Rewrite your attack verb so that it attacks whatever is in the turf in front of you (gotten through get_step()).

verb/Primary_Attack(mob/M in oview(5))
set category = "Battle"
var/damage = rand(1/2)
if(usr.playPWeapon == "")
alert("no primary weapon equiped")
else
if(M.client)
usr << sound(primarySound)
M.playHP -= damage
M.death_check(src)
else
usr << sound(primarySound)
M.playHP -= damage
usr << sound(M.attackSound)
M.death_check(src)

ummm im a dummy and this is my Primary_Attack verb... how do i change it so that it uses the get_step() proc so that it will only attack an enemy the character is facing?

thank you sooo very very much!!

is ther any way to make this piece of code work so you can attack from more than one square away but only in the direction you are facing? (i.e if i was using a rifle as a weapon i can only attack in the direciton i am facing but i will have a range of greater than one square)

verb/Primary_Attack(mob/M in get_step(src,src.dir)
set category = "Battle"
var/damage = rand(1/2)
if(usr.playPWeapon == "")
alert("no primary weapon equiped")
else
if(M.client)
usr << sound(primarySound)
M.playHP -= damage
M.death_check(src)
else
usr << sound(primarySound)
M.playHP -= damage
usr << sound(M.attackSound)
M.death_check(src)

//This can be done by checking if the src is facing M:

verb/Primary_Attack(mob/M in oview(src))
set category = "Battle"
if(src.dir=get_dir(src,M))
var/damage = rand(1/2)
if(usr.playPWeapon == "")
alert("no primary weapon equiped")
else
if(M.client)
usr << sound(primarySound)
M.playHP -= damage
M.death_check(src)
else
usr << sound(primarySound)
M.playHP -= damage
usr << sound(M.attackSound)
M.death_check(src)

don't hesitate to come back with new issues.

Well hell, if you're just going to go ahead and spoon-feed him faulty code and undermine anyone's efforts to actually TEACH him anything, you shouldn't even be here.