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How to detect usage of a certain overlay?

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:29:49 +0000

In my game I have it so that you can have different clothes in your inventory and that if you click the clothing item, it adds it to your character as an overlay.

But I also want it so that if you click the clothing item when it's already on you, it'll check if that clothing icon's already in your overlays variable and take off the clothing overlay if it is.

So how do I detect if a certain icon (like the icon of certain clothing items being clicked on) is already being used as a user's overlay?

"if(M.icon in src.mob.overlays)" and "if(M in src.mob.overlays)" in "client/Click(mob/M)" always come out as false for me.

Saving/loading works at first, but after awhile it doesn't

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:30:56 +0000

Code:

mob/proc
    Savee()
        fdel("savefile/[usr.ckey].sav") // deletes the old save file
        var/savefile/F=new("savefile/[src.ckey].sav") // creates a new save file
        src.Write(F) // writes your variables/lists onto it
        F["lastx"] << src.x //saves your x coord
        F["lasty"] << src.y //saves your y coord
        F["lastz"] << src.z //saves your z coord
    Loadd()
        if(fexists("savefile/[usr.ckey].sav"))//if an existing save file exists in the folder located in the game folder
            var/savefile/F=new("savefile/[src.ckey].sav") // it creates a new save file
            src.Read(F) //it reads it
            var/newX
            var/newY
            var/newZ
            F["lastx"] >> newX//it takes the lastx variable in the save and puts it into the newx variable
            F["lasty"] >> newY//same as above with a new variable
            F["lastz"] >> newZ//same as above with a new variable
            src.loc=locate(newX,newY,newZ)//makes the player located in those locations
mob/commands
    verb
        Save()
            set category="Chat"
            src.Savee()
            src << "Game saved!"
            //src << "Saving and loading is temporarily disabled due to a major bug.  Sorry."

Problem description:
I had a topic like this before, but since then I completly deleted the old code and used this save system above from a different BYOND library instead, this one: http://www.byond.com/developer/Agrey123/SaveLoad but anyways

Saving and loading works for every player in my Ham Ham Rivals game. But, after like an hour of people saving and loading every once in awhile, whenever people save or load, I get an error (I don't have that error on hand but it referred to the save proc when saving and the load proc when loading) and it saves their save file as a 0kb file when saving gives me errors like that.

How can I fix this?

(Oh, and that one method that involves saving/loading the "mob" never works for my game every time I try it, even when I try using BYOND libraries that save/load that way, so yeah :3.)

Saving problem

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:13:43 +0000

Code:

mob/Write(savefile/s)
    s["loc_x"] << src.x
    s["loc_y"] << src.y
    s["loc_z"] << src.z
    return ..()

mob/Read(savefile/s)
    if(!src.Move(locate(s["loc_x"],s["loc_y"],s["loc_z"])))
        src.loc = locate(s["loc_x"],s["loc_y"],s["loc_z"]) //whatever you want it to locate to in case of failure
    return ..()

mob/proc
    Savee()
        src.update = 116
        var/index = "Savefiles/[src.ckey].sav"
        if(fexists(index)) fdel(index)
        var/savefile/s = new(index)
        src.Write(s)
        
    Loadd()
        var/index = "Savefiles/[src.ckey].sav"
        if(fexists(index))
            var/savefile/s = new(index)
            src.Read(s)
        else
            usr << "You have no save file!"

Problem description:

When I host the game and other people join, I keep getting an error (not pasting it cuz I don't seem to get the error when only I'm in the game, thus I can't make myself get it to paste it right now) whenever people save. I believe the line it mentioned is actually the very first line of that code above. How do I go about fixing it?

And when someone loaded the game once, it made a clone of him appear ... I got some error about the items he had in his inventory when that happened too ...

Sometimes, every player in the game, and the NPCs that walk, all stop moving suddenly too.. But that might be because of that saving error.

Click() problem since the major BYOND update

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:14:31 +0000

Code:

client/Click(mob/M)
    ..()
    if(M.icon =='Aaa.dmi')
        if(M.icon_state=="a")
            usr.Punchp(usr)
    else
        if(M.icon == 'Flower.dmi')
            if(mob/M in usr:contents)
                if(usr.Flower == 1)
                    usr.overlays -= M.icon
                    usr.Flower = 0
                    usr << "You take off 'Flower'"
                else
                    usr.overlays += M.icon
                    usr.Flower = 1
                    usr << "You put on 'Flower'"
        else
            if(M.accesory==1)
                if(mob/M in usr:contents)
                    if(usr.Wearing == 1)
                        usr.overlays -= M.icon
                        usr.Wearing = 0
                        usr << "You take off '[M.name]'"
                    else
                        usr.overlays += M.icon
                        usr.Wearing = 1
                        usr << "You put on '[M.name]'"
            else
                if(istype(M, /mob/spells/Instant_Teleportation))
                    if(usr:target:z==usr.z)
                        usr.blahicon = usr.icon
                        usr.icon = 'tele.dmi'
                        sleep(3)
                        usr.x = usr:target:x
                        if(usr:target:y == 1)
                            usr.y = usr:target:y
                        else
                            usr.y = usr:target:y-1
                        usr.z = usr:target:z
                        sleep(3)
                        usr.icon = usr.blahicon
                        usr << "You instantly appear before [usr:target]"
                        usr:target << "[usr] instantly appears before you!"
                else
                    if(M.mon != null)
                        if(usr.z != M.z)
                            if(M.themesong != null)
                                usr << sound(null)
                                usr << sound(M.themesong,repeat=1)
                        else
                            if(M.icon=='monster.dmi'||M.name=="Punching Bag")  //This is line 55 mentioned in the error btw
                                if(mob/M in oview(1))
                                    if(usr.canthit!=1&&M.Splatting!=1)
                                        usr.Battle(M)
                                        M.Die()
                                        usr.canthit = 1
                                        sleep(10 - usr.ATKSPD)
                                        usr.canthit = 0
                                usr.target = M
                            else
                                usr.target = M
                                usr << "<B><font color=#33CCFF>Your target is now [M]."

Problem description: This worked before, but I tried out my game today after getting the 455 BYOND update, and now when I try punching a pbag or monster in my game (I tried clicking spells in my game and that worked fine btw) I get this error in the game:

runtime error: Undefined operation: TrainerAbu (/mob) / Punching Bag (/mob/NPCs/Pbag1)
proc name: Click (/client/Click)
source file: battle.dm,55
usr: TrainerAbu (/mob)
src: MartialArtistAbu (/client)
call stack:
MartialArtistAbu (/client): Click(Punching Bag (/mob/NPCs/Pbag1), the turf (6,6,11) (/turf), "default.map1", "icon-x=14;icon-y=21;left=1;scr...")

I have "world/map_format = TILED_ICON_MAP" in my game, and I also added "mouse_opacity = 2" to the pbag already but I still get it :X

ERRORS to the MAX help PLZ =(

Sat, 16 May 2009 14:02:51 +0000

ya I used spunkygirl's code for my saving/loading and it's been working perfectly: http://www.byond.com/developer/forum/?id=699653

but then I added spells people get in their inventory and all kinds of stuff, and now this happens every time I host:

runtime error: Maximum recursion level reached (perhaps there is an infinite loop)

To avoid this safety check, set world.loop_checks=0.

proc

name: Write

(/mob/Write)

usr:

Revert (/mob/spells/Revert)

src:

Revert (/mob/spells/Revert)

call stack:

Revert (/mob/spells/Revert)

:

Write(

Savefiles/breakmandx.sav (/savefile)

)

Shadow (/mob/spells/Shadow)

:

Write(

Savefiles/breakmandx.sav (/savefile)

)

Hyper (/mob/spells/Hyper)

:

Write(

Savefiles/breakmandx.sav (/savefile)

)

Revert (/mob/spells/Revert)

:

Write(

Savefiles/breakmandx.sav (/savefile)

)

Shadow (/mob/spells/Shadow)

:

Write(

Savefiles/breakmandx.sav (/savefile)

)

Hyper (/mob/spells/Hyper)

:

Write(

Savefiles/breakmandx.sav (/savefile)

)

Revert (/mob/spells/Revert)

:

Write(

Savefiles/breakmandx.sav (/savefile)

)

Shadow (/mob/spells/Shadow)

:

Write(

Savefiles/breakmandx.sav (/savefile)
proc

name: Write

(/mob/Write)

Shutting down after encountering too many critical errors.

runtime error: Maximum recursion level reached (perhaps there is an infinite loop)

To avoid this safety check, set world.loop_checks=0.

proc

name: Write

(/mob/Write)

Shutting down after encountering too many critical errors.

runtime error: Maximum recursion level reached (perhaps there is an infinite loop)

To avoid this safety check, set world.loop_checks=0.

proc

name: Write

(/mob/Write)

Shutting down after encountering too many critical errors.

runtime error: Maximum recursion level reached (perhaps there is an infinite loop)

To avoid this safety check, set world.loop_checks=0.

proc

name: Write

(/mob/Write)

Shutting down after encountering too many critical errors.

Connection failed.

Removing an object from inventory in one DM line

Fri, 15 May 2009 16:22:06 +0000

After like 30 minutes 'cuz I'm a noob, I found out how to add something to the user's spell inventory in one line:

usr.spells+= new /mob/spells/Magic_Missile(usr.spells)

But now, how can I make it so that in another place, it removes that spell from the user's spell inventory in one line?

I just tried this method, myself:

usr.spells-= /mob/spells/Magic_Missile

but it didn't work =(.

Having only certain file types show

Wed, 13 May 2009 16:46:05 +0000

How can I have it so that when a person selects a file, it can only be a wav file?

This is what I have :3.

        Play_Sound()
            set category = "Chat"
            S = input("What do you wish for us to hear, mate?","Select a Wav:") as null|sound
            var/lol=S
            if(lol!=null)
                world << sound(S,0,volume=100)
                world << "<font color=green>\icon[usr] [usr] plays sound \"<font color=blue>[S]<font color=green>\".  (<a href=?Download>Download</a>)"
                lol=null

but I want it so that only wav files appear when they try selecting a file.

Is save and loading supposed to be like this?

Wed, 13 May 2009 15:30:43 +0000

Hitting save always pops up boxes asking if BYOND can have access to the file or whatever, and it keeps popping up and I keep clicking yes and then my computer freezes and I get a ton of "Low on memory." errors.

This also outputs on my game's screen to me:

runtime error: bad output
proc name: Save (/mob/commands/verb/Save)
usr: Abu the Ham-Ham (/mob)
src: Abu the Ham-Ham (/mob)
call stack:
Abu the Ham-Ham (/mob): Save()
Abu the Ham-Ham (/mob): Save()
Abu the Ham-Ham (/mob): Save()
runtime error: bad savefile or list
proc name: Save (/mob/commands/verb/Save)
usr: Abu the Ham-Ham (/mob)
src: Abu the Ham-Ham (/mob)
call stack:
Abu the Ham-Ham (/mob): Save()
Abu the Ham-Ham (/mob): Save()

Also, when people hit load in my game, the same thing happens and I have to restart my computer and rehost.

Is this normal :3?

If you care at all, here's my Save verb and the load option.

mob/commands
    verb
        Save()
            set category="Chat"
            usr.update = 2
            var/savefile/save
            save = new ("Save Files/[usr:ckey]")
            save["Shadow"] << usr:Shadow
            save["Hyper"] << usr:Hyper
            save["namecolor"] << usr:namecolor
            save["chatcolor"] << usr:chatcolor
            save["themesong"] << usr:themesong
            save["iiiicon"] << usr:iiiicon
            save["update"] << usr:update
            save["exp"] << usr:exp
            save["expnext"] << usr:expnext
            save["verbs"] << usr:verbs
            save["haveslow"] << usr:haveslow
            save["haveinstele"] << usr:haveinstele
            save["havetele"] << usr:havetele
            save["heck"] << usr:heck
            save["iicon"] << usr:iicon
            save["isperson"] << usr:isperson
            save["name"] << usr:name
            save["underlays"] << usr:underlays
            save["SSJ"] << usr:SSJ
            save["hasSSJ"] << usr:hasSSJ
            save["level"] << usr:level
            save["contents"] << usr:contents
            save["description"] << usr:description
            save["Love_Status"] << usr:Love_Status
            save["agee"] << usr:agee
            save["genderrr"] << usr:genderrr
            save["rname"] << usr:rname
            save["maxMP"] << usr:maxMP
            save["MP"] << usr:MP
            save["initialMP"] << usr:initialMP
            save["initialHP"] << usr:initialHP
            save["maxHP"] << usr:maxHP
            save["HP"] << usr:HP
            save["vit"] << usr:vit
            save["str"] << usr:str
            save["agi"] << usr:agi
            save["dex"] << usr:dex
            save["int"] << usr:int
            save["luk"] << usr:luk
            save["Coins"] << usr:Coins
            save["icon_state"] << usr:icon_state
            save["icon"] << usr:icon
            save["arrow"] << usr:arrow
            save["move"] << usr:move
            save["pixel_step_size"] << usr:pixel_step_size
            save["haveslow"] << usr:haveslow
            save["partner"] << usr:partner
            save["iiiicon"] << usr:iiiicon
            save["themesong"] << usr:themesong
            save["Coins"] << usr:Coins
            save["selling"] << usr:selling
            save["Custom"] << usr:Custom
            save["Ham"] << usr:Ham
            save["CoinsMade"] << usr:CoinsMade
            save["abutourneydid"] << usr:abutourneydid
            save["Flower"] << usr:Flower
            save["accesory"] << usr:accesory
            save["Wearing"] << usr:Wearing
            save["Crit"] << usr:Crit
            save["ATKSPD"] << usr:ATKSPD
            save["x"] << usr:x
            save["y"] << usr:y
            save["z"] << usr:z
            Write(save)
            usr << "Saved."

Loading:

client
    Center()
        if(usr.loc == locate(1,5,18))
            if(fexists("Save Files/[usr:ckey]"))
                var/savefile/load = new ("Save Files/[usr:ckey]")
                usr.Read(load)
                load["themesong"] >> usr:themesong
                load["update"] >> usr:update
                load["exp"] >> usr:exp
                load["expnext"] >> usr:expnext
                load["haveslow"] >> usr:haveslow
                load["haveinstele"] >> usr:haveinstele
                load["havetele"] >> usr:havetele
                load["heck"] >> usr:heck
                load["iicon"] >> usr:iicon
                load["isperson"] >> usr:isperson
                load["name"] >> usr:name
                load["level"] >> usr:level
                load["contents"] >> usr:contents
                load["description"] >> usr:description
                load["Love_Status"] >> usr:Love_Status
                load["agee"] >> usr:agee
                load["genderrr"] >> usr:genderrr
                load["rname"] >> usr:rname
                load["maxMP"] >> usr:maxMP
                load["MP"] << usr:MP
                load["initialMP"] >> usr:initialMP
                load["initialHP"] >> usr:initialHP
                load["maxHP"] >> usr:maxHP
                load["HP"] >> usr:HP
                load["vit"] >> usr:vit
                load["str"] >> usr:str
                load["agi"] >> usr:agi
                load["dex"] >> usr:dex
                load["int"] >> usr:int
                load["luk"] >> usr:luk
                load["Coins"] >> usr:Coins
                load["icon_state"] >> usr:icon_state
                load["icon"] >> usr:icon
                load["arrow"] >> usr:arrow
                load["move"] >> usr:move
                load["pixel_step_size"] >> usr:pixel_step_size
                load["x"] >> usr:x
                load["y"] >> usr:y
                load["z"] >> usr:z
                load["iiiicon"] >> usr:iiiicon
                load["underlays"] >> usr:underlays
                load["SSJ"] >> usr:SSJ
                load["hasSSJ"] >> usr:hasSSJ
                load["Shadow"] >> usr:Shadow
                load["Hyper"] >> usr:Hyper
                load["namecolor"] >> usr:namecolor
                load["chatcolor"] >> usr:chatcolor
                load["haveslow"] >> usr:haveslow
                load["partner"] >> usr:partner
                load["iiiicon"] >> usr:iiiicon
                load["themesong"] >> usr:themesong
                load["Coins"] >> usr:Coins
                load["selling"] >> usr:selling
                load["Custom"] >> usr:Custom
                load["Ham"] >> usr:Ham
                load["CoinsMade"] >> usr:CoinsMade
                load["abutourneydid"] >> usr:abutourneydid
                load["Flower"] >> usr:Flower
                load["accesory"] >> usr:accesory
                load["Wearing"] >> usr:Wearing
                load["Crit"] >> usr:Crit
                load["ATKSPD"] >> usr:ATKSPD
                usr.hasplayer = 1
                usr << "Loaded."
                if(usr.iiiicon == "Ham test.dmi")
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Scared
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Sad
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Sit
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Stance
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Lazy
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/AFK
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Anime_Fall
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Angry
                    usr.icon = 'Ham test.dmi'
                    usr.iicon = 'Ham test.dmi'
                    usr.iiiicon = "Ham test.dmi"
                if(usr.iiiicon == "Sabu.dmi")
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb)
                    usr.icon = 'Sabu.dmi'
                    usr.iicon = 'Sabu.dmi'
                    usr.iiiicon = "Sabu.dmi"
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Japanese_Pervert
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Breakdance
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Bye_Q
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Flip
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Kawaii
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Kush2
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Kushi_Kushi
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/No
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Puffy
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Sad
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Shocked
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Sneeze
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Yaaa
                if(usr.iiiicon=="abuham.dmi")
                    usr.icon='abuham.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='abuham.dmi'
                    usr.iiiicon='abuham.dmi'
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Love
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Sad3
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Sit
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Kawaii
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Blade
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Bada_Bada
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Japanese_Pervert
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Hi
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Kushi_Kushi
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Abu/verb)
                if(usr.iiiicon == "Hamtaro.dmi")
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb)
                    usr.icon = 'Hamtaro.dmi'
                    usr.iicon = 'Hamtaro.dmi'
                    usr.iiiicon='Hamtaro.dmi'
                if(usr.iiiicon=="PinkBijou.dmi")
                    usr.icon='PinkBijou.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='PinkBijou.dmi'
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Bijou/verb)
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Sit
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Sad
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Joy
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/No
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Love
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Joy
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Yaaa
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Hablah
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Lazy
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Kush2
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Bada_Bada
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Cuddle
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Pray
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Anime_Fall
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Haha
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Ball
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Angry
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Shocked
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Scared
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Stance
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Diggi_Duggi
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/AFK
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Drum
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Drat
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Book
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Other/verb/Blush
                    usr.iiiicon='PinkBijou.dmi'
                if(usr.iiiicon=="Oxnard.dmi")
                    usr.icon='Oxnard.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='Oxnard.dmi'
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Oxnard/verb)
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Other/verb/Whine
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Shocked
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Ball
                    usr.iiiicon='Oxnard.dmi'
                if(usr.iiiicon=="Panda.dmi")
                    usr.icon='Panda.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='Panda.dmi'
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Panda/verb)
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Angry
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Japanese_Pervert
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Ball
                    usr.iiiicon='Panda.dmi'
                    usr << "<B><FONT COLOR= #33CCFF>Panda was made by ~I~S~N~U~ (and Caity)"
                if(usr.icon=="Maxwell4.dmi")
                    usr.icon='Maxwell4.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='Maxwell4.dmi'
                    usr.iiiicon = "Maxwell4.dmi"
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Maxwell/verb)
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb)
                if(usr.iiiicon=="Stan2.dmi")
                    usr.icon='Stan2.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='Stan2.dmi'
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb)
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Kushi_Kushi
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Idea
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Ball
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Bomb
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Sad2
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Other/verb/Maracas
                    usr << "<B><FONT COLOR= #33CCFF>Stan was made by Mashed_Taters AKA Stan (and Abu)"
                    usr.iiiicon='Stan2.dmi'
                if(usr.iiiicon=="Sanddy.dmi")
                    usr.icon='Sanddy.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='Sanddy.dmi'
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb)
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Bomb
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Bye_Q
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Hiff_Hiff
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Idea
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Sad2
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Kushi_Kushi
                    usr.iiiicon='Sanddy.dmi'
                if(usr.iiiicon=="Shadows.dmi")
                    usr.icon='Shadows.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='Shadows.dmi'
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb)
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Pashmina/verb)
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Other/verb)
                    usr.iiiicon='Shadows.dmi'
                if(usr.iiiicon == "Pashmina.dmi")
                    usr.icon = 'Pashmina.dmi'
                    usr.iicon = 'Pashmina.dmi'
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Pashmina/verb)
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Ball
                    usr.iiiicon='Pashmina.dmi'
                if(usr.iiiicon=="GOATSREVIL.dmi")
                    usr.icon='GOATSREVIL.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='GOATSREVIL.dmi'
                    verbs += typesof(/mob/emotions/Boss/verb)
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Ball
                    usr.iiiicon='GOATSREVIL.dmi'
                if(usr.iiiicon=="Cappy.dmi")
                    usr.icon='Cappy.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='Cappy.dmi'
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Other/verb/Whine
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Ball
                    usr.iiiicon='Cappy.dmi'
                if(usr.iiiicon=="Edwardo.dmi")
                    usr.icon='Edwardo.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='Edwardo.dmi'
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Hablah
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Diggi_Duggi
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Pray
                    usr:verbs += /mob/emotions/Hamtaro/verb/Puffy
                    usr.iiiicon='Edwardo.dmi'
                if(usr.iiiicon=="Dexter.dmi")
                    usr.icon='Dexter.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='Dexter.dmi'
                if(usr.iiiicon=="Howdy.dmi")
                    usr.icon='Howdy.dmi'
                    usr.iicon='Howdy.dmi'
                usr << sound(null)
                usr << sound('lithium.mid',repeat=1)
                world << "<B><FONT COLOR=GREEN>[usr.key] enters the Ham-Ham Clubhouse!"
                /*usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Say
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Emotion
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Play_Music
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Who
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Picture
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Stop_Music
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Make_Ham
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Cancel_Ham
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Write_in_Paper
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Challenge
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Race
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Save
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Customize
                usr:verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Take_Off_Everything*/
                if(usr.host==0 && usr.key != "BreakmanDX")
                    usr.verbs += typesof(/mob/commands/verb)
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Ban_User
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Enable_Ban
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Disable_Ban
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Destroy
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Boot
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Reboot
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Edit
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Enable_Reboot
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Disable_Reboot
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Ban_User
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Boot_All
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Transfer_All
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Give_Transfer
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Transfer_File
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Announce
                    usr.verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Super_GM
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Shadow
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Hyper
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Lvl
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Turn_Into_Simbu
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Turn_Into_Simba
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/GM_All
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Make_GM
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Heal
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Restore_All
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/R_Toilet_Trained
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/R_Zipper_Locked
                    usr:verbs -= /mob/commands/verb/Repop
                else
                    usr.verbs += typesof(/mob/commands/verb)
                usr.StatCalculation()
                usr.music()
                usr.events()
                usr.MedalCheck()
                if(usr.update != 2)
                    usr << "Save files from old versions not compatable with this one."
                    sleep(1)
                    del(usr)
            else
                usr << "<B>You don't have a savefile."
                usr.move = 1

Noob teaches Noob: The Topic Proc.

Mon, 11 May 2009 23:12:39 +0000

Welcome to my first installment of Noob teaches Noob, where I teach fellow DM coding newbies some interesting tricks even though I'm not that good at DM programming myself.

What's this Topic proc? I wish I knew a long time ago. Here's a screenshot of it:

It's not a link to a website, it's something that causes whatever you want to happen in your game when it's clicked. Like there, clicking "New Game" would start a new game if you coded it in, and clicking "Continue" would let you load a saved game if you coded that in.

Just think of the uses! You could make a verb that let's a user create a poll to the world, and the other users could just click what they want to vote for. You could have your players pick a theme song and have your "Who" verb have a link that plays that person's theme song to the user. Those two options are the two ways I've used topic so far in my projects, they're the first uses I thought of.

Question: OMG!!!!!!!!! THATS KEWL ITS LIKE BYOND CODE TURNED HOLLOW ICHIGO SSJ 3 - BUT NOW HOW CAN I DO THAT PLZ!?!??

Well, here's that exact example in DM code.

usr << "WELL CUMMED 2 NOOB WORLD.  Would you like to start a <a href=?New>New Game</a> or <a href=?Con>Continue</a>?"

Question: WTF I PASTED THAT CODE IN MY GAME AND SAID I CODED IT MYSELF BUT NOTHIN HAPPENED WHEN I CLICKED THE WORDS, HELP PLZ :(???

Yes, now that you created those topic links, the next part is creating what they link to.

What links from clicking the text to the coding that happens from it is the "keyword." Well, that's not the official term (if there even is one,) but that's what I'll call it in this article.

Understanding what the keywords are is important in the link from the text to the code, so I'll show you what the keywords I speak of are for the example I gave above:

Now, using the keywords for the part of the code that checks what Topic text was clicked, let's put together the code that happens when the text is clicked. ...Well, I will, anyways.

client/Topic(href) //This is how Topic goes when used this simply.  Required to the max!
    if(href == "New") // This checks what keyword was used when a Topic text was clicked by a user.  This checks if the keyword was the New keyword and does the following if so.
        // Since this is for a new game, just pretend there's some code here that sets up a new game.  I didn't put in any so that I don't confuse you.
        usr << "Welcome to the game, new timer!" //Outputs this text to the user if the clicked Topic text's keyword was New

    if(href == "Con") // This time it checks if the Topic text that was clicked's keyword was Con and does the following if so.
        // Let's just pretend once more that there's a bunch of code here that loads the game.  It's pointless for this article, so yeah.
        usr << "Game loaded!"
    return ..()  // Remember to put this at the end of Client/Topic(href) or else you may run into conflicting problems in the future.

Now it's complete.

Except that technically it isn't. As it is there, the user could "start a new game" or "continue" over and over and over again at any time by clicking the text again.

You'd have to prevent that is all. I didn't include it at first to make it more simple, but here's what the href == "New" part would look like with this new checking progress:

client/Topic(href)
    if(href == "New")
        if(usr.Check != 1)
            usr.Check = 1
            usr << "Welcome to the game, new timer!"
        else
            usr << "You already started a new game.  Reset the game first if you wish to start over."

I could end this here, but me and you are flippin' floppin' NOOBZ probably, so I'll run through this once more.

usr << "Which job would you like to play as?<br><br>1. <a href=?Cop>Officer</a><br>2. <a href=?Killer>Killer</a><br>3. <a href=?Healer>Medic</a><br><br>Choose wisely!"

That looks like this in the game, if you'd like to see:

But anyways, now to question you!

Look at the coding for that again. What's the format like for linking text to code?

This:

<a href=?INSERT-KEYWORD-HERE>Linked text</a>

Okay okay, this time you really will have to look at that one code above for this question. What were the 3 keywords in it?

...*Jeopardy music plays*

Gawd, you lazy noob, I bet you didn't really try, but the answers are "Cop," "Killer," and "Healer."

Question: "Well then, good sir, I now type intelligent thanks to your article. Now then, remember when you showed the code for when New Game or Continue were clicked? Well, what would it look like if you also had the Officer/Killer/Medic code, too?"

My my, young chap. Here it is,

WAIT, MY FELLOW NOOB, BE WARNED! Once again it only checks if the user should be allowed to click over and over for only "New Game," simply to make this code more simple to you. If this were to actually be in a project, one would have to have more checking for each Topic thingy! Alas, here is what it would look like in a game without the checking:

client/Topic(href)
    if(href == "New")
        if(usr.Check != 1)
            usr.Check = 1
            usr << "Welcome to the game, new timer!"
        else
            usr << "You already started a new game.  Reset the game first if you wish to start over."

    if(href == "Con")
        usr << "Game loaded!"
        
    if(href == "Cop")
        usr.icon = 'Police Ham.dmi'
        usr << "Go bust some criminals, man!"
        
    if(href == "Killer")
        usr.icon = 'Murder Guy.dmi'
        usr << "Go kill some people, it's fun!"
        
    if(href == "Healer")
        usr.icon = 'Medic.dmi'
        usr << "Go heal some people, it's submissive."
        usr.verbs += /mob/commands/verb/Heal
        
    return ..()  // Remember to put this at the end of Client/Topic(href) or else you may run into conflicting problems in the future.

That is all.

Random BYOND guy that isn't a noob: "Uhm... What about the whole

mob/Topic(href,href_list[])

and all of the other uses of Topic? Seriously... There's way way more to Topic than you just explained, you know."

My answer: OMG I DUNNO IM A NOOB 2 LOL, I literally just learned about the "Topic" proc the day before this day that I wrote this article. Apparently, that way of using Topic that I just mentioned is very, very useful and lots of libaries like the HTML form libary and lots of games use it. But I'm a gigantic noob myself, that use of Topic sounds too complicated to me and I don't understand it at all right now.

Anyways, that is all for now. The first in my series of articles of nifty DM tips and tricks that are "for noobs, by a noob."

COMING SOON: A link to a libary/demo/whatever that I'm going to put on here that uses Topic in the two ways I mentioned at the very beginning here (making a Poll in your game that other users vote in, and having a theme song in Who.)

Topic problem (conflict with html form libary)

Sun, 10 May 2009 15:57:12 +0000

I finally learned about Topic for the first time, so I made a poll verb and it works perfectly.

Here's that:

Client/Topic(href)
    if(href == "Chh1")
        if(Question == null)
            usr << "That poll is already finished."
        else
            if(usr.Jerry != 1)
                usr.Jerry = 1
                Choice1a++
            else
                usr << "<font color=Green>The Great Kazoo: You already voted, dumb-dumb!"
    if(href == "Chh2")
        if(Question == null)
            usr << "That poll is already finished."
        else
            if(usr.Jerry != 1)
                usr.Jerry = 1
                Choice2b++
            else
                usr << "<font color=Green>The Great Kazoo: You already voted, dumb-dumb!"

mob/commands
    verb
        Poll()
            set category="Chat"
            Question = input("What's the poll question?","Poll")as text
            Choice1 = input("What's the first choice?","Choice 1")as text
            Choice2 = input("What's the second choice?","Choice 2")as text
            world << "<font color=red><font size=4>Poll by [usr]:<font size=2><b><br><br><font color=green>[Question]<font color=blue><br><br>1. <a href=?Chh1>[Choice1]</a><br><br>2. <a href=?Chh2>[Choice2]</a><br><br><font color=olive>Polling ends in 30 seconds!"
            sleep(300)
            if(Choice1a > Choice2b)
                world << "<b><font color=red>The Poll is Over!<br><br><font color=blue>[Choice1] votes: [Choice1a]<br><font color=green>[Choice2] votes: [Choice2b]<br><br><font color=black>The winner is...  <font color=Olive>[Choice1]!<font color=black><br><br>Jerry the host: <font color=green>It was anyone's guess until the very end!  See you next time, on another episode of Ham Ham Rivaaaals Kiiiiiiing!!"
            else if(Choice2b > Choice1a)
                world << "<b><font color=red>The Poll is Over!<br><br><font color=blue>[Choice1] votes: [Choice1a]<br><font color=green>[Choice2] votes: [Choice2b]<br><br><font color=black>The winner is...  <font color=Olive>[Choice2]!<font color=black><br><br>Jerry the host: <font color=green>It was anyone's guess until the very end!  See you next time, on another episode of Ham Ham Rivaaaals Kiiiiiiing!!"
            else if(Choice1a == Choice2b)
                world << "<b><font color=red>The Poll is Over!<br><br><font color=black>Wii Sports Announcer: <font color=green>Deuce!  There were [Choice1a] votes for both choices!  Advantage Fail!"
            else
                world << "<b><font color=black>Jerry the host: <font color=green>Very dissapointing.  No one voted!"
            Choice1 = null
            Choice2=null
            Question=null
            Choice1a = 0
            Choice2b = 0
            for(M in world)
                M.Jerry = 0

HOWEVER

Now my all of my HTML forms in the game don't work at all any more, as the HTML form libary I was using also uses Topic here:

Form/SubmitForm(href,mob/U=usr,params)
    usr = U
    if(!form_wait_count) StartWaiting()
    return Topic(href,params)

Form/Topic(href,params[])
    if(usr != form_usr)
        world.log << "Illegal form call by ([usr],[type])."
        return //do not do normal wrapup

    if(!form_sub_path)
        if(form_byond_mode)
            if(findtext(href,"/",1,2))
                var/qry = findtext(href,"?")
                form_sub_path = copytext(href,2,qry)

    var/FormVar/fv
    for(fv in form_vars)
        var/html_name = form_var_prefix + fv.name

        if(html_name in params)
            var/val = params[html_name]
            if(fv.interface == MULTI_SELECT || fv.interface == CHECKLIST || fv.interface == HIDDEN_LIST)
                if(!istype(val,/list)) val = list(val)
                var/lst[] = val
                if(fv.input_type == NUM_ITYPE)
                    for(var/i=1,i<=lst.len,i++)
                        lst[i] = text2num(lst[i])
                for(var/i=1,i<=lst.len,i++)
                    if(!(lst[i] in fv.values))
                        if(fv.input_type != NUM_ITYPE && (text2num(lst[i]) in fv.values))
                            lst[i] = text2num(lst[i])
                        else if(fv.validate)
                            world.log << "Illegal value for [fv.name] from ([usr]): ([href])."
                            goto wrapup
            else
                if(fv.input_type == NUM_ITYPE)
                    val = text2num(val)
                if(fv.values && !(val in fv.values))
                    if(fv.input_type != NUM_ITYPE && (text2num(val) in fv.values))
                        //only some values are numeric, and this is one of them
                        val = text2num(val)
                    else if(fv.validate)
                        world.log << "Illegal value for [fv.name] from ([usr]): ([href])."
                        goto wrapup
            switch(fv.interface)
                if(SUBMIT)
                    //ignore -- bogus submit value is used to force processing of empty forms
                if(RADIO_OPTION,RESET) //these should never get set
                    world.log << "Illegal form input from ([usr]): ([href])."
                    goto wrapup
                if(BUTTON) //only happens when button is clicked--not when form is submitted
                    StartWaiting()
                    call(src,fv.clickproc)()
                    StopWaiting()
                    return BUTTON_CLICK
                if(PROMPT)
                    if(form_byond_mode)
                        StartWaiting()
                        switch(fv.input_type)
                            if(ICON_ITYPE)
                                var/pval = (input(usr,fv.label || fv.name) as icon|null)
                                if(!pval && vars[fv.name] && alert("Retain previous setting?",,"Yes","No") == "Yes")
                                    pval = vars[fv.name]
                                vars[fv.name] = pval
                            if(SOUND_ITYPE)
                                var/pval = (input(usr,fv.label || fv.name) as sound|null)
                                if(!pval && vars[fv.name] && alert("Retain previous setting?",,"Yes","No") == "Yes")
                                    pval = vars[fv.name]
                                vars[fv.name] = pval
                            if(FILE_ITYPE)
                                var/pval = (input(usr,fv.label || fv.name) as file|null)
                                if(!pval && vars[fv.name] && alert("Retain previous setting?",,"Yes","No") == "Yes")
                                    pval = vars[fv.name]
                                vars[fv.name] = pval
                            else
                                vars[fv.name] = call(src,fv.clickproc)()
                        StopWaiting()
                        return BUTTON_CLICK

            if(fv.input_type == ICON_ITYPE || fv.input_type == SOUND_ITYPE || fv.input_type == FILE_ITYPE)
                if(findtext(val,"\[") == 1)
                    val = locate(val)
                //TODO: check file type

            vars[fv.name] = val

        else //no value submitted
            switch(fv.interface)
                if(CHECKBOX)
                    vars[fv.name] = null

    //do sub-forms
    for(fv in form_vars)
        if(fv.interface == SUB_FORM)
            var/Form/sf = vars[fv.name]
            var/ret = sf.SubmitForm(href,usr,params)
            if(ret == BUTTON_CLICK) return ret

    wrapup:
    StopWaiting()
    return SUBMIT_CLICK

I can only have one or the other work, they conflict with eachother and I'm too much of a topic newbie to get both of them to work.

How can I have my polling Topic thingy work without making forms stop working?