Gender via Login

ID:154677
 
Jan 20 2012, 4:43 am
i have tried to create a portion while making your name and choosing your character to pick your gender.
world
    mob = /mob/create_character
    view = 6


mob/Male_Saiyan
    icon = 'Goku.dmi'
    icon_state = ""
mob/Icer
    icon = 'icer.dmi'
    icon_state = ""
mob/Female_Saiyan
    icon = 'Female.dmi'
    icon_state = ""
mob/NPC/Brolly
    icon = 'Enemy.dmi'
    icon_state = "1"
mob/create_character
    var/mob/character
    Login()
        var/charactername = ""
        while(!charactername)
            charactername = input("What is your name?","Name")
            if(!charactername)
                usr <<"your name cant be blank!"
            gender = input("What Gender are you?","Name") in list("Male","Female","No Prefrence")
                if("Male")
                    var/gender = "Male"
                if("Female")
                    var/gender = "Female"
                if("No Prefrence")
                    var/gender = "No Prefrence"
        var/character_race = input("What race shall you be?", "Race") in list("Saiyan", "Drow", "Icer")
        switch(character_race)
            if("Saiyan")//if the person chooses this, then what?
                character = new /mob/Male_Saiyan()//creating the icon
            if("Drow")
                character = new /mob/Female_Saiyan()
            if("Icer")
                character = new /mob/Icer()
            else
                alert(usr, "How did you do that???")
                del(src)
        character.name = charactername
        src.client.mob = character
        src.loc=locate(1,1,1)
        world << "[usr.key] has just entered '[world.name]'!"

i do have my variables
mob
    var
        Health=100
        MaxHealth=100
        Exp=0
        Level=1
        Power=0
        Defence=0
        Strength=2
        MaxExp=10
        Energy=0
        MaxEnergy=0
        Fatigue = 0
        Max_Fatigue = 100
        boxing = 0
        waiting = 0
        one_time = 0
        doing = 0
        mute = 0
        GM = 0
        gender = ""

i am geting inconsistant indentations on lines 27, 29, 31, and 33. i am confused out of my mind. O.e
Help?
Jan 20 2012, 4:56 am
You forgot to switch(gender).
Jan 20 2012, 5:16 am
In response to Darker Legends
Meaning?
Jan 20 2012, 5:17 am
In response to Ashs999
You forgot a switch statement after you defined the gender variable. Also, gender is a built in variable.
Jan 21 2012, 1:22 am
First thing, the variable gender already exists for all mobs, so you needn't define it.
That said, this portion of the code:

            gender = input("What Gender are you?","Name") in list("Male","Female","No Prefrence")
                if("Male")
                    var/gender = "Male"
                if("Female")
                    var/gender = "Female"
                if("No Prefrence")
                    var/gender = "No Prefrence"
         var/character_race = input("What race shall you be?", "Race") in list("Saiyan", "Drow", "Icer")


doesn't work because:
1 - before that series of if("something") you would need a switch(gender)
2 - actually that code, even with the switch, would do absolutely nothing, because what you tell it to do is essentially check the value of gender then assign to gender that very same value...