NPC and Verbs

ID:1642349
 
Jul 31 2014, 4:41 am
Keywords: help, how, howto, howtomake, make, npc, to, verb, verbs
(See the best response by Pirion.)
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Problem description:

How would i make a NPC(Non playing character(Game mob)) use a verb?
Jul 31 2014, 6:35 am
Best response
A verb is a proc that has been been made accessible to a client to call directly. Therefore, you would call it just like you would call any other proc.

mob/verb/say(t as text)
    view(6) << "[src.name]: [t]"

mob/shopkeeper/ai_loop()
    while(src)
        say("Boy, sure is hot today!")
        sleep(6000)
Jul 31 2014, 6:46 am
In response to Pirion
 
obj
    skill
        clones//this is the line the must only contain one verb after it untill the next jutsu
            verb
                Clones()
                    set category = "Skills"
                    set name = "Clone jutsu"
                    if(src.cooldown)
                        usr<<"You must wait [src.cooldown] seconds before you can use this again."
                        return
                    if(usr.handseal(50,3))
                        src.cooldown=15
                        spawn(1)
                            while(src.cooldown)
                                if(src)
                                    src.cooldown-=1
                                sleep(10)
                        var/mob/npc/Bunshin/A=new()
                        if(A)
                            A.name="[src]";A.density=0;A.owner=usr;A.icon=usr.icon;A.overlays+=usr.overlays;A.loc=locate(usr.x+1,usr.y,usr.z)
                            var/obj/smoke/B=new()
                            B.loc=locate(A.x,A.y,A.z)
                            view(A)<< sound('Smoke.wav',0,0,1)
                    else
                        usr<<"You failed the jutsu."



mob
    proc
        usejutsu(mob/M)
            if(src.ko)
                return
            var/jutsu=pick(src.jutsus)
            if(jutsu=="missles")
                src.auramissles()
            if(jutsu=="missle")
                src.auramissle()
            if(jutsu=="push")
                src.push1()
            if(jutsu=="pull")
                src.pull1()
            if(jutsu=="crows")
                src.crowg()
            if(jutsu=="finishstart")
                src.finishstart(M)
            if(jutsu=="clone")
                src.Clones()// here i where i need it

So how would I do this one?
Jul 31 2014, 6:54 am (Edited on Jul 31 2014, 7:00 am)
As the verb uses usr, you need to first resolve that issue. For tips, check out "Dream Tutor: usr Unfriendly".

Once you've done that, you'll want to determine how /mob will access the path /obj/skill/clones/verb/Clones.

1: You can add the verb to the verbs list, this will not preserve the meaning of src. (src becomes /mob rather than /obj/skill/clones)

2: You can create an instance of the object and call object.Clones() (src is an object, though it doesn't have access to Clones(), so src.Clones is not correct here). This will preserve the meaning of src.