Trouble spawning certain items
I just had my first two LDs after attempting to LD again and they were way better than the few I had in 2005. Each dream (They were during two separate nights) was a DILD, but I was fully lucid. I knew it was a dream and I could do whatever I wanted but I couldn't give myself a gun.
I tried reaching in my pockets, I tried just believing that I had a gun, I've tried turning around thinking there will be one there, but I can't seem to give myself one no matter what I do. I also can't make and DCs appear that aren't already in the scene. The dream I had last night I tried thinking that my friend would be around the corner because I told him to meet me here. He wasn't there. I tried turning around expecting to see him, he wasn't there.
The strange thing is I can get a fictional character to appear in my dreams a lot easier. I looked around a corner expecting to see Agent Smith and he's there. Pretty soon Agent Smiths are jumping off buildings and running out of doors everywhere chasing me. I can get a person I know, or a person that is real to appear in any of my dreams.
Does anyone else have trouble with these things?