Problem.

ID:142382
 
Jun 13 2008, 1:34 pm
Code:
proc/s_damage(ref, num, colour)
    if(!findtext(colour,"#"))
        colour = colour2html(colour)

    //Create a new icon copy and set its colour.
    var/icon = S_DAMAGE_ICON
    icon += colour

    num = round(num,1)

    if(num > 9999)
        num = 9999

    var/string = num2text(num)
    var/first_char
    var/second_char
    var/third_char
    var/fourth_char
    var/obj/s_damage_num/first
    var/obj/s_damage_num/second
    var/obj/s_damage_num/third
    var/obj/s_damage_num/fourth

    if(lentext(string) == 1)
        first_char = copytext(string,1,2)
        first = new

    if(lentext(string) == 2)
        second_char = copytext(string,1,2)
        second = new
        first_char = copytext(string,2,3)
        first = new

    if(lentext(string) == 3)
        third_char = copytext(string,1,2)
        third = new
        second_char = copytext(string,2,3)
        second = new
        first_char = copytext(string,3,4)
        first = new

    if(lentext(string) == 4)
        fourth_char = copytext(string,1,2)
        fourth = new
        third_char = copytext(string,2,3)
        third = new
        second_char = copytext(string,3,4)
        second = new
        first_char = copytext(string,4,5)
        first = new

    var/target = ref
    if(ismob(ref) || isobj(ref)) target = ref:loc

    if(first)  first.loc = target
    if(second) second.loc = target
    if(third)  third.loc = target
    if(fourth) fourth.loc = target

    if(first)
        first.icon = icon
        flick("---[first_char]",first)
    if(second)
        second.icon = icon
        flick("--[second_char]-",second)
    if(third)
        third.icon = icon
        flick("-[third_char]--",third)
    if(fourth)
        fourth.icon = icon
        flick("[fourth_char]---",fourth)

    spawn(10)
        if(first)  del(first)
        if(second) del(second)
        if(third)  del(third)
        if(fourth) del(fourth)


Problem description:


Whenever i attack a monster the damage I am hitting is going over my head, how would i make it appear over the enemys head?
Jun 13 2008, 1:46 pm
I see you're using Spuzzum's s_damage library/ I'm not too experienced with that library. Is there a demo or documentation there you could read to learn how to use it?
Jun 13 2008, 2:03 pm
In response to Kaiochao
Yea there is one, but it does not show me how to precisly put the damage over the enemies icon, and not mine.
Jun 13 2008, 2:06 pm
You're not using the library correctly. To use a library, you expand the red "Lib" folder in Dream Maker, then put a checkbox next to whatever the library is you want to use. Then, you call its functions: most libraries will provide a demo or documentation on how to do that.

What you do NOT do is copy-and-paste from the library to your own source files.

As for making it appear over a different object: read the library's documentation. It's the huge block comment at the top of the s_damage2 code file, in this case.