Blank screen...Starting to be a bother...

ID:149758
 
Feb 21 2002, 12:34 pm
I cant seem to login to my world now because I am constantly getting a blank screen :(

The only Login() proc I have is this:
mob
    Login()
        ..()
        src.Move(locate(/area/Start/))
        alert("-=|All names in this game are not based on any real life people.|=-")
        alert("-=|Five names where thought of by head and then the rest where taken from the top 100 baby names from the year 2001|=-")
        alert("-=|If anyone should feel intimidated by these names please inform either 'Elorien', 'Mellifluous' or 'Shadowdarke'|=-")
        alert("-=|Once we have been told that a name is intimidating then we will erase that name and then choose another one...Hope you enjoy our environment|=-")
        alert("-=|The Emmė Karėa Ambari team, aka EKA|=-")
        usr.name = input("What is your name?","Your name?",usr.name) // ask the player their name
        var/r = input("What Character do you wish to be?") in list ("Greg","Alan","Lee","Renče","Thomas","Emily","Jacob","Hannah","Madison","Michael","Joshua","Matthew","Samantha","Ashley","Sarah","Andrew","Hayley","Kayley","Alexis","Joseph","Abigail","Jessica","Taylor","Anna","Lauren") // ask the player what the variable 'r' is
        switch(r) // r (the variable that contains race information) is put under the switch() proc. the program is now checking to see what 'r' is, then setting the correct information. see below
            if("Greg") // the program already knows what it's comparing (r). this was established with the line 'switch(r)'. now the program is checking to see what 'r' equals. just use if("example") to do so, because we've already checked to see what we're looking at
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters.dmi'
                icon_state = "1"
            if("Alan")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters.dmi'
                icon_state = "2"
            if("Lee")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters.dmi'
                icon_state = "3"
            if("Renče")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters.dmi'
                icon_state = "4"
            if("Thomas")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters.dmi'
                icon_state = "5"
            if("Emily")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "1"
            if("Jacob")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "2"
            if("Hannah")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "3"
            if("Madison")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "4"
            if("Michael")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "5"
            if("Joshua")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "6"
            if("Matthew")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "7"
            if("Samantha")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "8"
            if("Ashley")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "9"
            if("Sarah")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "10"
            if("Andrew")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "11"
            if("Elizabeth")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "12"
            if("Hayley")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "13"
            if("Kayley")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "14"
            if("Alexis")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "15"
            if("Joseph")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "16"
            if("Abigail")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "17"
            if("Jessica")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "18"
            if("Taylor")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "19"
            if("Anna")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "20"
            if("Lauren")
                world << "<b>[usr] Enters the World</b>"
                icon = 'characters2.dmi'
                icon_state = "21"
        
        if(usr.key == "Elorien" || usr.key == "Mellifluous" || usr.key == "Shadowdarke")
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Summon
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Warp
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Boot
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Delete
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/TempImm
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/DeImm
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/IPBan
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Reboot
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Create
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Invisibility
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Echo
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/SpecialWho
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Paralyze
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/ServerEnd


mob
    Logout()
        ..()
        world << "[usr] has just departed from us"
        del src


If anyone could help me figure this out I will be most happy ^_^

Lee
Feb 21 2002, 12:50 pm
Have you tried sending them to specific coordinates and or fiddling with the ..()? The ..()'s have been giving me trouble in login, so I just take them out now.
Feb 21 2002, 1:03 pm
In response to Foomer
umm... aren't you supposed to put the ..() at the end of your Login() proc... I'm not sure but I have had the same problems and that seemed to fix it.
Feb 21 2002, 1:17 pm
Mellifluous wrote:
I cant seem to login to my world now because I am constantly getting a blank screen :(

Hmm, I don't see any of the obvious reasons for blank screen. Perhaps it's something with the map, or something more insidious?

Regardless, I saw a few places where your code could be made more manageable ( = less typing and headaches when you want to change things later on) and I couldn't help myself. This is untested but I believe it is functionally equivalent. Feel free to ignore if you like.


var/list/charstates = list( \
    "Greg" =      "1", \
    "Alan" =      "2", \
    "Lee" =       "3", \
    "Renče" =     "4", \
    "Thomas" =    "5", \
    "Emily" =     "1", \
    "Jacob" =     "2", \
    "Hannah" =    "3", \
    "Madison" =   "4", \
    "Michael" =   "5", \
    "Joshua" =    "6", \
    "Matthew" =   "7", \
    "Samantha" =  "8", \
    "Ashley" =    "9", \
    "Sarah" =     "10", \
    "Andrew" =    "11", \
    "Elizabeth" = "12", \
    "Hayley" =    "13", \
    "Kayley" =    "14", \
    "Alexis" =    "15", \
    "Joseph" =    "16", \
    "Abigail" =   "17", \
    "Jessica" =   "18", \
    "Taylor" =    "19", \
    "Anna" =      "20", \
    "Lauren" =    "21")

var/list/charicons = list( \
    "Greg" =      'characters.dmi', \
    "Alan" =      'characters.dmi', \
    "Lee" =       'characters.dmi', \
    "Renče" =     'characters.dmi', \
    "Thomas" =    'characters.dmi', \
    "Emily" =     'characters2.dmi', \
    "Jacob" =     'characters2.dmi', \
    "Hannah" =    'characters2.dmi', \
    "Madison" =   'characters2.dmi', \
    "Michael" =   'characters2.dmi', \
    "Joshua" =    'characters2.dmi', \
    "Matthew" =   'characters2.dmi', \
    "Samantha" =  'characters2.dmi', \
    "Ashley" =    'characters2.dmi', \
    "Sarah" =     'characters2.dmi', \
    "Andrew" =    'characters2.dmi', \
    "Elizabeth" = 'characters2.dmi', \
    "Hayley" =    'characters2.dmi', \
    "Kayley" =    'characters2.dmi', \
    "Alexis" =    'characters2.dmi', \
    "Joseph" =    'characters2.dmi', \
    "Abigail" =   'characters2.dmi', \
    "Jessica" =   'characters2.dmi', \
    "Taylor" =    'characters2.dmi', \
    "Anna" =      'characters2.dmi', \
    "Lauren" =    'characters2.dmi')

var/list/adminkeys = list("Elorien", "Mellifluous", "Shadowdarke")

mob
    Login()
        ..()
        src.Move(locate(/area/Start/))
        alert("-=|...(removed for line wrap)...|=-")
        src.name = input("What is your name?","Your name?",src.name) // ask the player their name
        var/r = input("What Character do you wish to be?") in charstates // the charicons list would work equally well
        world << "<b>[src] Enters the World</b>"
        src.icon = charicons[r]
        src.icon_state charstates[r]

        if(src.key in adminkeys)
            src.verbs +=/mob/imm/verb/Summon
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Warp
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Boot
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Delete
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/TempImm
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/DeImm
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/IPBan
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Reboot
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Create
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Invisibility
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Echo
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/SpecialWho
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/Paralyze
            src.verbs+=/mob/imm/verb/ServerEnd


With this, if you want to add a new character or admin, you just update the corresponding list(s). Simple as pie!
Feb 21 2002, 2:28 pm
In response to Air Mapster
Hmm, maybe you should locate them after choosing like

if("alice")
the locate them
Feb 21 2002, 2:29 pm
Weird... I'm not getting the top menu ^^^ on this post.
Feb 21 2002, 9:41 pm
In response to Vortezz
Vortezz wrote:
Weird... I'm not getting the top menu ^^^ on this post.

Scroll way over to the Right!
His code post made to go out like that.

LJR
Feb 23 2002, 10:12 am
In response to Canar
Nope, he has it at the beginning of the Login proc. This means it will do all of the standard Login precedures THEN do his code. If he were to put it after then it would use his code, then do the standard login precedures.

As for the problem it has to be in your area. If the area is dense or filled with another mob then it won't move the character to that turf, it will move the player to 0,0,0 which will give you the black screen.

All you need to do is define a larger area for them to login to. An alternative would be to set their density to zero while they are in the starting area so you can stack up mobs.
Feb 23 2002, 12:22 pm
In response to English
The problem was in another part of the code. His client/New() proc was not calling ..() properly, so the client was never created and the player had no connection to the game.
Feb 23 2002, 6:02 pm
In response to Shadowdarke
Ah, that would do it. Nevermind then :p