emote to mobs in view() not working

ID:144519
 
Nov 8 2006, 4:40 am
Ok, check this out: I go away for a few years, and come back wanting to build my own mud. I think "hey, i kinda remember DM, I could pick it up easy!" I guess I deleted all my half-done code chunks, so I'm starting over from scratch, using zilal's zbt3 tutorial.

I get to the emote part, which is supposed to send a short message to the usr and then the usr's emote to everyone in view, including the usr. But I can't see it! I literally have nothing else in my project.

Did the function of view() change since zilal wrote the tutorial? I can find ways around it, but the tutorial has several other functions that send things to view() and I'm not sure if they're working either. What's going on?

mob
    verb
        emote(msg as text)
            usr << "Everyone sees:"
            view() << "[usr] [msg]"


Nov 8 2006, 4:52 am
Do you have a map(visible or not)?
Nov 8 2006, 4:54 am
In response to DivineO'peanut
No. I double checked over the tutorial and it doesn't have a map in there, so I didn't try to add one. Looking farther ahead, it looks like rooms are done with areas and I won't be including a map later.
Nov 8 2006, 5:46 am
In response to Magnus417
Me and my compulsive testing! I hadn't created areas to house my characters yet, and I didn't have a map, so how could I be in my own view? I was in limbo!

I decided to continue on with the tutorial and got to the part where you put in areas for rooms, and now my emote verb works fine. Now to go hide for another 2 years...
Nov 8 2006, 5:47 am
In response to Magnus417
Don't worry, I'll find you.. :P

- GhostAnime