Respawn in Developer Help

ID:157014
 
Jun 13 2010, 1:45 pm
My respawn code is not working, help please
var/list/NextSpawn=list()
var/spawndelay=60
proc
    AddSpawn(mob/M)
        var/NS="[M.type]=[M.x],[M.y],[M.z]"
        NextSpawn.Add(params2list(NS))

proc
    SPAWN()
        for(var/F in NextSpawn)
            var/NEW=text2path("[F]")
            var/mob/M=new NEW
            M.loc=locate(NextSpawn[F])
            NextSpawn.Remove(F)
            sleep(1)
        sleep(spawndelay)
        SPAWN()

No errors or runetime errors are given
#1 Jun 13 2010, 1:58 pm
Where do you initiate the proc?
#2 Jun 13 2010, 1:59 pm
In response to Pirion (#1)
Proc is started when the world is created
#3 Jun 13 2010, 5:38 pm
Zashenel wrote:
My respawn code is not working, help please
No errors or runetime errors are given

What doesn't work about it?
Do you have any idea why its not working?
#4 Jun 13 2010, 6:13 pm
 
        var/NS="[M.type]=[M.x],[M.y],[M.z]"
        NextSpawn.Add(params2list(NS))


This is going to add the list ("/mob/whatever"="1,2,3"). The text string "/mob/whatever" is not a type path, and the text string "1,2,3" is not an atom. So, trying to create an object of the type of the former won't work, and trying to locate it at the latter won't work.

Using an associative list at all here is not going to work. Instead, I suggest wrapping the respawn data in some datum and adding that datum to the list. For example:

respawnthingy
  var/type
  var/loc

proc/AddSpawn(mob/M)
  var/respawnthingy/R = New()
  R.type = M.type
  R.loc = M.loc
  NextSpawn.Add(R)


Also, your SPAWN() proc isn't looping properly. You should, instead, have:

while(1)
  for(var/F in NextSpawn)
    //etc.
  sleep(spawndelay)