Lua nil value. replacing a portal

[soul4soul]

    portalPos = {
        {x=141, y=856, z=8, stackpos=1},
        {x=150, y=864, z=8, stackpos=1},
        {x=143, y=872, z=8, stackpos=1},
        {x=133, y=864, z=8, stackpos=1}
    }

line 105 to 107

            local port = math.random(1,4)
            doRemoveItem(getThingFromPos(portalPos[port]).uid, 1)
            escape = doCreateTeleport(1387, {x=142, y=857, z=4}, portalPos[port])

code is suppose to remove the randomly chosen portal and create a new one in its place

error:

[31/10/2010 19:12:12] [Error - Action Interface] 
[31/10/2010 19:12:12] data/actions/scripts/quests/bquest.lua:onUse
[31/10/2010 19:12:12] Description: 
[31/10/2010 19:12:12] data/actions/scripts/quests/bquest.lua:106: attempt to index global 'portalPos' (a nil value)
[31/10/2010 19:12:12] stack traceback:
[31/10/2010 19:12:12]     data/actions/scripts/quests/bquest.lua:106: in function <data/actions/scripts/quests/bombquest.lua:89>

let me know if you need to see more code

 

[Evil Mark]

escape = doCreateTeleport(1387, {x=142, y=857, z=4}, portalPos[port]) <- WHAAAT?! ..

 

[Belthazor]

what are you trying to do?

@Tauku
dam man ur signature wtf is he doing to that girl first time he saw a chick or some thing?

 

[soul4soul]

its suppose to select a random portal. then it removes that portal and in the same place a new one is created
escape = doCreateTeleport(1387, {x=142, y=857, z=4}, portalPos[port])
creates a portal id 1387 leads to pos {142,857,4}, and the position of this new portal will be selected from the table portalPos

 

[soul4soul]

bump

 

[SpiderOT]

try this

    portalPos = {
        portal1 = {x=141, y=856, z=8, stackpos=1},
        portal2 = {x=150, y=864, z=8, stackpos=1},
        portal3 =  {x=143, y=872, z=8, stackpos=1},
        portal4 =   {x=133, y=864, z=8, stackpos=1}
    }

      local port = math.random(1, 4)
            doRemoveItem(getThingFromPos(portalPos.portal""..port..""))
            escape = doCreateTeleport(1387, {x=142, y=857, z=4},portalPos.portal""..port.."")

 

[Chinelo]

REP ++ please !!

replace lines 105 to 107 to this code:

local portalPos = {
{x=141, y=856, z=8, stackpos=1},
{x=150, y=864, z=8, stackpos=1},
{x=143, y=872, z=8, stackpos=1},
{x=133, y=864, z=8, stackpos=1}
}

local port = math.random(1,4)
doRemoveItem(getThingFromPos(portalPos[port]).uid, 1)
escape = doCreateTeleport(1387, {x=142, y=857, z=4}, portalPos[port])

 

[soul4soul]

try this

    portalPos = {
        portal1 = {x=141, y=856, z=8, stackpos=1},
        portal2 = {x=150, y=864, z=8, stackpos=1},
        portal3 =  {x=143, y=872, z=8, stackpos=1},
        portal4 =   {x=133, y=864, z=8, stackpos=1}
    }

      local port = math.random(1, 4)
            doRemoveItem(getThingFromPos(portalPos.portal""..port..""))
            escape = doCreateTeleport(1387, {x=142, y=857, z=4},portalPos.portal""..port.."")

thanks for the idea. when i was looking at your code i realized my mistake rep++ (acutally it wont let me rep you maybe i already did? says i need to spread some)

REP ++ please !!

replace lines 105 to 107 to this code:

you didnt change anything