skateboarding

ID:160800
 
Jul 22 2008, 5:56 am
 
mob
   Move()
      ..()
      if(skateboard)
         sleep(2)
         step(src,dir)


The effect I was hoping for was that when the mob moves, they will continue to move in that direction. But, I can't stop them- every time they move, they gain some speed, so that when they turn round, they're moving twice as fast.
I know why this happens, but I'm not sure how to stop it. So, any ideas?
Jul 22 2008, 7:28 am
 
mob/Move()
    while(skateboard)
        step(src,dir)
        sleep(2)
    ..()


Try this and report back on what happened :)
Jul 22 2008, 7:39 am
In response to Andre-g1
Disaster. Remember that every time he step()s, he Move()s- your code is an infinite loop which calls itself 5 times a second. Not what I want at all!
Jul 22 2008, 7:44 am
In response to Adam753
Indeed, that may have slipped me, sorry.

mob/Move()
   if(skateboard)
      step(src,src.dir)
      sleep(2)
   else ..()
Jul 22 2008, 7:56 am
In response to Andre-g1
he still gains speed. This was the first problem, that he doesn't stop moving even when he hits something, and when you turn round, it moves the other way with twice the speed, because you Move()'d again when you turned round..
Jul 22 2008, 8:45 am
In response to Adam753
 
mob
    Move()
        if(skateboard)
            for()
                var/turf/t=locate() in get_step(src,src.dir)
                if(t&&t.density) break
                step(src,src.dir)
                sleep(5)
        else ..()


Tested on my environment.
Jul 22 2008, 9:22 am (Edited on Jul 22 2008, 9:28 am)
Technically, you could just use the built in walk() (and another call to it later to stop). Anyway, you'd do it like this, no incentive to mess with overriding the Move() proc and accounting for the infinite loops. 
mob/var/skating
mob/proc/skate(mdelay=1,dir_override)
   src.skating = 1
   while(src.skating)
      step(src,dir_override? dir_override : src.dir)
      sleep(mdelay)

(The 2nd argument is for an option if you want to eg allow skating backwards while still facing forward, etc*)
<small>EDIT: *Although, you'd have to use a manual Move() call with get_step() instead of the shorthand step() proc, since otherwise Move() by default will change the dir anyway</small>

If you wanted to fine-tune turning, you could do it easily, by just modifying the variable it uses to determine the direction, in our case the regular dir var (if there is no dir_override): 
client/Move(loc,dir) //called whenever the player sends a movement command
   if(src.mob.skating)
        src.mob.dir = dir
        return 0 //no actual movement will take place from here
   return ..() //if he's not skating, just do the usual
Jul 22 2008, 9:37 am
In response to Andre-g1
This might be to do with things I've already done with the move proc, but that doesn't work. He doesn't move while he's on the skateboard, and then when you get off the skateboard and move again, he moves with the skateboard effect. And he even moves twice as fast for every time you tried to move while on the skateboard!
I'm going to go clear up my Move() proc now...
Jul 22 2008, 9:43 am
In response to Kaioken
I see... But when would I call the skate() proc? Because if you say "From Move()", I'll be so confused :P

Wait, never mind, I got it. Thanks.