a newbie with an icon question..

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Jan 13 2002, 2:05 pm
Hello all, this is my first post! and I already love this language.. Ive been coding many years in misc languages and kinda stumbled across this one!

My question.. I have multiple icons for male/female/neuter.. Im wondering how I set the right icon depending on the users sex.

Thanx and I hope for many years enjoying this language:)
Jan 13 2002, 2:06 pm
oh.. and if this helps..

mob
icon = 'neuter.dmi'

male
icon = 'male.dmi'
female
icon = 'female.dmi'
neuter
icon = 'neuter.dmi'


Login()
icon = ????? //when a player logs in, make their icon's state
..() //the gender of their key. Then call the parent!
Jan 13 2002, 2:17 pm
In response to Jerico2day
gender is a built in var of BYOND so you can do this:

mob/Login()
    src.icon=src.gender
Jan 13 2002, 2:23 pm
In response to Nadrew
thanx, but it doesnt work, or i get errors... u see my source... how would you rewrite it?
Jan 13 2002, 2:29 pm
In response to Jerico2day
Try using one icon file called "mob.dmi' and using multiple icon_states; and when your login code should look like this:

mob/Login()
    icon='mob.dmi'
    icon_state=src.gender
    ..()
Jan 13 2002, 2:31 pm
In response to Nadrew
alright:) i just realized i can have multiple videos to one icon file.. so thats a good plan:) thanx
Jan 13 2002, 2:48 pm
In response to Jerico2day
whats up with the src thing? do I have/should use it
Jan 13 2002, 3:00 pm
In response to Jerico2day
Jerico2day wrote:
whats up with the src thing? do I have/should use it

Here is the FAQ explanation of src:

http://www.deadron.com/Admin/BYOND_FAQ.html#N3530

While you are at it, you really should read the rest of the FAQ and do the steps listed in the "How to get started" section...
Jan 13 2002, 3:01 pm
In response to Deadron
alrighty will do, thanx