clicking as input

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May 28 2002, 9:46 am
Is there a way to make a player click on something as input? If so, what is the syntax?

An example would be something like: click on either door #1 or door #2 to choose your path.
May 28 2002, 10:01 am
obj/Door
Click()
set src in oview(1)
src.Open = 1 - src.Open //Toggles Open between 1 and 0
src.density = 1 - src.density
if(Open == 1)
src.icon_state = "Open"
else
src.icon_state = "Closed
May 28 2002, 10:13 am
In response to Garthor
ok . . . I know about click() by itself . . .


Here's a better example. You can click on a switch all day long and nothing will happen. Then, for whatever reason, an input prompt comes up and tells you to click on the switch. Now if you click on the switch, the switch is sent to the input as an argument, and things begin to happen. Is there any way to do that?


what I don't need something like:

obj/whatever/click()
if (var == whatever)
[do somehting]
else
[do nothing]


I need to know how to pass the thing you click to input as an argument.
May 28 2002, 10:26 am
In response to Gakumerasara
Gakumerasara wrote:
ok . . . I know about click() by itself . . .


Here's a better example. You can click on a switch all day long and nothing will happen. Then, for whatever reason, an input prompt comes up and tells you to click on the switch. Now if you click on the switch, the switch is sent to the input as an argument, and things begin to happen. Is there any way to do that?

Well, you would need a toggle variable (Open/Close), but also another variable that lets the object know if the switch will do anything.

It is a bit hard to understand what you are trying to do here, but I hope what I said helped. :)

- Malver
May 28 2002, 10:46 am
In response to Malver
here's another way of looking at it:



you can say

var/M = (input("","",) in [some_random_list])

to choose one thing from within the list to output as M



Let's say the list consists of a few things sitting in front of you on the map. The input menu comes up and asks you to select one of the objects in the example above. What I need to know is how to just be able to click on one of the objects to return it as M. I don't think it can be part of the click() proc because the code before and after the required input will always vary.
May 29 2002, 1:47 am
You'll need use the atom's Click() proc to trap the action, then test the Click() usr to see if it is allowed to click this option yet.

Here is an example of one way to do this, including an alert window that refuses to go away until the player clicks on one of the doors. You can not choose a door until you have activated the prompt with the force2choose verb.
turf
    door
        icon = 'door.dmi'
        // door.dmi has icon states for each number.
        // Use the map editor to place each icon state
        // you want on the map.
        Click()
            usr.Select(icon_state)

mob
    var/obj/inputobj/Prompt
    verb
        force2choose()
            if(Prompt)
                src << "Already waiting for a choice."
                return
            Prompt = new()
            Prompt.owner = src
            Prompt.activate()
    proc
        Select(n)
            // can't select until you are asked to
            if(!Prompt) return

            src << "You chose door number [n]."
            del(Prompt) // close the prompt 

obj/inputobj
    // this obj just maintains the alert window until
    // it's time to delete it
    var/mob/owner

    verb
        activate()
            while(1) // repeat until the obj is deleted
                alert(owner, "Choose a door!")