if(istype()) broken?

ID:263385
 
Nov 27 2006, 4:34 pm
Code:
mob
    DblClick(mob/M)
        if(istype(M,/mob/Monster))
            walk_towards(usr,M,3)
        else
            return

mob
        Monster
        icon='player.dmi'
        icon_state="monster"
        New()
            walk_rand(src,5)
            ..()


Problem description:
For some reason, my if(istype()) refuses to work, when it did in the past. Do I need to reinstall BYOND?
When I remove the if(istype()), the character will walk to the turf that the Monster was on when it was doubleclicked.
E.E

Nov 27 2006, 10:33 pm
In DblClick(), usr is the person clicking and src is the atom being click, unless you're talking client/DblClick(). M does nothing there.
Nov 28 2006, 1:44 am
In response to CaptFalcon33035
e.e I switched it up,
mob
    DblClick(mob/M)
        if(istype(M,/mob/))
            walk_towards(usr,src,4)
        ..()


but still noting. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong, since I even checked it against an old unpublished game that I have
Nov 28 2006, 2:02 am
In response to Dead_Demon
Dead_Demon wrote:
still noting. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong, since I even checked it against an old unpublished game that I have

Cap told you what was wrong. The argument of DblClick is the location where src was clicked by usr.
Format:
    DblClick(Location)
Args:
    Location: the stat panel in which the object was clicked or its location on the map.


src is the thing that was double clicked. Location, the argument, is either a turf if it was clicked on the map or text if it was clicked in a statpanel. It will never be a mob.

Your if statement is asking "Is the turf or statpanel this mob was clicked on a mob?" A turf is not a mob. Text is not a mob. So the if() always fails.

mob/Monster/DblClick() // when a mob/Monster is double clicked
    // have the clicker (usr) walk towards the Monster (src)
    walk_towards(usr,src,4)
    ..()