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So I have a nifty gui with 3 buttons. one creates a building, the second a transmission tower, and the third a coal factory. The first two work and the third doesnt. And i cant figure out why so I thought I would ask and see if anyone else can see something I dont, or think of something I cannot.

This is in the HUDScreenController

public void makeBuilding(){
        app.newBuilding();
    }

    public void makeTower(){
        app.newTower();
    }

    public void makeCoal(){
        app.newCoal();
    }

this is in the xml file for the HUD

<panel id="panel_right" width="20%" height="100%" childLayout="vertical"
      backgroundColor="#00f8" >
          <panel id="panel_right1" width="100%" height ="5%" childLayout="center">
              <control name="button" label="Building" id="BuildingButton" align="center" valign="center" visibleToMouse="true">
                  <interact onClick="makeBuilding()"/>
              </control>
          </panel>
          <panel id="panel_right2" width="100%" height ="5%" childLayout="center">
              <control name="button" label="Tower" id="TowerButton" align="center" valign="center" visibleToMouse="true">
                  <interact onClick="makeTower()"/>
              </control>
          </panel>
          <panel id="panel_right3" width="100%" height ="5%" childLayout="center">
              <control name="button" label="Coal" id="CoalButton" align="center" valign="center" visibleToMouse="true">
                  <interact onClick="makeCoal()"/>
              </control>
          </panel>

and this is in the main file

public void newBuilding(){
        Box red = new Box(Vector3f.ZERO, 2, 2, 2);
        redGeom = new Geometry("Building" + buildNum, red);
        buildNum++;
        redGeom.setLocalTranslation(0, 0, distanceFromCamera);
        Material mat2 = new Material(assetManager, "Common/MatDefs/Misc/Unshaded.j3md");
        mat2.setTexture("ColorMap", assetManager.loadTexture("Textures/building.jpg"));
        redGeom.setMaterial(mat2);
        rootNode.attachChild(redGeom);
        newGenerator(redGeom.getName());

    }

    public void newTower(){
        Spatial transTower = assetManager.loadModel("Models/transmissiontower/transmissiontower.j3o");
        transTower.setLocalTranslation(0, 0, distanceFromCamera);
        transTower.scale(0.2f);
        //in radians 90 degrees is 1.57079633 radians, also turned it a little with the 3rd field
        transTower.getLocalRotation().fromAngles(1.57079633f, 0, 1);
        Material matb = new Material(assetManager, "Common/MatDefs/Misc/Unshaded.j3md");
        //matb.setColor("Color", ColorRGBA.Magenta);
        matb.setTexture("ColorMap", assetManager.loadTexture("Textures/transmissiontower.png"));
        transTower.setMaterial(matb);
        rootNode.attachChild(transTower);
        transTower.setName("Transmission Tower" + transNum);
        transNum++;
        con.add(new Consumer(10, 0, transTower.getName()));
    }

    public void newCoal(){
        Spatial coal = assetManager.loadModel("Models/coalplant/coalplant.j3o");
        coal.setLocalTranslation(0, 0, distanceFromCamera);
        coal.scale(0.5f);
        //in radians 90 degrees is 1.57079633 radians
        coal.getLocalRotation().fromAngles(1.57079633f, 0, 0);
        Material mata = new Material(assetManager, "Common/MatDefs/Misc/Unshaded.j3md");
        //mata.setColor("Color", ColorRGBA.Orange);
        mata.setTexture("ColorMap", assetManager.loadTexture("Textures/coalplant.png"));
        coal.setMaterial(mata);
        rootNode.attachChild(coal);
        coal.setName("Coal Plant");
        gen.add(new Generator(5, 1, 1, coal.getName()));
        genNum++;
    }

Any help or suggestions of things to look for etc would be appreciated.

I had it in it already with the same code and it was the correct size and had the texture and everything. So i know its not the texture or the model. Ill try what you are suggesting though. And it really isnt all that pretty. Its for a project for school that is basically a power system with buildings and wires and such. But if you really want a screenshot when its working ill put one up. haha

Set a beakpoint in newBuilding() code and when the debugger reaches there, check the path (call stack) that it took to get there. Set a beakpoint above that and see what it does when you click on your coal button.
It is most likely not a bug in the nifty code in Beta. Especially if it works for some of your methods but not one of them.

So i added the breakpoint…and was going to ask how to run the debugger…then it started working. then i took off the breakpoint and it is still working but i didnt change anything besides the breakpoint…so im confused

Glad it is working now. That looks pretty cool btw, you have a good start.

And now I have a new button and it isnt working…and I tried the breakpoint but it isnt magically working this time. How do you run debug?

it sounds like you need to do a clean and rebuild of the project. The built jars seem to be out of date from what you have in your code.

No problem