Stopping two mobs from occupying the same spot

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Nov 12 2001, 7:09 pm
How do I do this? I thought if a mob was dense, it couldn't be placed on another dense turf/mob/obj. I was wrong....so very wrong. Is there an easy way to accomplish this?
Nov 13 2001, 2:48 am
The Wizard of How wrote:
How do I do this? I thought if a mob was dense, it couldn't be placed on another dense turf/mob/obj. I was wrong....so very wrong. Is there an easy way to accomplish this?

Density only is checked with Move(), Enter(), and the step() procs. If you set loc manually, dense objects can occupy the same spot.
Nov 13 2001, 7:56 am
In response to Skysaw
However, if you are careful, you can expand the things you do... I beleive this would work:

mob/verb/teleport_north()
     for(var/atom/A in locate(src.x,src.y + 3,src.z))
          if(A.density)
               return
     src.loc = locate(src.x,src.y + 3,src.z)


This would check for a dense atom of any sort when you teleport. If there is a dense atom, it stops the proc right there. If there is not, it goes ahead and teleports you three spaces north. Good luck!