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    copied!<p>I have programmed a 'punishbox' (to punish a player for rulebreaking) for my Crysis Wars server mod but for some reason I keep getting this error:</p> <blockquote> <p>[Warning] [Lua Error] scripts/functions.lua:340: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'tme' (a nil value)</p> </blockquote> <p>But the thing is, <code>tme</code> is actually a number value between 0 and 15. The below code basically sets up the 'punishbox' and checks if it's still valid for the player or not. As you can see, <code>tme</code> is actually a value (if it was not, the code would not run at all). Am I doing something wrong here?</p> <p>As this is a specific situation, I can't find that much on the internet. <code>tme</code> is referenced from <code>time</code>, which is forwarded to the function by a chat command and is definitely a number.</p> <p>Also, is there any simpler way of doing this?</p> <p>Code:</p> <pre><code>function XPunishPlayer(Name, time, reason) if (time &gt; 5) then System.LogAlways("[SYSTEM] Punished by administrator: "..Name:GetName()..""); end if (not Msg) then local tme = math.floor(time*60); Msg = true; XMessageChatToPlayer(Name, "[!punish] You were punished for "..time.." minutes: "..reason..""); g_gameRules.game:RenamePlayer(Name.id, "[PUNISH]"..Name:GetName()..""); XMessageChatToPlayer(Name, "[!punish] You can use !pm to dispute this punishment."); g_gameRules:KillPlayer(Name); end Script.SetTimer( 1000,function() local tme = tme+1; XPunishPlayer(Name, time, reason); Name.actor:SetNanoSuitEnergy(0); local punish = math.floor(timeleft-1); g_gameRules.onClient:ClStepWorking(g_gameRules.game:GetChannelId(Name.id), tme); if (tme == math.floor(time*60)) then g_gameRules.onClient:ClStepWorking(g_gameRules.game:GetChannelId(Name.id), false); XMessageChatToPlayer(Name, "[!punish] Released from the punishbox."); XMessageInfoToAll("Unpunished "..Name:GetName()..", was punished for "..time.." minutes: "..reason.." (Server Administration)"); return; end end); end </code></pre>
 

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