pickable:IsInLimbo()) and pickable.Physics~=nil then
        pickable.Physics:Teleport(pos:Get())
        inst.components.inventory:GiveItem(pickable)
    end
end

The issue pops up because that function calls twice. The second time, however, the object is in a state the game calls "limbo." In this state, the object doesn't have certain components because it is a state designed for the inventory system.

[sauvva]

thank you for the help

so, that is the limbo ? i saw the term when using target_tags  for aoe damage and thought it was related to the insanity monsters