Need some assistance

ID:1071188
 
Dec 1 2012, 12:48 am
(See the best response by Jemai1.)
Code:
mob
    Login()
        ..()
        loc=locate(x,y,2)
        
    verb/Spawn_Random_Pokemon()
        var/obj/Pokemon/P=new(5,2,2)
        var/Pokemon=rand(1,649)
        P.icon=file("BW/[Pokemon].png")


Problem description:
I want the icon of P to become a random number from 1 to 649, but I dunno how to do that since you can't embed variables in them single apostrophes. I tried using file() but of course that didn't work.

Any help?

Dec 1 2012, 1:07 am
Best response
That is quite nasty. It is better to define each pokemon then use typesof.
obj/Pokemon
    Bulbasaur
        icon = 'BW/1.png'
    Charmander
        icon = 'BW/4.png'
    Squirtle
        icon = 'BW/7.png'

mob
    verb/Spawn_Random_Pokemon()
        var/types = typesof(/obj/Pokemon)
        types -= /obj/Pokemon // we don't wanna make one of this
        var/type = pick(types)
        var/obj/Pokemon/pokemon = new type( locate(5,2,2) ) // I assume the numbers are coordinates?
        // more stuff
Dec 1 2012, 1:15 am
Well yeah, I thought of that, but that's going to take approximately eleven years with 649 sprites. Is there really no way to do it without defining every single Pokemon? :(
Dec 1 2012, 1:21 am
Well, you can create a code generator for that.
Dec 1 2012, 1:22 am
Fair enough.