Noob needs HELP

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Jun 14 2013, 2:22 pm
hey guys noobish programmer here. A quick need of help. If i have more than 1 icon that can be used for mob/Player, how do i let the game know that the mob selected from my character selection proc. After I implemented my character selection procc my game screen is black. Im guessing the game doesnt know what icon to use. Any advice?
Jun 14 2013, 3:41 pm
If the entire screen is black it's more likely that you haven't played the player's mob on the map.

If you have more than one potential icon for mob/Player, you can set the icon of the player's mob/Player instance during character creation by changing it's 'icon' variable. See http://www.byond.com/docs/ref/info.html#/atom/var/icon
Jun 14 2013, 5:05 pm
There's multiple ways you can perform this. If the icon relies on a variable, you need to use an if() statement. If it's simply at random, use the predefined pick() proc.

if() Ex:


pick() Ex:

Jun 14 2013, 5:32 pm
Thedeadwarrior123, can you provide us with some of your code, so we know what you're doing, and potentially provide better help?
Jun 14 2013, 5:40 pm
?In the proc are you setting a loc for the players mob, or have do you change the players eye at all?