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pick() a mob from world? in Developer Help

ID:164779 Apr 15 2007, 9:44 am (Edited on Apr 15 2007, 9:49 am)
Revojake	I looked it up in the DM referance, and I could't figure it out. I want to pick a mob in the world then have that mob do a certain proc. I want this to be random... EDIT: I read it again...I saw the bottom that if the only argument is a list, then it will pick someone from that? Soo.... pick(listname) ? That would work, but how can I determine a var to set for one person picked from that list?

#1 Apr 15 2007, 9:54 am

Kaioken

Revojake wrote:

I looked it up in the DM referance, and I could't figure it out. I want to pick a mob in the world then have that mob do a certain proc. I want this to be random...

EDIT: I read it again...I saw the bottom that if the only argument is a list, then it will pick someone from that? Soo.... pick(listname) ?

Yes. Make sure you always read the reference entries fully - preferably a couple of times at that (if you're having issues).

That would work, but how can I determine a var to set for one person picked from that list?

Welllll... store the value pick() returns to a variable... if you can't figure that out, you should read the DM Guide.

#2 Apr 15 2007, 9:58 am

In response to Kaioken (#1)

Revojake

I got it to the var/varname=pick(listname) now...

proc
    Alien()
        var/P=pick(loggedin)
        P << "Testing..."

That seems to work.

#3 Apr 15 2007, 10:08 am In response to Revojake (#2)
Kaioken	Yes... why won't it. This is basic stuff, storing a value that a proc returns into a var... And note that if you want to pick from any mob you don't need a custom list, you can use what...everything (like for(),input()...) uses, `world.contents`.

#4 Apr 15 2007, 10:09 am In response to Kaioken (#3)
Revojake	Well, I didnt want ALL the mobs.

#5 Apr 15 2007, 10:11 am

In response to Kaioken (#3)

Nadrew

Then you'd be picking from every ATOM in the game, not just mobs.

var/list/players = list()
for(var/client/C)
    players += C.mob
var/mob/M = pick(players)
M << "You have been chosen!"

Works pretty well.

#6 Apr 15 2007, 8:27 pm In response to Nadrew (#5)
Kaioken	Nadrew wrote: Then you'd be picking from every ATOM in the game, not just mobs. Nah, you can use the 'as' keyword to limit it to any atom base type, of course. Yes, something such as your example is needed for choosing between player mobs.