Making a Char move faster.

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Oct 11 2009, 2:31 am
How do i make a Character move Slower/Faster?

-Is there like a proc or something?
Oct 11 2009, 2:36 am
Take a look at the move_delay variable in MacroMove.
Oct 11 2009, 2:43 am (Edited on Oct 11 2009, 2:57 am)
You already move as fast as possible. If you want to control movement speed, your only option is to manually delay movement.

mob
 var
  speed = 10 // our speed! in abstract numbers! (10 is average!?)
  next_step = 0 // based on world.time. stamp for when we can move again.

 Move(turf/new_loc, dir)
  // you might want to do something like check dir to make sure we're "stepping" or redefine the client movement functions for this part.
  // since it uses Move() to move them around the map naturally (not just stepping).
  if (world.time < next_step) return // we can't move yet

  // start moving
  . = ..()
  if (!.) return // we failed to move. do nothing.

  // when can we move next?
  var/delay = 50-speed // 5 seconds is the maximum delay (0 speed)
  next_step = world.time+delay
Oct 11 2009, 3:19 am
In response to Keeth
Thanks guys
Oct 11 2009, 8:36 am
In response to Keeth
Going to point out that while you wrote "5 seconds is the maximum delay", that's not true. You could have a negative speed.

Also, next_step needs to be tmp/next_step, so it doesn't save.
Oct 12 2009, 3:28 am
In response to SuperAntx
I had troubles with this for a while but I found a quick and simple way to do it.

mob/var/delay=5
mob/var/tmp/move=1

mob/Move()
    if(src.Frozen)
        return      //Frozen variable stops the person from moving completely
    if(src.move)
        src.move=0
        ..()
        sleep(src.delay) //This is the delay var above It can be changed to go faster or slower
        src.move=1
        ..()
Oct 12 2009, 3:47 am
In response to BleachNinja
So they move two tiles per Move() call? I wonder what happens when you sleep a negative number.
Oct 12 2009, 4:17 am
In response to Spunky_Girl
Spunky_Girl wrote:
I wonder what happens when you sleep a negative number.

Calling sleep() with a negative argument (such as sleep(-1)) causes it to do a backlog check. Only if other pending events have become backlogged will it sleep

The reference is astonishingly helpful when you wonder about the interface of a procedure.

Oct 12 2009, 4:24 am
In response to BleachNinja
This concept is flawed on multiple levels.
atom.Move() is one of the procedures that should provide a return value to begin with.
Not to mention that the implementation should have been designed on a different level.
Oct 12 2009, 2:00 pm
In response to Spunky_Girl
Spunky_Girl wrote:
So they move two tiles per Move() call?

No, they move to the same tile twice.
Oct 12 2009, 2:02 pm
In response to Garthor
Oh that's right. x.x I always mix those two things up. Moving twice, or relocating twice.