Mob//Kinda like a Gender Change

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Sep 2 2006, 8:53 am
How do i change a map type like say i've got Mob/Bob then i have Mob/Jack And i would want to change Bob into Jack..So Bob would use all the procs and whatnot i've set out for Jack
Sep 2 2006, 9:06 am
Do you want Bob to just become a "clone" of Jack? Or do you just want Bob to be able to do the same things as Jack? If you want Bob to become Jack completely, I guess you could do:

mob
    Bob
        verb/Change_to_Jack()
            src.client.mob=new/mob/Jack

    Jack
        verb/Change_to_Bob()
            src.client.mob=new/mob/Bob
Sep 2 2006, 9:08 am
In response to Seraphrevan
I ment like this Say i have a proc thats activated when a certain mob bumps Bob and i want the proc to change Bob into Jack but Neither of these are players..they are just NPCs So whould client still work in this situation?
Sep 2 2006, 10:40 am
In response to Sphinxe1
Seraphrevan wrote:
Do you want Bob to just become a "clone" of Jack? Or do you just want Bob to be able to do the same things as Jack? If you want Bob to become Jack completely, I guess you could do:

> mob
>     Bob
>         verb/Change_to_Jack()
>             src.client.mob=new/mob/Jack
> 
>     Jack
>         verb/Change_to_Bob()
>             src.client.mob=new/mob/Bob


This should work for you, just change it around the way you want it.
Sep 2 2006, 6:01 pm
In response to Dragon_fire6653
That will not work for what he wants. He says that he is using this for NPCs, not players, so client will not work here. I am not too sure if you can change types in procs/verbs as I've never attempted it but if you can, you could try that. If there were certain variables that NPCs have like let's say a target variable for some type of combat AI, then you could contain those in a list, make an enitrely new mob, then set the new mob's list to the old one, like so:

var/mob/Bob/B=new(src.loc)
B.MyList=src.MyList
del(src)

This probably wouldn't work for more advanced games that included loops that involved the NPCs and probably pathfinding...

Anyways, I hope you understood most of what I said, heh. I tend to ramble sometimes.

-Exophus