Tmp

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Jan 1 2015, 2:15 pm
(See the best response by Kaiochao.)
Just out of curiosity, should I be using tmp when creating projectiles?

var/obj/L=new/obj/Knife(loc)
L.owner=src
walk(L,dir)

As Opposed To

var/obj/tmp/L=new/obj/Knife(loc)
L.owner=src
walk(L,dir)

The function of knife is just to do damage when it collides with a player. Would tacking on the tmp at the end do anything? The knife would be true for no longer than 1.5 seconds, if that.
Jan 1 2015, 2:24 pm
Short answer is no. tmp is used to indicate whether a variable should automatically be saved or not.

So
mob/var/tmp/health

Means that when you call mob.Write() it will ignore health when saving the mob to a savefile.
Jan 1 2015, 2:40 pm
Okay, consider the following subroutine:
damage()
    for(var/mob/M in oview(2))
        if(faction==M.faction)continue
        var/tmp/damage=Strength*0.2
        M.dmgchanges(src,1)
        M.damage(damage)
        M.death(usr)


Would the tmp on the damage var be useful here? Or does it only apply to mob/vars? Apologies if this is coming off as a stupid question, I've been ignoring tmp for a long time, and want to go back and put it everywhere it needs to be

Jan 1 2015, 2:56 pm
In response to SinfulPhoenix
Best response
tmp is used by savefiles and issaved() only. It has no other effect.

When you save an object to a savefile (with object.Write(savefile) or savefile << object), all of its savable variables are automatically written to the file. Declaring a variable as tmp makes it non-savable.

And no, it's not just for mob variables. All datums, which have variables, can be saved.
Jan 1 2015, 2:59 pm
One last question. Saving as least much as possible is the right way to go, correct?
Jan 1 2015, 3:00 pm
In response to SinfulPhoenix
Save according to your game's design.