Creating Dynamic NPCs in-game in Developer Help

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Oct 14 2006, 1:08 am
Well I have been creating a kind of odd building game.
Anyway after the player has successfully created an Android in it I wanted them to be able to rename it and program it to say an simple one lined message, like the other npcs.
I am sure that it isn’t to difficult but I can't seem to think how to do it at the moment.
I believe that it could be something like a verb that changes a var on the mob.
#1 Oct 14 2006, 3:40 am
 
mob/AdminLevel3/verb
    Rename(M as mob in world)
        set name = "Rename"
        set category = "Staff"
        set desc="Change a player's name."
        var/varOldName = M:name
        var/varNewName = input(usr,"Change to what?","New Name","[M:name]") as text
        M:name = varNewName
        world << "<font size=2 color=red><b>[varOldName] is now [varNewName]"


Here's a GM rename verb. I think this is the dealio you were looking for. Just edit the vars and that to conform to your code.

If this isn't what you wanted: Try reposting your post; but with punctuation and grammar.
That's full stops, commas, colons, semi-colons, quotation marks, etc. o_o
#2 Oct 14 2006, 3:47 am (Edited on Oct 14 2006, 3:55 am)
In response to CuriousNeptune (#1)
lol thanks for the code to rename them, but that was only one thing I wanted. The other was a way of changing what the npc says using a verb, i beleieve I may try it myself at this moment but you and others can still post some codes for help becasue you would probably make a better code for it.
#3 Oct 14 2006, 4:18 am (Edited on Oct 14 2006, 4:26 am)
In response to Lyndonarmitage1 (#2)
 
    builtandroid
        icon = 'Player.dmi'
        icon_state = "android"
        name =  "Built Android"
        //name = "Generator"
        mouse_over_pointer = 1
        verb
//Drop
            drop()
                set category = null
                set desc = "Drop object."
                usr << "You dropped [src]"
                Move(usr.loc)
//Pickup
            Pickup()
                set src in oview(1)
                if(src.density == 1)
                    usr<<"That Android Is Deployed, You can't pick it up!"
                else if(src.density == 0)
                    Move(usr)

Thats the pickup and drop code then I made some rubbish bits

obj/builtandroid/var
    msg = "I am a player built Npc"

obj/builtandroid/verb
    whatsay(arg as text)
        set name = "Change What They Say"
        set category = null
        src.msg = arg
        sleep(5)
        usr<<"Once Deployed an Android Cannot be picked up"

    Deploy()
        set name = "Deploy Android"
        set category = null
        src.Move(usr.loc)
        src.density = 1

obj/builtandroid
    DblClick()
        if(get_step_away(src,usr,1))
            usr<<"[src]: [src.msg]"


It works how I want just a bit messier than I thought.

By the way I usally use a DblClick() to pickup.