VPhysics initialization stage in BaseEntity

[chillok]

I've got a think function in BaseEntity looping which I want to access the mass of the entity via:

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IPhysicsObject *pPhysics_this = this->VPhysicsGetObject();
float mass = pPhysics_this->GetMass();


But the problem is pPhysics_this is null.
In other portions of the program this code works fine, but in the think function it doesn't.

Does anyone have an idea why?

[thinking something about the VPhysicsObject maybe not initialized (or is destroyed) at the time the think is called, but not sure]

[omnicoder]

If you enclose it in

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if (this->VPhysicsGetObject())
{
//Code here
}


does it work?

[chillok]

Sorry, no. The VPhysicsObject is always null (in the think function). I have no idea why. I've used the code in different situations where an event calls the method which exceutes the code (eg, bullet hitting entity), all in the same class BaseEntity, which works fine.

I wonder if, at the time that BaseEntity calls it's think functions, that the VPhysics is either not declared yet or is destroyed. It doesn't make much sense that it would be the case.

[I want to use the VPhysics pretty much solely to get the mass of an Entity, and yep it does need to be looping.]

[omnicoder]

Sorry, no. The VPhysicsObject is always null (in the think function). I have no idea why. I've used the code in different situations where an event calls the method which exceutes the code (eg, bullet hitting entity), all in the same class BaseEntity, which works fine.

I wonder if, at the time that BaseEntity calls it's think functions, that the VPhysics is either not declared yet or is destroyed. It doesn't make much sense that it would be the case.

[I want to use the VPhysics pretty much solely to get the mass of an Entity, and yep it does need to be looping.]

Oh I had been assuming that it might have only been a problem for the initial think which the above code would have fixed. I'll step through the dlls and see whats nulling it for Think.