Question about movement

ID:1533541
 
Mar 31 2014, 11:55 am (Edited on Mar 31 2014, 12:27 pm)
(See the best response by Super Saiyan X.)
Is there anyway I can replace .north with a different movement verb?

Example; I have a movement verb that is called MoveNorth, MoveSouth, e.t.c

Now I have a skill that uses .north instead. Is there anyway I can replace the .north with MoveNorth or MoveSouth

Coding for the skill;
obj/water
    icon='Icons/Abilites/WaterCapture.dmi'
    var/Owner
    var/list/CaptureList=list()
    var/list/TrailList=list()
    watertrail
        density=0
        layer=2
    water
        icon_state="head"
        layer=TURF_LAYER
        density=1
        var
            reach=0
            waterreach=0
            firststep=0
        Move()
            if(src.dir==NORTH)
                src.pixel_y=-13;src.pixel_x=0
            if(src.dir==WEST)
                src.pixel_y=0;src.pixel_x=13
            if(src.dir==EAST)
                src.pixel_y=0;src.pixel_x=-13
            if(src.dir==SOUTH)
                src.pixel_y=13;src.pixel_x=0
            src.reach+=1
            var/mob/O=src.Owner
            if(!O.Water_Limit)
                var/ManaLoss=50;O.Mana-=abs(ManaLoss)
            var/LALA=src.waterreach
            if(src.reach>LALA)
                O<<"Your water falls because it cannot reach any further!";del(src)

            var/prevloc=src.loc;
            var/prevdir=src.dir
            ..()
            if(src.dir==NORTH)
                src.pixel_y=-13;src.pixel_x=0
            if(src.dir==WEST)
                src.pixel_y=0;src.pixel_x=13
            if(src.dir==EAST)
                src.pixel_y=0;src.pixel_x=-13
            if(src.dir==SOUTH)
                src.pixel_y=13;src.pixel_x=0
            var/obj/water/watertrail/A=new(prevloc);
            A.icon='Icons/Abilites/WaterCapture.dmi';
            A.icon_state="trail"

            src.TrailList.Add(A)
            if(!src.firststep)
                src.firststep=1;
                A.icon_state="start";
                var/obj/water/watertrail/B=new(prevloc);
                B.icon='Icons/Abilites/WaterCapture.dmi';
                B.icon_state="head";
                B.dir=src.dir;
                B.Owner=src.Owner

                src.TrailList.Add(B)
                if(B.dir==NORTH)
                    B.pixel_y=11;B.pixel_x=0
                if(B.dir==WEST)
                    B.pixel_y=0;B.pixel_x=-11
                if(B.dir==EAST)
                    B.pixel_y=0;B.pixel_x=11
                if(B.dir==SOUTH)
                    B.pixel_y=-11;B.pixel_x=0
            else
                if(prevdir==src.dir)
                    A.dir=prevdir
                else if(prevdir==(turn(src.dir,180)))
                    A.dir=prevdir
                else
                    if(prevdir==NORTH&&src.dir==EAST)
                        A.dir=NORTHEAST
                    if(prevdir==EAST&&src.dir==NORTH)
                        A.dir=SOUTHWEST
                    if(prevdir==SOUTH&&src.dir==EAST)
                        A.dir=SOUTHEAST
                    if(prevdir==EAST&&src.dir==SOUTH)
                        A.dir=NORTHWEST
                    if(prevdir==WEST&&src.dir==NORTH)
                        A.dir=SOUTHEAST
                    if(prevdir==NORTH&&src.dir==WEST)
                        A.dir=NORTHWEST
                    if(prevdir==SOUTH&&src.dir==WEST)
                        A.dir=SOUTHWEST
                    if(prevdir==WEST&&src.dir==SOUTH)
                        A.dir=NORTHEAST
            A.Owner=src.Owner

//and for the move

mob/verb
    MoveNorth()
        set hidden=1;set instant=1
        if(src.controlled!=null&&src.controlled!="")
            src=src.controlled
        src.ResetFocus()
        src.SprintCheck("North")
        if(src.screwed)
            step(src,WEST)
            return
        if(src.ClanCreate)
            return
        if(src.Bone<5)
            src<<"You can't move! Your Bones are too damaged!";return

        src.MN=1;src.MS=0;QueN=1;src.MovementLoop()


With my knowledge of DM I don't know how to change .north to the new way of moving. I'm also using Falacy's Moving System if that helps.
Mar 31 2014, 12:26 pm
 
client
  North()
   MoveNorth()


Though I can hardly imagine why you'd do it this way, instead of something like:

client
  North()
    src.mob.MoveHandler("north")
    ..()

mob
  MoveHandler(var/dir)
  switch(dir)
    if("north")
// Your stuff


This makes your code more reusable.
Mar 31 2014, 1:28 pm
I've already tried using client. It still doesn't move the water with the MoveNorth from some reason :/ I dunno why.

I always get a runtime error in-game that tells me that MoveNorth is an undefined var when I try moving the water around. (Same goes for south, east, and west)
Mar 31 2014, 7:00 pm
Water is an obj, not a mob.
Mar 31 2014, 7:14 pm
I know that .-. But I'm try to control the obj/water using MoveNorth() (south east west) instead of .north (south east west)
Apr 1 2014, 6:06 am (Edited on Apr 1 2014, 6:23 am)
Then you'll need to use an obj verb, not a mob verb.

Specifically, .north is a client proc and it calls step(src.mob, NORTH). You can control the water using .north but you're gonna need to call a function to do so when .north is called. Keep in mind my suggestion of making 1 move function instead of making 4-8 though.
Apr 1 2014, 6:45 am
obj verb?
Apr 1 2014, 7:02 am
Objects can have verbs too. It's the way I often code skills.

obj
  Paper
    desc = "This is a blank sheet of paper"

    verb // Defines verbs for /obj/Paper
      Read()
        set src in oview(usr,1)
        usr << "[src.desc]"
        return 

// alternatively, you can define it in one line or 
// over multiple lines like this.

obj/Paper
  verb/Read()
    // ...
obj/Paper/verb/Read()
  // ...

// Personally I go with the method I first demonstrated 
// because it's easy for me to keep track of what inherits what.
Apr 1 2014, 8:20 am
Best response
Correction, .north is not a client proc. It's a verb. Specifically it is client/North().