Output a turf on a grid?

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Sep 9 2013, 4:35 pm (Edited on Sep 9 2013, 4:46 pm)
(See the best response by Kaiochao.)
Basically I'm creating a mapping tool for Pokemon Atom and what I'm doing is output every object (using "typesof") to a grid.

It seems I'm unable to do this with turfs? Is there any possible way of doing so? I don't want to replace my turfs with objects.



What I'm currently doing.
 
mob
    player
        Login()
            src.out_types(list_types(/obj/OUTDOOR)) //If i try this with "/turf" it won't work!
proc
    list_types(stype)
        return typesof(stype) - stype// Does nothing besides removing /obj from the list.
mob
    proc
        out_types(list/types)
            src<<output(null,"Main.Mapping")
            for(var/i in 1 to types.len step 1)
                var/thisPath = types[i]
                src.Objects += new thisPath
                src << output(src.Objects[i], "Main.Mapping:1,[i]")

Sep 9 2013, 4:48 pm
Are you getting any runtime errors, like "bad loc" or something?
Sep 9 2013, 4:49 pm
Yeah I'm getting "bad loc" since their turfs and I can't change their "loc" var. I'm not really sure why it shows that when I'm not even changing it's loc.
Sep 9 2013, 4:52 pm
In response to Kidpaddle45
Best response
You're going to have to use a movable atom to represent the turfs in the list. As for copying the turf's appearance onto the intermediate object, good luck with that. I'd put it on some extra z-level or something.

Since turfs are tiles, they can't exist anywhere that isn't on the map.
Sep 9 2013, 4:56 pm
Nuuuu! I see. Well a workaround that was suggested by Lige was to have a var called "creates" and set every obj to what I want it to create ex:
obj
    Rock
        icon = 'Icons/Rock.dmi'
        density = 1
        creates = /turf/Rock


That's just boring...and will take awhile to do with the 50+ turfs I got. I was hoping I'd find something faster but ok I guess! Thanks for the help and the quick replies!
Sep 9 2013, 5:40 pm
In response to Kidpaddle45
If you use the same naming convention as the turfs, it can be made simpler.

proc/some_proc()
    var/path = text2path("/turf/[the obj name]")
    ... other code
Sep 9 2013, 5:43 pm
hmm not all the turfs follow the same convention but renaming some of them would be a lot faster!

Thanks Neimo.
Sep 10 2013, 2:43 am
You could still incorporate the creates var idea - but only use it if it's a special case, so you don't have to rename everything, especially if they have different paths.