Im just testing code parts out...

ID:144433
 
Dec 6 2006, 9:30 am
Code:
 
mob
    master
        icon = 'mobs.dmi'
        icon_state = "master"
        verb
            Talk()
mob/other/choosing_character/proc/CreateNewCharacter()
        set src in oview(1)
        set category = "Communcation"
        var/prompt_title = "Character Creation"
        var/help_text = "Hello, I am Master Dids. Owner of this world, I am the air you breathe, the ground you feel. I have beckoned you here today as I felt your urge to join us on our journey and start your own. Okay lets begin. What is your name?"
        var/default_value = ""
        alert("char_name = input(src, help_text, prompt_title, default_value) as null|text")</b>


Problem description: mobs.dm:1723:prompt_title :warning: variable defined but not used
mobs.dm:1724:help_text :warning: variable defined but not used
mobs.dm:1725:default_value :warning: variable defined but not used

Im quite new to coding and the way i learn is by doing stuff like this... can someone explain why it refuses to work?


Dec 6 2006, 10:32 am
DidsKing wrote:
Code:
> mob
>   master
>       icon = 'mobs.dmi'
>       icon_state = "master"
>       verb
>           Talk()

> mob/other/choosing_character/proc/CreateNewCharacter()
>       set src in oview(1)
>       set category = "Communcation"
>       var/prompt_title = "Character Creation"
>       var/help_text = "Hello, I am Master Dids. Owner of this world, I am the air you breathe, the ground you feel. I have beckoned you here today as I felt your urge to join us on our journey and start your own. Okay lets begin. What is your name?"
>       var/default_value = ""
>       alert("char_name = input(src, help_text, prompt_title, default_value) as null|text")</b>
>


First, off you can't put another mob inside another mob. Like, you did.

Second, this part here:

 
mob/other/choosing_character/proc/CreateNewCharacter()
        set src in oview(1)
        set category = "Communcation"
        var/prompt_title = "Character Creation"
        var/help_text = "Hello, I am Master Dids. Owner of this world, I am the air you breathe, the ground you feel. I have beckoned you here today as I felt your urge to join us on our journey and start your own. Okay lets begin. What is your name?"
        var/default_value = ""
        alert("char_name = input(src, help_text, prompt_title, default_value) as null|text")</b>


Is part of a login system of your code. For, when new players create new characters.

And, third is you can't end an alert with HTML or have any HTML in it.
Dec 6 2006, 11:30 am
Simply put, you aren't using any of the variables you are defining within that verb. This is because you have used a text string within an alert that contains the variables. Not only that, but you don't use alert() like that.

mob
    master
        icon = 'mobs.dmi'
        icon_state = "master"
        verb
            Talk()
mob/other/choosing_character/proc/CreateNewCharacter()
        set src in oview(1)
        set category = "Communcation"
        var/prompt_title = "Character Creation"
        var/help_text = "Hello, I am Master Dids. Owner of this world, I am the air you breathe, the ground you feel. I have beckoned you here today as I felt your urge to join us on our journey and start your own. Okay lets begin. What is your name?"
        var/default_value = ""
        char_name = input(src, help_text, prompt_title, default_value) as null|text


Dec 6 2006, 11:48 am
In response to CaptFalcon33035
okay thanks you guys... btw that code came up with a new error sort of the same type of error though.

mobs.dm:1726:error:char_name:undefined var

does that mean i have to define the var somewere else?
Dec 6 2006, 12:11 pm
In response to DidsKing
DidsKing wrote:
okay thanks you guys... btw that code came up with a new error sort of the same type of error though.

mobs.dm:1726:error:char_name:undefined var

does that mean i have to define the var somewere else?

Depending on what you need it for.
Dec 6 2006, 1:10 pm
In response to Quest Industries
change that to,
do
 src.name = input(src, help_text, prompt_title, default_value) as null|text
while(!src.name)
Dec 7 2006, 1:04 am
Correct answer: read the DM Guide.
Dec 7 2006, 5:41 pm
In response to DidsKing
That means you're using the zeta source code.