A Problem With Images and Overlays in Developer Help

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Nov 7 2008, 1:40 pm
I was working on a system to update a player's icon based on what gear the mob was wearing. It was a simple matter of adding an image based on the object to the mob's overlays when the object is worn and remove it when the obj is removed. Then I ran into a problem. When the mob is saved via Deadron's character handling lib and reloaded, the same process to remove the image doesn't seem to work anymore. Why? As far as I can tell
mob.overlays+=image(obj.icon, icon_state="worn")

should be reverted by:
mob.overlays-=image(obj.icon, icon_state="worn")


What am I doing wrong?
#1 Nov 7 2008, 1:50 pm
You're trying to save overlays as raw images. Save references to the images instead and clear the overlays list before saving, then rebuild after loading from the saved references.
#2 Nov 7 2008, 2:15 pm
In response to Xooxer (#1)
That's what I suspected. The overlays are merged into the icon, yes?
#3 Nov 7 2008, 2:29 pm
In response to Jmurph (#2)
Most likely merged into a single overlay icon, but I'm not sure. I never dug that deep.
#4 Nov 7 2008, 5:38 pm
In response to Xooxer (#3)
Yeah, that's what I meant. Regardless, it's better for savefile space to clear out the overlay and rebuild it....
#5 Nov 8 2008, 1:30 am
In response to Jmurph (#2)
This might shed some light on the question.