I need some help

ID:2003597
 
Dec 22 2015, 7:24 pm
(See the best response by Ter13.)
 

mob/NEW1
    icon='NewLoadDel.dmi'
    icon_state="newtl"
        Click()
    
        var
            Eyes 
            Hair
        choices 
            icon = 'human.dmi'                  
            Elf 
            Human
                var/mob_path = "mob/choices/" 
                var/choice = input("Please select a race") in list ("Elf","Human") 
                mob_path += choice 
                var/mob/choices/new_mob = new(mob_path) 
                new_mob.icon_state = choice 
                new_mob.Eyes = input("Please select your eye color.") in list ("Black") 
                new_mob.Hair = input("Please select your hair color.") in list ("Black") 
                new_mob.name = input("Please select a name.") as text 
                new_mob.Move(locate(48,59,1)) 
                src.client.mob = new_mob
                del(src)


src.client.mob = new_mob is giving bad argument definition, I'm trying to get it so that when I click on the mob it activates the character creation questionnaire

Dec 22 2015, 8:27 pm (Edited on Dec 22 2015, 11:09 pm)
Best response
 
#define ACTION_SET 0
#define ACTION_CALL 1

#define HUD_PLANE 100

obj
    screen_button
        plane = HUD_PLANE
        var
            enabled = 1
            action
            operand
            value

        Click()
            if(!enabled) return
            switch(action)
                if(ACTION_SET)
                    usr.vars[operand] = value
                if(ACTION_CALL)
                    if(value)
                        if(istype(value,/list))
                            call(usr,operand)(arglist(value))
                        else
                            call(usr,operand)(value)
                    else
                        call(usr,operand)()


The above is the base type for a screen button that will allow you to change the clicking mob's variable specified by operation if the action variable is ACTION_SET, or call a clicking mob's proc specified by operation if the action variable is ACTION_CALL. value in the case of ACTION_SET is the value that the variable will be changed to. value in the case of ACTION_CALL is either a list of arguments, a single argument, or in the case of null, no argument will be passed through the call.

Let's check out how we'd use something like this:

var
    list/race_selection_ui = list(new/obj/screen_button(){screen_loc="CENTER+0:-16,CENTER";icon='races.dmi';icon_state="elf";name="Elf";action=ACTION_SET;operand="selection";value="elf"},
    new/obj/screen_button(){screen_loc="CENTER+0:16,CENTER";icon='races.dmi';icon_state="human";name="Human";action=ACTION_SET;operand="selection";value="human"})

    list/race_types = list("elf"=/mob/Elf,"human"=/mob/Human) //create a list of types related to strings

mob/char_creation
    var
        stage = null
        selection = null
        race = null

    Login()
        loc = null
        CreateCharacter()
        return 1
    Logout()
        stage = null

    CreateCharacter()
        set waitfor = 0
        stage = "RaceSelect"
        while(stage!=null)
            call(src,stage)()
        //we're assuming that character creation was completed, so create the new mob given the player's choices:
        var/rtype = race_types[race]
        client.mob = new race()
        //this mob will self-delete

    RaceSelect()
        //prepare
        client.screen += race_selection_ui
        var/obj/screen_button/next_button = new/obj/screen_button(){screen_loc="CENTER,CENTER+0:-64";icon='screen.dmi';icon_state="done";name="Done";action=ACTION_SET;operand="selection";value="next";enabled=0}
        client.screen += next_button
        //the selection loop
        while(stage=="RaceSelect")
            //clear selection
            selection = null
            //wait until the player has selected something
            while(selection==null)
                sleep(world.tick_lag)
            //check what the selection was and handle the options
            switch(selection)
                if("next")
                    if(race)
                        //move to the next stage
                        stage = null
                else
                    race = selection
                    next_button.enabled = 1
        //clean up
        client.screen -= next_button
        client.screen -= race_selection_ui


This snippet only shows on-screen selection menu, but it should be flexible enough to do everything you need.