simple flame beam burn

ID:1002236
 
Oct 4 2012, 4:10 am
Keywords: beam, burn, dense, flame
(See the best response by Gunbuddy13.)
All i need is the simplest code for a beam where if the head hits a turf thats dense it stops and if any mob goes under the body of the beam they get burned. I have tried this god damn code variety several millon ways and all i am getting is massive frustration.

The closest thing i managed was a barrage of fireball projectiles that looked like a beam but then realized it'd go over dense turf and dense objs which screwed me over regardless if i put in a check to delete em if they were near the dense being.

So all i found is i need a beam with a dense head that can stop when it hits a dense turf or certain object but goes over a mob and burns them along with the trail/body. So anyone wanna gimme a hand
Oct 4 2012, 9:15 am
Best response
It sounds like this might be something you are looking for. Please make sure to read the notes so you can understand it and be able to modify it to your liking:
obj/BeamBody
    var/obj/BeamHead/HEAD
    proc/DoStuff()
        while(HEAD)                         //This will continue to make the beam "function" until the Head
                                            //of the beam is deleted

            for(var/mob/M in orange(src))   //Do whatever you need here to 
                M.Health -= 10                //players "inside" the beam.

            sleep(10)                     //Put a delay so that the damage is applied every 1 second.
            
        del src                             //Make the Body section delete itself once the Head is deleted.
        
obj/BeamHead
    density = 1
    var/HasMoved = 0

    Move(NewLoc,Dir)
        if(HasMoved)                        //This will just prevent the beam from initially creating a Body section on the player 
                                            //and damaging them

            var/obj/BeamBody/O = new(loc)   //Everytime the BeamHead moves, it creates a Body section where it was previously located.
            O.HEAD = src                    //Make the Body section associated with the Head section.
            O.dir = dir                     //Make the Body face the same direction (so the icons would line up).

            spawn() O.DoStuff()             //Have the body section start running its check for players/enemies standing in it.
        ..()
        HasMoved = 1

    Bump(atom/M)                            //Called whenever the BeamHead bumps into a dense object

        if(isturf(M) || isarea(M))          //If it bumped into a wall or whatever
            walk(src,0)                      //then make the beam stop attempting to move.

        else                                //If the thing it bumped into wasn't a turf or area, it must be a mob or object
            loc = M.loc                     //so move the beam on top of them.



//Use this to create the Beam initially
var/obj/BeamHead/O = new(src.loc)           //Make the beam at the player's location.
walk(O,src.dir)                             //Have the beam start moving in whatever direction the player is facing.
Oct 5 2012, 3:13 am
um this looks most likely what i need but where do i put the icon="" and icon_state="" part
Oct 5 2012, 6:54 am
i know that but it doesnt work it jsut bitches bout indentation errors for no reason
obj/BeamBody
    icon='test.dmi'
    icon_state="derp"
    var/obj/BeamHead/HEAD
    proc/DoStuff()
        while(HEAD)                         //This will continue to make the beam "function" until the Head
                                            //of the beam is deleted

            for(var/mob/M in orange(src))   //Do whatever you need here to 
                M.Health -= 10                //players "inside" the beam.

            sleep(10)                     //Put a delay so that the damage is applied every 1 second.
            
        del src                             //Make the Body section delete itself once the Head is deleted.
        
obj/BeamHead
    density = 1
    var/HasMoved = 0

    Move(NewLoc,Dir)
        if(HasMoved)                        //This will just prevent the beam from initially creating a Body section on the player 
                                            //and damaging them

            var/obj/BeamBody/O = new(loc)   //Everytime the BeamHead moves, it creates a Body section where it was previously located.
            O.HEAD = src                    //Make the Body section associated with the Head section.
            O.dir = dir                     //Make the Body face the same direction (so the icons would line up).

            spawn() O.DoStuff()             //Have the body section start running its check for players/enemies standing in it.
        ..()
        HasMoved = 1

    Bump(atom/M)                            //Called whenever the BeamHead bumps into a dense object

        if(isturf(M) || isarea(M))          //If it bumped into a wall or whatever
            walk(src,0)                      //then make the beam stop attempting to move.

        else                                //If the thing it bumped into wasn't a turf or area, it must be a mob or object
            loc = M.loc                     //so move the beam on top of them.



//Use this to create the Beam initially
var/obj/BeamHead/O = new(src.loc)           //Make the beam at the player's location.
walk(O,src.dir)

gives me indentation errors
Oct 5 2012, 9:55 am
The problem is that you haven't moved the code for creating the beam initially in the proper place in your code.
var/obj/BeamHead/O = new(src.loc)
walk(O,src.dir)

This creates the beam and sends it on its way, you need to put this wherever you want to trigger the beam's creation, whether it is in a verb or whatnot.
Oct 5 2012, 10:54 am
i know i put it in a verb i just forgot to edit the post
Oct 5 2012, 2:51 pm
In response to Mastergamerx
You will learn absolutely nothing by copying and pasting code into your DM environment.
Oct 5 2012, 2:59 pm
yeha and im not going to learn anything period if someone doesn't teach me wtf to do obviously hence why im here .
Oct 5 2012, 3:03 pm
In response to Mastergamerx
Ever heard of the phrase 'self-taught'? No? Look it up, it'll be extremely helpful. OR, there are guides and tutorials available for DM, maybe you should read through those.
Oct 5 2012, 3:26 pm
This is why I emphasized to read the comments I placed in my original example, hopefully Mastergamerx was able to understand what he was looking at instead of just copy/pasting it.
Oct 5 2012, 3:50 pm
In response to Mastergamerx
I taught myself to program in DM. It's very possible. NNAAAAHH is right, you're lacking ambition.

Gunbuddy13 wrote:
This is why I emphasized to read the comments I placed in my original example, hopefully Mastergamerx was able to understand what he was looking at instead of just copy/pasting it.

I am highly doubting he didn't just copy and paste this.
Oct 5 2012, 4:06 pm
He's not lacking ambition.
He lacks hatred.