overlay toggle not working

ID:139041
 
Jul 30 2011, 4:50 pm
Code:
bj/Jacket
    icon = 'objs.dmi'
    icon_state = "jacket"
    Click()
        if("leatherjacket" in usr.overlays)
            usr.overlays -= "leatherjacket"
            usr << "You take off the jacket"
        else
            usr.overlays += "leatherjacket"
            usr << "You put the jacket on"


Problem description:
When I click the jacket, while still having it on, it keeps saying "You put the jacket on, resulting in more overlays of the leather jacket, so if the player clicks on the jacket too many times, it will be a chore to take it off.
Jul 30 2011, 5:39 pm
Technically overlays is a list of icons. "leatherjacket" is not an icon. Shall I suggest a modification?

obj
  Jacket
    Click()
      if(src in usr.overlays)
        usr.overlays -= src
      else
        usr.overlays += src
Jul 31 2011, 5:07 am
In response to Lugia319
Good, but leatherjacket is an icon state in 'player.dmi', so how would I make "leatherjacket" overlay the player?
Jul 31 2011, 7:42 am
In response to BeignetLover
Make the icon state into an obj, then add it to the player using the following line.

src.overlays += new/obj/Jacket
Jul 31 2011, 12:18 pm
In response to Gizhy
but leatherjacket and the icon "jacket" are two different icons. If I make the OBJ icon "leatherjacket" it will be animated.
Jul 31 2011, 2:15 pm
In response to BeignetLover
I hope you know the "usr.overlays += new/obj/Jacket" was only an example. It's to show you what you need to do.

I'll word it more clear. Create an obj with the same icon AND icon_state as the one your trying to use. Then use "usr.overlays += new/obj/OBJ_YOU_MADE".
Jul 31 2011, 3:21 pm
In response to Gizhy
I'd just like to make two quick notes.

First, you can add an overlay just by the path, you don't have to actually create the object: overlays += /obj/overlays/jacket

Second, the overlays list is not technically a list of "icons". They're a special internal datatype. See the bottom note in the reference entry. Trying to check if an overlay is already "equipped" with the in operator is probably a bad idea. You should keep track of which items the player is wearing in a separate list of your own.
Jul 31 2011, 3:26 pm
In response to DarkCampainger
but to see what's in the list, I'd still need to use the in operator. Or is it just with overlays?
Jul 31 2011, 3:33 pm
In response to BeignetLover
I handle this sorta deal with an obj var instead really.

obj
  Jacket
    var
      Equipped = 0 // Equipped or not

    Click()
      if(src.Equipped == 0) // If it's not equipped
        usr.overlays += src
        src.Equipped = 1 
      else
        usr.overlays -= src
        src.Equipped = 0

Jul 31 2011, 3:50 pm
In response to Lugia319
Well duh! I have no Idea why I didn't think of that. I guess it's because using if(derp in overlays) sounds cooler :P anyway, thanks
Jul 31 2011, 4:45 pm
In response to Lugia319
Exactly...