Locate with an Offset

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Feb 20 2002, 3:02 pm
I want to locate something new on the map, but offset it Y-1.
Will this work? And YES I know there is more to this code than just this, but this is the area I'm not sure will work or not.

(loc,y-1) What I think is this should locate something at the obj/s location, but offset it -1 y.

LJR
Feb 20 2002, 3:30 pm
LordJR wrote:
I want to locate something new on the map, but offset it Y-1.

You can do the coordinate arithmetic yourself, as you are proposing, or you can just use get_step(loc,SOUTH).

--Dan
Feb 21 2002, 5:08 am
In response to Dan
Dan this code did not work :(
Here is what I'm trying to do.

LJR

new/obj/metal_bars/copper_bars(loc,y-1)
Feb 21 2002, 5:10 am (Edited on Feb 21 2002, 5:16 am)
In response to LordJR
try this:

new/obj/metal_bars/copper_bars(locate(src.x,src.y-1,src.z))


Tell me if that works.

-Rcet
Feb 21 2002, 5:13 am
In response to LordJR
LordJR wrote:
Dan this code did not work :(
Here is what I'm trying to do.

LJR

new/obj/metal_bars/copper_bars(loc,y-1)

You'd need to do this:
new/obj/metal_bars/copper_bars(get_step(loc,SOUTH))

Or...
new/obj/metal_bars/copper_bars(locate(x,y-1,z))

Remember that y is just a number, nothing more. It might be possible, but unwieldy, to code in a syntax where "loc,y-1" meant anything other than a pair of arguments. However I suspect that although BYOND has a pliable and very convenient syntax, it's probably past the point where that could be made to work. Worse, I think, is that "loc,y-1" doesn't make much sense from any kind of a semantic standpoint, so it'd be hard to make that into an actual language syntax because it lacks the sort of logical flow that other operations have.

Lummox JR
Feb 21 2002, 9:49 pm
In response to Lummox JR
Lummox JR wrote:
new/obj/metal_bars/copper_bars(get_step(loc,SOUTH))


Thanks m8, this is the code that worked for me!!

LJR