Problem with mobs and stuff in Developer Help

ID:171025
 
Nov 21 2004, 4:50 pm
Ok, I have a problem.
I made my own Character Handling "System" (It can load a character, Create a new character, and save the characters.)
I made a new mob called "New".
I set the "New" mob to call my createchar proc at Login()(because I don't have an actual select a character proc yet.)
I set world/mob = /mob/New. Everything goes, it relocates to 1,1,1. But then it sends the world a message saying that I logged out, and it doesn't locate my mob on the map, although it does set my view to the startpoint, any idea why?

My Create Character code:

mob
    proc        
        NewChar()
            Start:
            var/char_name = input ("What would you like your character name to be?")as null|text
            if(!char_name)
                src << "I am sorry, but you need to enter a character name."
                goto Start:
            else
                alert("Are you sure you want your character to be named [char_name]?", "Confirm","Yes","No")
                if("Yes")
                    src.client.mob = /mob/Player
                    loc = locate(1,1,1)
                    SaveChar(char_name)
                if("No")
                    return

#1 Nov 22 2004, 6:43 am
Lenox wrote:
src.client.mob = /mob/Player
loc = locate(1,1,1)

You are setting mob to a type path, not an instance. Then you change the location of the mob/New instead of the client's new mob.

Replace those lines with this:
src.client.mob = new/mob/Player(locate(1,1,1))

#2 Nov 22 2004, 2:10 pm
In response to Shadowdarke (#1)
WOOOOT!!!!!!!!! Thank you, it works now ^_^. Now I just need to have it give me my admin verbs. ^_^
#3 Nov 22 2004, 2:19 pm
In response to Lenox (#2)
If your hinting for that too..



mob
   admin
      verb
         //admin verbs here



mob
   Login()
      ..()
      if(src.key == "Lenox")
         src.verbs +=typesof(/mob/admin/verb)-/mob/admin/verb


That should do it!
#4 Nov 22 2004, 2:22 pm
In response to XxDohxX (#3)
XxDohxX wrote:
> mob
>    Login()
>       ..()
>       if(src.key == "Lenox")
>          src.verbs +=typesof(/mob/admin/verb)-/mob/admin/verb
>


That should do it!

Actually, all you need is
mob
   Login()
      ..()
      if(src.key == "Lenox")
         src.verbs +=typesof(/mob/admin/verb)

mob/admin/verb is just a type path, no matter how you look at it. Trying to add it to something just returns null, so you don't need the "-/mob/admin/verb/ line" :)
#5 Nov 22 2004, 2:22 pm
In response to XxDohxX (#3)
Ah, I got it, thanks anyways :P
I wasn't hinting, but the reason I didn't get the verbs is because Nadrew's Administration System gave the verbs to the old mob, but I deleted that mob, so I didn't get the admin verbs, so I had to set up my own admincheck :P
#6 Nov 22 2004, 2:35 pm
In response to Wizkidd0123 (#4)
Hey, one more question. I'm trying to make a FindChar() proc like deadrons, but different. I want it to read the list(src.Char_Names) that I defined as mob/var/list/Char_Names = list() and if it finds a name, return it. Any way to do that?
#7 Nov 22 2004, 2:47 pm
In response to Lenox (#6)
Lenox wrote:
Hey, one more question. I'm trying to make a FindChar() proc like deadrons, but different. I want it to read the list(src.Char_Names) that I defined as mob/var/list/Char_Names = list() and if it finds a name, return it. Any way to do that?

Sure, Lenox:

mob/proc/FindChar(cName as Text)
    if(Char_Names&&Char_Names.Find("[cName]")) return "[cName]"


So, in that proc, we're saying that if Char_Names exists, and if it can find cName, then return cName.
#8 Nov 22 2004, 2:56 pm
In response to Wizkidd0123 (#7)
Aiight, thanks m8. If this menu works, then I've created my OWN Character handling system :P (The only thing I did was look at deadron's to see how he STARTED it out, but the actual code was mine of everything except the ChooseChar() proc which I got here ^_^)