stabing people

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Feb 17 2014, 12:01 am
(See the best response by Koshigia.)
Problem description:

I wanted to write some code that means when you bumb into a player (and only a player) one of their variables and not mine changes so the die, but I can't find a way for another player to change someone elses variable or for their to be a check on Bump() that checks if its another player
Feb 17 2014, 2:52 am
Let us see your code so we can get a grasp of what you understand at the moment and we will go from there.
Feb 17 2014, 3:00 am (Edited on Feb 17 2014, 6:21 am)
Best response
Hello, Neatht.

Well, you might first want to check and make sure it's a mob because mobs have a variable called client. The mob's client variable is set for players (not NPCs), so checking if that variable is true a good way to know if it's a player or not. Something along the lines of...

...
Bump(atom/Obstacle)
   if(ismob(Obstacle) && Obstacle:client) //if it's a mob AND a player
      Kill(Obstacle) //kill the player


Be warned that in this example Obstacle is not typeset to mob, so you must use the : when addressing it's client variable AFTER determining if it is a mob. If you don't feel comfortable doing that, there are some other ways to accomplish this.

...
Bump(atom/Obstacle)
   if(ismob(Obstacle))  //if the obstacle is a mob
      var/mob/M = Obstacle  //readdress the obstacle as a mob
      if(M.client) //check to see if this mob has a client
         Kill(M)  //then kill the player


or...

...
Bump(atom/Obstacle)
   if(ismob(Obstacle) && isplayer(Obstacle)) //check to see if its a mob and a player
      Kill(Obstacle) //kill it if so

proc/isplayer(mob/M)
   if(M.client) return 1



*edit* Fixed mistake pointed out by Pirion. Sorry, I did some copying and pasting :P Also, this should go without saying, but this is not a complete "here-ya-go" code.
Feb 17 2014, 5:55 am
If you are using inheritance, you can do as below:

Bump(atom/Obstacle)
   var/mob/player/P = Obstacle
   if(istype(P))
      P.Kill()



Koshigia: #3 doesn't define an M under bump. :)
Feb 17 2014, 6:22 am
In response to Pirion
Thanks Pirion :)
Feb 22 2014, 10:32 pm
In response to Koshigia
how would I change a variable on them so their variable deaths changes by +1
Feb 24 2014, 4:46 am
Should be something like
mob/var 
    Death=0


then after you Bump()
M.Death+=1