Need some help with my archer coding

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Mar 17 2002, 6:44 pm
I made it so that my archers get the ability to shoot arrows....weird huh?...Well anywho, when they shoot an arrow at an enemy, they never miss. The arrow just automaticly flies toward the target because I'm using the Missile(). I tried to make it so that the arrow just flies strait in the direction the archer is facing, then just disappears after 4 or 5 squares, like it hit the ground or something, but I couldn't figure out how to do that. Could somone please give me a little help on how to do this?

?The Wizard of How¿
Mar 17 2002, 6:46 pm
This has what you need it's not the main function but it will teach you how it works.
Mar 17 2002, 7:04 pm
In response to Nadrew
Thanks a lot man, this really helps a lot. It's been a while since I've done any coding with DM, and I have to get used to it again. Lousy C++ programming with it's supid semi-colons and what not......*mumble mumble grumble*
Mar 18 2002, 7:56 am
In response to The Wizard of How
Actually, I've begun putting ; at the end of my DM code lines, too. Wierd, huh?

I don't know what Nadrew has in his link, but I think this should provide some help:
Arrow
     parent_type = /obj
     name = "Arrow"
     icon = 'Arrow.dmi'
     icon_state = "Arrow-In-Flight"
     Bump(atom/A)
          if(ismob(A) == 0) return
          world << "[A] died!"
          del A
          del src
     proc/Shoot(var/direction = 0,var/power = 5)
         if(src.name == " ") return
         src.dir = direction
          while(power)
               power -= 1
               step(src,src.dir)
          src.icon_state = "Arrow In Ground"
          src.name = " "
mob/Archer
      verb/Draw()
           set name = "Draw Arrow"
           new /Arrow (src)
           src << "You draw an arrow from your quiver."
           src.verbs += /mob/Archer/proc/Fire
           src.verbs -= /mob/Archer/verb/Draw
      proc/Fire()
           var/direction = input("What direction?","Fire Arrow") in list("North","South","East","West")
           switch(direction)
                 if("North") direction = NORTH
                 if("South") direction = SOUTH
                 if("East") direction = EAST
                 if("West") direction = WEST
           for(var/Arrow/A in src)
                A.Shoot(direction,rand(5,7))
           src.verbs += /mob/Archer/verb/Draw
           src.verbs -= /mob/Archer/proc/Fire


-Lord of Water
Mar 18 2002, 3:10 pm
In response to Nadrew
Thanks a lot Nadrew, your Demo really helped, but now I ran into another problem.....surprised? I want the arrows to be able to hurt all mobs, not just a specific type. How would I do this? I tried this; Bump(mob/Player/A)/ Then I made all of the mobs a person can pick a mob/player, but this messes up with my login code, is there a simpler way to just change the Bump() so that when it hits any type of mob, it is affected?

Thanks,

?The Wizard of How¿
Mar 18 2002, 4:00 pm
In response to The Wizard of How
You would have to add another istype() check in the Bump() proc.