Help with a small problem.

[evilmarshy]

I've start re-writing my quake mod from the ground up but I've ran into a problem. I made some code to randomize a location and spawn an enemy in that location, tested with the use of a button press for now. That part of it works perfectly, but the problem is, is when it is applied to the scrag/wizard.qc the game freezes for about 10 seconds then dumps me to the console.

For all walking monsters I've been calling walkmonster_start_go(); (that works great). Using that also works for the scrag, but it doesn't function as a flying monster.
So I attempt to use flymonster_start_go(); Which is no different to walkmonster apart that it contains 2 small difference (no droptofloor() and the additional self.flags = self.flags | FL_FLY;). But I get a crash.

Though I have isolated that self.flags = self.flags | FL_FLY; within flymonster_start_go is causing the crash, I don't know why.

[Dr. Shadowborg]

What error are you getting from the console?

[evilmarshy]

[Dr. Shadowborg]

Looks like you're getting some kind of runaway loop spawning entities. I'll need to see what your spawning code is doing.

EDIT:
Another thing to look at is whether you're precaching stuff at any time other than mapload. (The exception to this is the Hipnotic spawner method.) Some engines will forgive you when you do this (DP, FTE), most others WILL get upset if you try to precache midgame.

[Cobalt]

Check the ticrate too and make sure nothing is thinking faster than it, otherwise I believe that can cause sv_getspace overflow as well as spawn alot of entities depending on the code.

[evilmarshy]

[Dr. Shadowborg]

[evilmarshy]

No offence taken at all, it's all a learning process. (I'm fairly noobish at coding in general, plus my friend has already gave me a lecture about how much is wrong with this code hahah.). Thanks a lot for this, it will help me clean up my other spawner's up a little as-well. (Well I suppose this is what I get for having a large ambition with crappy coding skills lol)

[Spike]