Target system Y pixel movement

ID:157669
 
Jan 24 2010, 1:58 pm
Code:

//targetting system
mob/var
    mob/enemy
    enemy_marker
    targetable
client/DblClick(mob/M)//anyone who double clicks a mob
    if(istype(M))//if the mob variable is a mob

        del usr.enemy_marker//delete image before it comes up
        usr.enemy = M//your enemy is the mob
        usr.enemy_marker = image('targeticon.dmi',pixel_y + 10,pixel_x = 0, M)//set the image
        usr << usr.enemy_marker
        usr << "[M]'s HP: [M.HP]"//get M's name and HP


My issue is that when I use( pixel_y + 10,pixel_x = 0, M) the icon doesnt appear at all. I am trying to move it up higher on the Y axis.
Jan 24 2010, 2:05 pm
image proc

DM doesn't know what you're trying to do, since the image proc isn't formatted how you're making it.

Also, it would help you if you defined enemy_marker as an image.
mob/var
    image/enemy_marker


Then to fix your problem, you use image() correctly.
        usr.enemy_marker = image('targeticon.dmi', M)
        usr.enemy_marker.pixel_y = 10
Jan 25 2010, 4:37 am
That shouldn't even compile and should cause a runtime error once you fix the compile time error.
The problem is that you're not supplying arguments correctly. First, you can't give positional arguments after named arguments. Second, writing pixel_y + 10 as an argument will constitute a positional argument* (the 2nd one in your case, which is loc), not a named one. You need to use = for that.

*: This argument would be given the value of whatever the var "pixel_y" (which is undefined in your case) has plus 10.