2 chars-in-one in Developer Help

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Jan 13 2010, 8:15 am
is there a way for tthe users char to have 2 icons two of all stats , because in my game you have a power to transform into your megaman navi and to your normal char.
#1 Jan 13 2010, 10:45 am
At that point you're pretty much better off just having two mobs and switching between them (by changing client.mob) as needed.
#2 Jan 13 2010, 11:18 am
In response to Garthor (#1)
how would i keep saves of both of them then?
#3 Jan 13 2010, 11:57 am
In response to XnathanielX (#2)
Hmm... let's see.
To save one character, you save that one mob.
To save two characters... it seems you would save both of those mobs!
#4 Jan 14 2010, 7:46 am
In response to Kaioken (#3)
i still dont quite get how to do this, changing char and stuff like that. Is tere anyway to just have 1 character, but just having 2 icons with different overlays.
#5 Jan 14 2010, 10:17 am
In response to XnathanielX (#4)
XnathanielX wrote:
Is tere anyway to just have 1 character, but just having 2 icons with different overlays.

There is. Something like...
atom
    var
        swap_icon
        list
            swap_overlays
            swap_underlays
    
    proc            
        SetSwap(tmp_icon, list/tmp_overlays, list/tmp_underlays)
            src.swap_icon = tmp_icon
            src.swap_overlays = tmp_overlays
            src.swap_underlays = tmp_underlays
            
        SwapAppearance()
            var
                tmp_icon = icon
                list
                    tmp_overlays = overlays
                    tmp_underlays = underlays
            
            icon = swap_icon
            overlays = swap_overlays
            underlays = swap_underlays
            
            swap_icon = tmp_icon
            swap_overlays = tmp_overlays
            swap_underlays = tmp_underlays

And then for whatever /mob, /obj, whatever, you would just have to call object.SetSwap(icon, overlays, underlays) to set the alternate appearance, and then use object.SwapAppearance() to switch.