Making objs on map visible only by one person

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Feb 1 2002, 10:53 am
Hello again,

I would like to be able to place objects on the map that would only be visible to the user.

For example, if I had some playing cards that I would want to show to me and no one else, how would I do that? Is there an object property that I'm missing?

Regards,
-Booty
Feb 1 2002, 10:54 am
Use the image() proc. I think thats what you are looking for.

-Rcet
Feb 1 2002, 10:58 am
There are two ways to do this. Which one is better depends on your situation. For the first, look up image in the reference. Images stay attached to their mobs/objs/turfs/whatever, regardless of where they go on the map.

The other way is new only in the BYOND beta version (actually now that I think of it, images are also "new", but the image proc is backwards compatible with the release version). About halfway down in the notes is information about client/var/screen and atom/var/screen_loc. Using this approach, the images stay fixed on the screen, regardless of where the player goes on the map.

Pretty advanced stuff for a newbie!