Anyone know why this Scale() isn't working? in Developer Help

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Jul 22 2011, 8:39 pm (Edited on Jul 22 2011, 8:46 pm)
 
obj/planeticon
//There is working icon and icon_state assignments here
    proc/Beautify()
            var/icon/modifiedIcon = icon(icon,icon_state)

            switch (myPlanetSize)

                if (1)
                    modifiedIcon = modifiedIcon.Scale(96,96) // 3 distance across
                if (2)
                    // Nothing, already 160x160 by default
                if (3)
                    modifiedIcon = modifiedIcon.Scale(224,224) // 7 distance across
                if (4)
                    modifiedIcon = modifiedIcon.Scale(288,288) // 9 distance across
                if (5)
                    modifiedIcon = modifiedIcon.Scale(352,352) // 11 distance across
                else
                    DebugMsg("myPlanetSize out of expected range.")
                    modifiedIcon = icon(icon,icon_state)

            icon = modifiedIcon


Size 2 (no change to scale) works fine.

In the rest of the cases (assuming not "else") the icon simply vanishes.

This is on a proc in a standard obj.
#1 Jul 23 2011, 2:02 am
Instead of
modifiedIcon = modifiedIcon.Scale(96,96) // 3 distance across

Try doing:
modifiedIcon.Scale(96,96)


Do the same for all the other cases.
#2 Jul 23 2011, 10:12 am (Edited on Jul 23 2011, 10:18 am)
In response to Rotem12 (#1)
That worked marvelously. Thanks much!

I guess my lesson there is that icon transformation procs such as .Scale() do not return anything, they just modify the existing icon.

I tell you, take 6 months off from coding and the things you have to relearn. ;P