c++ Subscriber does not subscribe

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Hello, I was doing the eth zurich ros course's second exercise when i got stuck. My smb_highlevel_controller node does not subscribe to the "/scan" topic. I call the nodeHandle_.subscribe function and the returned subscriber object yields "/scan" as a result of subscriber.getTopic(), but when i look at the rostopic info and rosnode info of the relevant nodes and topics, i cannot see the subsctription, let alone the callback functionality working. I also get some other errors i assume are related to the gazebo model, but i dont think they effect this issue. Below is the output i get after calling roslaunch smb_highlevel_controller smb_highlevel_controller.launch

... logging to /home/batu/.ros/log/f191615e-8297-11ec-bc07-2bc357922311/roslaunch-batu-HVY-WXX9-64214.log Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take a while. Press Ctrl-C to interrupt Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB. started roslaunch server http://batu-HVY-WXX9:38179/ SUMMARY ======== PARAMETERS * /ekf_localization/base_link_frame: base_link * /ekf_localization/frequency: 50 * /ekf_localization/imu0: imu/data * /ekf_localization/imu0_config: [False, False, Fa... * /ekf_localization/imu0_differential: True * /ekf_localization/imu0_queue_size: 10 * /ekf_localization/imu0_remove_gravitational_acceleration: True * /ekf_localization/odom0: smb_velocity_cont... * /ekf_localization/odom0_config: [False, False, Fa... * /ekf_localization/odom0_differential: False * /ekf_localization/odom0_queue_size: 100 * /ekf_localization/odom_frame: odom * /ekf_localization/two_d_mode: True * /ekf_localization/world_frame: odom * /gazebo/enable_ros_network: True * /gazebo_ros_control/angular/z/has_acceleration_limits: True * /gazebo_ros_control/angular/z/has_velocity_limits: True * /gazebo_ros_control/angular/z/max_acceleration: 3.0 * /gazebo_ros_control/angular/z/max_velocity: 1.1 * /gazebo_ros_control/base_frame_id: base_link * /gazebo_ros_control/enable_odom_tf: False * /gazebo_ros_control/estimate_velocity_from_position: False * /gazebo_ros_control/linear/x/has_acceleration_limits: True * /gazebo_ros_control/linear/x/has_velocity_limits: True * /gazebo_ros_control/linear/x/max_acceleration: 2.0 * /gazebo_ros_control/linear/x/max_velocity: 1.1 * /gazebo_ros_control/pid_gains/LF_WHEEL_JOINT/p: 100.0 * /gazebo_ros_control/pid_gains/LH_WHEEL_JOINT/p: 100.0 * /gazebo_ros_control/pid_gains/RF_WHEEL_JOINT/p: 100.0 * /gazebo_ros_control/pid_gains/RH_WHEEL_JOINT/p: 100.0 * /gazebo_ros_control/wheel_radius_multiplier: 1.0 * /gazebo_ros_control/wheel_separation_multiplier: 1.875 * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/angle_increment: 0.0087 * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/angle_max: 1.5708 * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/angle_min: -1.5708 * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/concurrency_level: 1 * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/inf_epsilon: 1.0 * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/max_height: $(arg laser_scan_... * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/min_height: $(arg laser_scan_... * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/range_max: 50.0 * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/range_min: 0.45 * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/scan_time: 0.03333 * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/target_frame: rslidar * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/transform_tolerance: 0.01 * /pointcloud_to_laserscan/use_inf: True * /robot_description: , defaults to no clipping [ INFO] [1643639024.531005408, 0.163000000]: Velodyne laser plugin ready, 16 lasers [ INFO] [1643639024.626048317, 0.163000000]: imu plugin missing <xyzoffset>, defaults to 0s [ INFO] [1643639024.626080423, 0.163000000]: imu plugin missing <rpyoffset>, defaults to 0s [ INFO] [1643639024.654997890, 0.163000000]: Starting GazeboRosSkidSteerDrive Plugin (ns = /) [ INFO] [1643639024.675519363, 0.163000000]: Loading gazebo_ros_control plugin [ INFO] [1643639024.675632401, 0.163000000]: Starting gazebo_ros_control plugin in namespace: [ INFO] [1643639024.676196496, 0.163000000]: gazebo_ros_control plugin is waiting for model URDF in parameter [/robot_description] on the ROS param server. [ INFO] [1643639024.853401329, 0.163000000]: Loaded gazebo_ros_control. [ WARN] [1643639024.855101742, 0.165000000]: Failed to meet update rate! Took 0.16500000000000000777 [ WARN] [1643639024.857263734, 0.167000000]: Failed to meet update rate! Took 0.14700000000000001954 [ INFO] [1643639025.073200469, 0.382000000]: Controller state will be published at 50Hz. [ INFO] [1643639025.074443602, 0.383000000]: Wheel separation will be multiplied by 1. [ INFO] [1643639025.076186767, 0.385000000]: Left wheel radius will be multiplied by 1. [ INFO] [1643639025.076235800, 0.385000000]: Right wheel radius will be multiplied ...