Torch in Developer Help

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May 1 2005, 3:32 pm (Edited on May 2 2005, 1:54 am)
I have this day/night cycle thing going, where basically it just makes an overlay. I was thinking, though, that there should be torches, so how would I go about creating this?

I'd just like it to be an item which gives the player a verb to light it, then deletes the torch after a certain amount of time, but provides a 6x6 lit field around the player that moves with the player(and doesn't leave a trail) until the time is up.


#1 May 3 2005, 12:28 pm
Just remove the darkness overlays within that area, then remove them when the torch is not in range anymore.
mob/Move()
    var/obj/item/torch/torch
    if(istype(held_item,/obj/item/torch))
        torch = held_item
        if(torch.lit)
            for(var/turf/T in range(6,torch))
                T.recalculate_light()
        else torch = null
    .=..()
    if(torch)
        for(var/turf/T in range(6,torch))
            //remove darkness overlay from T