Screen Objects issue

ID:2032745
 
Feb 8 2016, 2:52 am
(See the best response by Nadrew.)
Code:
/obj/screen/test
    icon = 'icons/hud.dmi'
    icon_state = "template"
    screen_loc = "1,1"

/mob/carbon/human/Login()
    src << "[src]"
    new/obj/screen/test(client)
    src << "[src]"
    ..()


Problem description:
For some reason the screen object won't appear on the screen. I tried everything I can think of and searched this forum up and down.

Just to clarify:
"template" is a valid icon state in hud.dmi.
both of the src << "[src]" are still called.
player spawns at (0,0) (this probably has nothing to do with it)

Feb 8 2016, 2:56 am
It's hard to tell, but if this is your exact code then there's nothing explicitly adding the object to the client's screen. You'd want to do...

/obj/screen/test/New(client/c)
    c.screen += src

Feb 8 2016, 2:59 am
Oh hey, that worked. Thanks a lot man.
Feb 8 2016, 9:01 am
Best response
Ideally though you don't really need the overhead of overriding New() here.

You can simply do:

mob/Login()
    ..()
    client.screen += new/obj/screen/test()
Feb 10 2016, 3:01 am
That's what I actually ended up doing. :P