Ease's site

Browser Buttons not responding

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:26:32 +0000

So I'm trying to learn about the Browser pop-ups available in DM. I'm coming back to BYOND today for the first time in a long long time, so I'm very rusty (and I wasn't terribly good before anyway), so please be a little forgiving.

mob
    Topic(href, list/href_list)
        ..()
        var/action = href_list["action"]
        var/value = href_list["value"]
        switch(action)
            if("Meep")
                world<<"MEEP [value]"
            if("Close")
                src << browse(null, "window=Mee")

    verb
        Show_brower_text()
            var/text = {"      
            <html>
            <head>
                <title>Mee</title>
                <script language="javascript">
                    function send(action, value){
                        window.location="byond://?src=\ref[src]&action="+action+"&value="+value;
                    }
                </script>
            </head>
            <body>
                The text inside this window has a black background, with a white font colour. <br />
                The text is inside a pop-up window, which is sized 500x300.
                <br />
                <button disabledclick="send('Meep','a');">Meep</button>
                <button disabledclick="send('Close','a');">Close</button>
            </body>
            </html>

            "}
            src << browse(text, "window=Mee;size=500x300")

That is the code I am currently using, adapted from the Unknown Person's tutorial. At the moment I can click either of the buttons, and they "click in" (graphically) but nothing else happens.

~Ease~

How do you donate to BYOND?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:27:29 +0000

Whenever I follow links to donate to BYOND it just brings me to the page to buy membership. I already have membership; I just want to donate a few bucks to BYOND. Is there an easy way to do this?

~Ease~

Modern Warfare 2 is mine! Woot!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:48:37 +0000

So despite release day being tomorrow, I have my copy of Modern Warfare 2 for the PS3 already! It is a graphically stunning game, and I'll post a more in-depth and interesting 'review/summary' when I've finished it! ^_^

Struggling with world saving.

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:34:47 +0000

So in my current project there will only be three players (two of my friends and I), and when any one of us is logged into the server they need to be able to see where the other two are. Because of this, I thought it easiest just to save everything in a World save-file rather than seperate player save-files.

So far it's going okay, but I've always struggled with save-files. Firstly, I've got the small problem that before the first time we log in our mobs won't already exist. Also, with the code I have developed, it seems that when I run the game I am automatically attached to my mob, skipping the log in sequence. I guess that's because the world saves my mob's client/key. Anyway, here's the code I have so far. Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated!

world


    New()
        ..()
        var/savefile/F = new("World")
        world.log = file("Log.txt")
        world.log<<"Turn: [Turn]"
        F>>Turn
        F>>Phase
        F>>Finished
        F>>Players
        var/xx,yy,zz
        for(var/mob/a in Players)
            world.log<<"Player [a]"
            F["[a]loc_x"]>>xx
            F["[a]loc_y"]>>yy
            F["[a]loc_z"]>>zz
            a.loc = locate(xx,yy,zz) 
        //RunOnce()
    Del()
        ..()
        var/savefile/F = new("World")
        F<<Turn
        F<<Phase
        F<<Finished
        F<<Players
        for(var/mob/a in Players)
            world.log<<"aPlayer [a]"
            F["[a]loc_x"]<<a.x
            F["[a]loc_y"]<<a.y
            F["[a]loc_z"]<<a.z 


    proc
        RunOnce()
        
            Players=new/list()
            var/mob/Pointer/Ease = new/mob/Pointer()
            Ease.loc = locate(38,16,2)
            Ease.name = "Ease"
            Players.Add(Ease)
            var/mob/Pointer/Arlthain = new/mob/Pointer()
            Arlthain.loc = locate(37,16,2)
            Arlthain.name = "Arlthain"
            Players.Add(Arlthain)
            var/mob/Pointer/Zaineph = new/mob/Pointer()
            Zaineph.loc = locate(36,16,2)
            Zaineph.name = "Zaineph"
            Players.Add(Zaineph)

Also, we each will have two mobs (Generals) attached to us. Will these be saved with us? Or do I need a for loop for them as well?

~Ease~

When BYOND Membership runs out do you lose uploaded files?

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:45:52 +0000

I have no idea where it would be best to ask this, so I've put it here for now. But basically, when your BYOND membership expires are your uploaded files deleted immediately? I'm curious because my membership runs out this month, and I'm really short on money (yes, entirely my fault) and won't be good until next month. Will I lose my files in the few days between?

~Ease~

Clicking in an area - detectable?

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:27:25 +0000

I've read around, but I can't find an answer. Is it possible to detect which area a click is in?

How to work Turn Based between three set players.

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:25:51 +0000

So two of my friends and I are starting a campaign of sorts, and I'm building a BYOND game to help us keep track of stuff.

The basic premise is a bit like risk. We start with a territory each, with an archipelago of territories between us. There are three phases to a turn, and at the end of the turn we each get a load of troops based on how many territories we hold.

My design question is this; how can I make it so that we all start in the first phase, and are limited to first-phase "activities", and only when we are all finished with the first-phase are we all moved to the second, and then the third?

I was thinking of leaving the game running each evening, so that any of us can log on and do anything that we want to do for that phase, and that the game will only move on when we have all completed what we want to do in that phase.

New news!

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:59:56 +0000

So yeah, my power supply wasn't good enough to power my graphics card... so I still haven't got to use it yet! Oh well.

I also managed to do in my face on the weekend, in a wall of death at a concert. I looked pretty messed up before, but it's clearing up now:

No Client = Bad Client?

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:43:11 +0000

Code:

mob
    loginmob
        Login()
            loc = locate(5,5,1)
            var/pass
            var/aaa = input("What is your name?","Login") in list ("Arlthain","Ease","Zaineph")

            var/savefile/F = new(aaa)
            Read(F)

            do
                pass = input("What is your password?","Login") as text
            while(pass!=src.Password && src.Password!=null)

            src.name = aaa
            var/mob/A = new /mob/Pointer()
            A.loc = locate(6,6,2)
            A.name = src.name
            A.Password = src.Password
            src.client.mob = A

Problem description:

If no-one is logged into a key it starts the world and asks the first question (what is your name), but any answer causes a crash. It crashes so fast I can't read the error, but I think it says "bad client".

The obvious answer is just to log in beforehand, but is there anyway I can avoid that?

~Ease~

World save-file

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:18:14 +0000

I've always been really weak on save-files, and a several-year absence from BYOND hasn't helped!

I want it so that whenever I close the program running the world that several vars are saved to a file, and the moment I run it again they're loaded back in. It sounds simple but I'm not sure where to start!

Thanks in advance for any advice!

~Ease~