Yet Again... Any more Advice for a Noob?

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May 26 2013, 3:11 pm
(See the best response by Headshot007.)
In my trails of mapping and creating my first game, I thought:" It would be cool to add doors". I remember that from "Step in Byond" and "Your First World" that bumping and the door proc or what ever. Any one know a simple way to use a code such as these to make doors?



May 26 2013, 6:54 pm
Best response
this is what I use to make doors, works pretty well but is probably a bit more complex than what your looking for. this is a whole demo, all you would need would be the icons and icon states and a map and this would work.

turf //making the ground
    ground // grass and such
        icon = 'ground.dmi'
        opacity = 0 //doesn't block line of sight
        density = 0 //doesn't stop movement
    wall //walls and such
        icon = 'wall.dmi'
        opacity = 1 //stops line of sight
        density = 1 //stops movement
    doors //the parent for all doors
        opacity = 1 //when the game starts door will be closed
        density = 1 //and therefore block line of sight and movement
        var
            openstate //the icon state of the door while open
            closedstate //the icon state of the door while closed
        basicdoor // one type of door
            icon = 'door.dmi' //make and icon with 2 states: closed and open
            icon_state = "closed" 
            closedstate = "closed"
            openstate = "open"
mob
    Login() //create player
        icon = 'player.dmi'
        loc = locate(/turf/ground)
    Bump(turf/doors/D) //whenever player bumps into a door
        if(istype(D,/turf/doors)) //check to make sure its a door
            D.icon_state = D.openstate // make the icon state equal to the open state
            D.opacity = 0 //make it not block line of sight
            D.density = 0 //make it not stop movement
            sleep (20) //wait 2 seconds
            D.icon_state = D.closedstate // make the icon state closed
            D.opacity = 1 // stop LOS
            D.density = 1 // stop movement
May 27 2013, 1:06 am
In response to Headshot007
Density is by default 0 (1 for mob) and opacity is by default 0.


~Deathscyth
May 27 2013, 6:20 pm
In response to Headshot007
why is there a D. in front of icon_state, density, and opacity?
May 27 2013, 6:33 pm
In response to Thedeadwarrior123
In the Bump() procedure, he's specified an argument named D of type /turf/doors. This argument will behave as a local variable to the function, allowing you to access properties of D. D.icon_state for example, allows you to set the state of the particular door the player bumped into, and so forth.