Everytime I want to create an entity using a string, it doesn't give script errors, however it doesn't work, stating it can't open the file. (Usually giving me a weird "can't open file <°>" error ...) But when I simply fully enter the filename in the ent_create line, it works without any problems ... How could this be? What am I doing wrong here?

This works:
Code:

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ent_createlocal("bloody.tga", target.x, particle_blood);

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This doesn't work;
Code:

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string blood = "bloody.tga";

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Code:

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ent_createlocal(blood, target.x, particle_blood);

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Cheers

Have you tried to set the string up like this:
Code:

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string blood = <bloody.tga>;

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I'm not sure if this will make a difference, but its worth a try isn't it

it should work with "" as well. This is how I do it in A5. There is no reason why this should not be supported with A6 anymore.

Thanks Thunder, but no, that doesn't make a difference ... both are correct and both crash when using a string here ... I'm really clueless as to why it doesn't work with strings ....

Edit: I think I've found the error, not that I quite understand it yet ... Somehow it does work when setting up the coordinates differently, strange ...

Cheers

There can be several reasons for errors on entity creation, but whether you're writing a string in "" or <>, or at which coordinates you create the entity does not matter.

Possible reasons are a damaged file, a faulty entity action, or - likely in your case - having other objects with the same name as your string or position vector.