Hi,
I'm having trouble with entity pointers, which leads to an error stating that I have an empty pointer and it prevents my AI opponents from working properly. I do try to filter out empty pointers by using a simple if-statement, but it still seems to slip through regardless of how I change the code around.
The problem occurs in this function, and only this function, even though I have a couple of similar functions that work perfectly fine.
Code:
function findClosestTeamPlanet(VECTOR* pos,team) {
	var count = 0;
	var dist1 = 0;
	var dist2 = 65535;
	ENTITY* temp_ent = NULL;
	ENTITY* temp_ent2 = NULL;
	
	for (count = 0; count < 255; count ++) {
		if (planets[count] != 0) {
			temp_ent = ptr_for_handle(planets[count]);
			if (temp_ent != NULL) {
				dist1 = vec_dist(temp_ent.x,pos);
				if (dist2 > dist1 && temp_ent.skill18 == team) {
					dist2 = dist1;
					temp_ent2 = temp_ent;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	return temp_ent2;
}


The error is thrown at the line 'dist1 = vec_dist(temp_ent.x,pos);', which I would expect to be prevented by the line just before that - but it isn't. Anyone have any idea why that might be?
Thanks in advance!
~TehV

EDIT: Changed the title. Problem was solved.

Last edited by TehV; 10/11/12 20:00.