[ffcmike]

The placed NPC would be a separate object to the original weapon script, so the this. variable would not transfer between them. It should use 'if(created){}' as the condition, and then probably use 'destroy;' rather than 'hide;'.

Also I know this is old gscript but I believe you still need to use '==' rather than a single '='. A single '=' is for assigning values, whereas a double '==' is for comparing different values. In modern gscript using just one would result in the condition being determined as true, even if the 2 compared values were different.