Overlays and underlays. in Developer Help

ID:139233
 
Apr 21 2011, 6:15 am
Code:
mob/verb
    HengeNoJutsu(mob/M as mob|mob in oview())
        set name = "Henge No Jutsu"
        set category = "Techniques"
        var/oldicon=src.icon
        var/oldname=src.name
        var/oldiconstate=src.icon_state
        var/oldoverlays=src.overlays
        var/oldunderlays=src.underlays
        flick('smoke.dmi',src)
        src.icon=M.icon
        src.icon_state=M.icon_state
        src.name=M.name
        src.overlays=null
        src.overlays+=M.overlays
        src.underlays=null
        src.underlays+=M.underlays
        sleep(65)
        flick('smoke.dmi',src)
        src.icon=oldicon
        src.icon_state=oldiconstate
        src.name=oldname
        src.overlays=null
        src.overlays+=oldoverlays
        src.underlays=null
        src.underlays+=oldunderlays


Problem description:
Well, saving the icon, icon_state and name in a variable seems to work fine, but saving the overlays and underlays don't seem to work out. What I want to do here is being an exact copy of the mob targetted. Thus overlays and underlays must be included. Does anyone know how I would do it with the overlays and underlays? Copying them from the mob, and saving my own before I copied the mob.

Thanks in advance.

Yours truly,
Raimo.

#1 Apr 21 2011, 11:59 am
Overlay and Underlay are lists, not regular variables.
#2 Apr 21 2011, 12:00 pm
In response to Pyro_dragons (#1)
Pyro_dragons wrote:
Overlay and Underlay are lists, not regular variables.

I know that much aswell, that doesn't answer my question for how to store them somewhere.
#3 Apr 21 2011, 12:19 pm
In response to Raimo (#2)
Search the forums about copying lists. There should be plenty of posts about it.
#4 Apr 21 2011, 12:24 pm
In response to Pyro_dragons (#3)
The Copy() proc seems interesting.