Area Icons

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May 16 2018, 5:01 pm
(See the best response by Nadrew.)
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Problem description:
I have an area which has an icon_state that is null to start with, but I want to change its icon_state to a transparent purple color. When I make that assignment statement, however, nothing happens. I put a message check to say something like "Area icon is being changed!" and sure enough, it says that when I load the game up. Any ideas?
May 16 2018, 5:02 pm
Is the layer of the area higher than the turfs belonging to it?
May 16 2018, 5:11 pm
area layer is 1, turf is 2. I'm not entirely sure which is higher, or how that all works. I'm coming directly from having finished reading like the first 8 chapters of the guide.
May 16 2018, 5:13 pm
Best response
You'd want to set it to something like TURF_LAYER+1 or whatever you need.
May 17 2018, 2:05 am
One thing i'd like to point out is that apparently giving an area a sprite or tangible appearance tends to slow your game down tremendously. Wouldn't advice you do this.