linepick help

im trying to parent the player to the entity beneath the player using

groundpick$ = LinePick(player1\x,player1\y,player1\z,0,-12,0)

;If groundpick = player1\PlayerPivot Or groundpick=0
;EntityParent player1\PlayerPivot,0

;Else

;EntityParent player1\PlayerPivot,groundpick

;EndIf

however when the player falls from a height with nothing below, blitz just exits, when i run it in debug, it get the message "entity cannot be parented to itself!"

First off I would ask why you are using a string variable for groundpick -

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groundpick$ = LinePick(player1\x,player1\y,player1\z,0,-12,0)"
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Get rid of the dollar sign !

nope, i just put that in wrong when i was typing it up when i posted, should have been a %

Try with something like this:

If groundpick = player1\PlayerPivot Or groundpick=0 
EntityParent player1\PlayerPivot,0 
ElseIf GetParent(player1\PlayerPivot)<>groundpick
EntityParent player1\PlayerPivot,groundpick 
EndIf

it does the exact same thing, it's a strange thing, at what point will the entity be below itself to be picked from its own position.

Try with something like:

groundpick = LinePick(player1\x,player1\y-10,player1\z,0,-2,0)

good thinking, it works great. Probably to do with the entity moving down at a rate bigger than the distance of the linepick thus catching itself or something like that.