Day and Night and Weather System!

ID:272633
 
Nov 6 2008, 9:44 am
Ive used this system for a while now but I want it not to spammed all over the map I want to be able to map it into certain places and not only that I need to make luminosity toggle every so often its given me headaches trying to think of ways and also the loops are driving me around the bend.

Heres what I got:
area/outside
    layer=99
    luminosity = 0
proc/Weather() while(1)
 for(var/area/A) A.icon=pick(null,'Rain.dmi','Snow.dmi') //and so on
 sleep(2000)
world/New()
 spawn Weather()


The spawn Weathers how ive been doing it reasently but it may have to change if its possible and also luminosity toggle added in to the loop.
Nov 6 2008, 10:00 am
For that you need to have multiple area instances. The simplest way is to have different area subtypes for each area, so: 
area/outside
   city
   forest
   mountain

...etc, then assign them respectively on the map. Changing any of the rest of your code is not strictly required. Also, you should be able to figure out how to change the area's luminosity like you're changing its icon on your own, I'm not spoonfeeding you that.
Nov 6 2008, 10:10 am
In response to Kaioken
lol ok... ty for the first bit lol now it on my loginscreen and ill try and do the luminosity its a bit easier now that ive got that out the way
Nov 6 2008, 10:16 am
In response to Myrddin Productions
 
area
    outside
        layer=99
        luminosity = 0
proc/Weather() while(1)
 for(var/area/outside/A) A.icon=pick(null,'Rain.dmi','Snow.dmi')
 for(var/area/outside/A) A.luminosity=pick(0,1)
 sleep(2000)
world/New()
 spawn Weather()


Can you guys see any bugs i think i got it all working but can you see anything wrong or anything you'd do instead?
Nov 6 2008, 10:53 am
In response to Myrddin Productions
Um... looks like you urgently need to read the DM Guide. Ever heard of code blocks and indentation? You can have more than one statement in the same block, such as one belonging to if() or for(). Incidentally, your while() loop there has multiple statements indented under it in a big block.
Nov 6 2008, 11:06 am
In response to Kaioken
Well I like it like that how would you format it??
Nov 6 2008, 7:51 pm
In response to Myrddin Productions
 
 area
    outside
        layer=99
        luminosity = 0
 proc/Weather() 
    while(1)
       for(var/area/outside/A)   
          A.icon=pick(null,'Rain.dmi','Snow.dmi')
          A.luminosity=pick(0,1)
       sleep(2000)
 world/New()
     spawn() Weather()

I'd do it kinda like that.