Reference to mobs in Developer Help

ID:273066
 
Aug 14 2009, 4:38 am
Is there a problem in saving a mob's datum that holds reference to other players ?

Example (if I wasn't clear enough)

mob/var/guild/guild

guild
   var/list/members = list()
   Proc/Invite(mob/M)
      members += M
      M.guild = src
#1 Aug 14 2009, 4:45 am (Edited on Aug 14 2009, 4:50 am)
If you have any /mob reference saved then that'll potentially cause issues (such as roll-backs).

It would be better if you have a list() saving the mob name/key combo (ex: list("key"="name")) and a /mob reference to the guild being a var/tmp/ to avoid the problem mentioned previously (/tmp makes that variable unsavable with Write()).

Ex: 
var
   tmp/list/members=list()  //  List containing mob reference, /tmp making it unsavable to avoid problems.
   list/member_list=list()  //  list("key"="name")

 
proc/Invite(mob/M)
  if(!(ismob(M) && M.client))   //  If not a client
       return 0 
   ...
   Guild.members += M
   Guild.member_list[M.key] = M.name


mob/Login()
   ..()
   if((src.key in Guild.member_list) && (Guild.member_list[src.key] == src.name))
        src << "Welcome back to the [Guild.name]!"
        Guild.members += src

mob/Logout()
  ...
  if(src in Guild.members)
      Guild.members -= src
#2 Aug 14 2009, 5:22 am
In response to GhostAnime (#1)
Alrighty, didn't want any rollbacks to happen so I asked just to be sure.

Thanks :)