Hello guys,

I have a problem with my code that looks pretty much like this:

ENT* weapon1_ent;
action pickup_gun(){
set (my, PASSABLE); // the weapon is made passable
set(my,SHADOW | CAST); // lite-C
while (!player) {wait (1);} // we wait until the player is created

while (vec_dist (player.x, my.x) > 50) // we wait until the player comes closer than 50 quants
{
my.pan += 3 * time_step;
wait (1);
}
snd_play (weapon_pick_wav, 80, 0);

set (my, INVISIBLE);

weapon1_ent = ent_create(weapon1_mdl, temp.x, my_weapon); // create the gun muzzle
set(weapon1_ent,INVISIBLE); // the weapon model is passable

wait (-1);
ent_remove (my);
}
//So far so good the player walks over the weapon a creates the new weapon is created and I have other weapons....
Now I have a function to display the weapon when the key_1 is pressed that it doesn't working like this:

function enable_weapon(){

while(1){
if(key_1){
set(weapon1_ent,VISIBLE); // No working. Why?
}
if(key_2){
set(weapon1_ent,INVISIBLE); // No working. Why?
}
wait(1);
}

}
Basically, once the the ent has been set to INVISIBLE there is no way to make it visible again?
Any. Help will be more than welcome. Thanks in advance

Is no VISIBLE flag set or reset flag INVISIBLE

I would use

INVISIBLE and VISIBLE are two different flags. Don't mix these two. For level entities only use INVISIBLE.


http://www.conitec.net/beta/aentity-invisible.htm

@Uhrwerk Wasn't VISIBLE replaced with SHOW ?

The solution provided by Uhrwerk actually works amazing.
Thank you guys.

SHOW still used for panels...

Thank you so much.

LOL..!



PANELS - VEIW ENTITIES. open the manual, click index, type visible, click it and you are redirected to SHOW..

SHOW is the newly recommended flag to be used. I guess it was renamed exactly in order to prevent confusion with VISIBLE and INVISIBLE. However, VISIBLE is still a valid keyword and can be used exactly for its original purpose. More precisely, it is exactly the same as SHOW. It's just a macro defined in compat.h.

Ok... That's why it says expert under your name and not mine lol.