couple problems

ID:167672
 
Feb 13 2006, 3:26 pm
I am making a board game i want to know how to make it so you can't move other peoples pieces, i am using a drag and drop movement because people have a lot of pieces (like a tactics game) right now you can move all objs on the map, i want them only to move one color.

also i am using a text overlay (modified but not my own) and i want to know how only you can see your piece stats, right now all stats are wide open.
Feb 13 2006, 4:01 pm
Using checkers as an example, set a color var for the player. Next, set one for the piece. then, when the player because a color, have it check to see if the piece it clicked had the same color var as the piece. If yes, continue, if not, stop.

mob/var/color
obj/var/color

obj
    Black_Piece
         icon = 'blah'
         icon_state = "blah"
         color = "Black"
         Click()
             if(usr.color != "Black")
                  usr << "You aren't black!"
             else
                  //continue here

    White_Piece
         //same stuff
         color = "White"
         Click()
              if(usr.color != "White")
                  usr << "You aren't white!"
              else
                   //continue here

mob/verb/Join_Game()
    switch(input("Which team do you want to join?","Team")in list("Black","White"))
        if("Black")
            usr.color = "Black"
        if("White")
            usr.color = "White"


Something like that. The invis part, well, there is many way to do that. I'll let you figure it out. Just a quick little thing I whipped up in 5 mins. Just an example.
Feb 13 2006, 5:19 pm
In response to Pyro_dragons
thanks...i needed to arange it abiy but it worked wonders... now i only need that invisible thing and i can start testing
Feb 13 2006, 5:38 pm
In response to Pyro_dragons
Pyro_dragons wrote:
Using checkers as an example, set a color var for the player. Next, set one for the piece. then, when the player because a color, have it check to see if the piece it clicked had the same color var as the piece. If yes, continue, if not, stop.

mob/var/color
> obj/var/color
> 
> obj
>     Black_Piece
>          icon = 'blah'
>          icon_state = "blah"
>          color = "Black"
>          Click()
>              if(usr.color != "Black")
>                   usr << "You aren't black!"
>              else
>                   //continue here
> 
>     White_Piece
>          //same stuff
>          color = "White"
>          Click()
>               if(usr.color != "White")
>                   usr << "You aren't white!"
>               else
>                    //continue here

mob/verb/Join_Game()
switch(input("Which team do you want to join?","Team")in list("Black","White"))
if("Black")
usr.color = "Black"
if("White")
usr.color = "White"</dm>

Yet far superior:
atom/var/color

obj
  piece
    Click()
      if(usr.color != color)
        usr << "You aren't [color]!"
        return
      //continue here

Lummox JR
Feb 13 2006, 5:42 pm
In response to Lummox JR
thank lummox...srry for the asshole comment, its just some had said something really mean to me because i asked a question on one of these forums and i got really mad...i can tell you do know what your doing
Feb 13 2006, 5:43 pm
In response to Lummox JR
one more thing...anything on how to make overlays invisible to everyone but the person who made it
Feb 13 2006, 5:48 pm
i figured out how to only move and click on one color, but now i want to make it so you cant change colors...... still need help with making over lays invisible to everybody but the person who created it
Feb 13 2006, 5:49 pm
In response to Dmingmage
Dmingmage wrote:
one more thing...anything on how to make overlays invisible to everyone but the person who made it

For that you need to use images. Look up image() or the /image datum in the reference; it should be most helpful. Short demonstration:
mob
  var/tmp/image/HPbar
  var/tmp/image/MPbar

  Login()
    ..()
    HPbar = new(icon='HPbar.dmi', loc=src)
    HPbar.pixel_y=40
    MPbar = new(icon='MPbar.dmi', loc=src)
    MPbar.pixel_y=32
    src << HPbar
    src << MPbar

Feb 13 2006, 6:28 pm
In response to Lummox JR
Lummox JR wrote:
Pyro_dragons wrote:
Using checkers as an example, set a color var for the player. Next, set one for the piece. then, when the player because a color, have it check to see if the piece it clicked had the same color var as the piece. If yes, continue, if not, stop.

mob/var/color
> > obj/var/color
> > 
> > obj
> >     Black_Piece
> >          icon = 'blah'
> >          icon_state = "blah"
> >          color = "Black"
> >          Click()
> >              if(usr.color != "Black")
> >                   usr << "You aren't black!"
> >              else
> >                   //continue here
> > 
> >     White_Piece
> >          //same stuff
> >          color = "White"
> >          Click()
> >               if(usr.color != "White")
> >                   usr << "You aren't white!"
> >               else
> >                    //continue here

mob/verb/Join_Game()
switch(input("Which team do you want to join?","Team")in list("Black","White"))
if("Black")
usr.color = "Black"
if("White")
usr.color = "White"</dm>

Yet far superior:
atom/var/color
> 
> obj
>   piece
>     Click()
>       if(usr.color != color)
>         usr << "You aren't [color]!"
>         return
>       //continue here

Lummox JR

Yeah Yeah, of course what you come up with is shorter and better than mine. But then you've been suing BYOND longer than I have so I guess that would make sense. Lol.
Feb 13 2006, 6:32 pm
In response to Pyro_dragons
i always code longer...im not your reg. neewb...i did this years ago and stopped...nbow i forgot everything
Feb 13 2006, 6:41 pm
In response to Dmingmage
I'm not a n00b. I've been doing this for like 6 or 7 months now, so I know quite a bit. I'm often found helping n00bs. Ask around. Lummox is just better than I am at this. So are a lot of people. But I'm not a n00b, so don't call me one.
Feb 13 2006, 6:44 pm
In response to Pyro_dragons
im sorry if you tookit that way i wasn't calling you a noob, i was saying i do it the hard way too....im really srry if thats how you took it...iwas calling my self kindof a noob, where i just forgot everything so now im starting off small again in my Stratego game (all the help your giving me)
Feb 13 2006, 6:46 pm
In response to Dmingmage
It's ok. I just get tired of being called a noob all the time, even if its a noob calling me one(not that you are). I just want to PK those bastards over and over again. But they always run to a non PVP zone.

Anyway, it's no problem, it's just annoying.