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Summoning Stuff

ID:261281 Nov 29 2001, 1:32 pm
I Have A Beard	In my RPG I want to be able to summon monsters to attack the monsters the person is fighting. I've come up with this; mob verb Summon() usr << "You call Myst!" spawn() Myst() mob proc Myst() var/q = locate(usr.x+1,usr.y,usr.z) /obj/Myst = q obj Myst icon = 'Myst.dmi' And this error pops up; verbs.dm:171:error:/obj/Myst:bad variable What am I doing wrong? =The Bearded One=

Nov 29 2001, 1:35 pm

Vortezz

var/q = locate(usr.x+1,usr.y,usr.z)
/obj/Myst = q

verbs.dm:171:error:/obj/Myst:bad variable

What am I doing wrong?

You're not creating a new Myst :). Also, if I'm not mistaken, it might be good to make Myst a mob so you can get all the mob procs like step() and what-not, though I don't know exactly how you're working things; it's only a suggestion!

Anyhow, solve this problem by using new() like so:

var/q = locate(x + 1,y,z) //set where it's placed
new /obj/Myst(q) //and place it!

Also, our buddy Myst won't do any attacking, unless you program that in, remember! :)

Nov 29 2001, 1:36 pm
Jmurph	Ummm you have your variable assignment for q backwards. Try var/obj/Myst/q = new(locate(usr.x+1,usr.y,usr.z)) -James

Nov 29 2001, 2:13 pm In response to Vortezz
I Have A Beard	Thank you Vortezz. Is there anyway to have it generate a bmp to "summon"? I made a bmp, but it shrank to fit into one tile, I can cut it up just fine, but for future reference I would like to know how to do this, if it's even possible. =The Bearded One=

Nov 29 2001, 2:15 pm In response to I Have A Beard
Nadrew	I don't think you can use bmps as moving objs or mobs.

Nov 29 2001, 2:26 pm In response to Nadrew
I Have A Beard	So, can I if I don't want it to move?

Nov 29 2001, 2:45 pm In response to I Have A Beard
Nadrew	I don't even think you can make a mob a bmp.

Nov 29 2001, 3:01 pm (Edited on Nov 29 2001, 4:02 pm) In response to Nadrew
I Have A Beard	Oh, okay, guess I'll just have to cut up the image. Now, how do I delete Myst after a certain amount of time? I tried using the same vars, then instead of locating the body parts, I tried deleting them, with del(h) or whatever, but I got a runtime error.

Nov 30 2001, 2:24 am In response to I Have A Beard
Nadrew	You would have to loop though all of the parts using for() and delete them one by one.

Nov 30 2001, 11:45 am In response to Nadrew
I Have A Beard	I don't understand what you're saying Nadrew. I looked up the for(), and here's what I came up with; mob proc SumMyst() var/h = locate(x,y + 1,z) new /obj/MystHead(h) DelMyst() var/r = (/obj/MystHead) //Error Line for(r [as /obj/MystHead][inList]) del(r) I get these two errors; error: expected as(...) error: ]: expected )