Item in inventory that vanishes after a set amount of time

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Sep 5 2011, 7:48 pm
I was curious how use a verb to summon a item and then after a set amount of time the item would vanish from the players inventory
Sep 5 2011, 9:23 pm
Wrath69 wrote:
I was curious how use a verb to summon a item and then after a set amount of time the item would vanish from the players inventory

Just use a proc which will be called by summoning an item. Then by using sleep(), you can easily set a time before an item vanishes/gets deleted etc.
Sep 6 2011, 8:00 am
In response to Hashir
Something like this:
mob/proc/summondelete()
    new/obj/whatever(usr)//probably should take this out
    sleep(600)
    for(var/obj/whatever/O in usr)
        if(O) 
            del(O)

Probably not the best way to do it but it works
Sep 6 2011, 7:26 pm
In response to Dj dovis
No usr in procs.
Sep 7 2011, 2:52 am
In response to Dj dovis
That would cause errors if you pick up multiples of the same item.
Sep 7 2011, 10:56 am
 
obj/TimedDelete
    name = "Time Deleted Item"
    New()
        spawn(600)
            del(src)

mob/verb/CreateItem()
    new/obj/TimedDelete(src)
Sep 8 2011, 6:27 am
In response to Dj dovis
The if(O) is unnecessary, for() already checks if it exists.
Sep 9 2011, 6:08 pm
In response to Darker Legends
I figured it out