Character Choosing

ID:140164
 
Apr 18 2010, 11:14 am
 

Code:mob/create_character
    var/mob/character
    Login()
        var/charactername = input("What is your name?","Character Name?")
        switch(input("Pick what race you wish to start out as.","Character Background?") in list("Human","Demon"))
            if ("Human")
                character = new /mob/You/Human()
            if ("Demon")
                switch(alert("What type of demon do you want to be?","Character Creation","Bat","Dog","Spider", ))
                    if("Bat")
                    character = new /mob/You/Demon()
                    if("Dog")
                    character = new /mob/You/Demon()
                    if("Spider")
                    character = new /mob/You/Demon()</b>


Problem description:

Ignore the repeated demon entries below, i'll change them later, for now I want them all to be the same icon.

Well, the problem is that when I try to compile the code I get these errors-
loading TheDemo.dme
TheDemo.dm:16:error: =: expected "if" or "else"
TheDemo.dm:17:error: if: expected code block
TheDemo.dm:18:error: : expected "if" or "else"
TheDemo.dm:18:error: =: expected code block
TheDemo.dm:20:error: =: expected "if" or "else"
TheDemo.dm:17:warning: "Dog": statement has no effect
TheDemo.dm:18:warning: character: statement has no effect
TheDemo.dm:18:warning: : operation has no effect here
Apr 18 2010, 11:18 am
you forgot to indent after the demons are chosen

this
                    if("Bat")
                    character = new /mob/You/Demon()


should be
                    if("Bat")
                        character = new /mob/You/Demon()


do that for all the demons
and this should all probably be in a proc...
Apr 18 2010, 11:35 am
Aside from indentation, you also have an extra comma in your second switch().
Apr 18 2010, 12:04 pm (Edited on Apr 27 2010, 4:54 pm)
Thanks for the answers, really helped! (and that code is from zeta, i'm trying to learn how to code from it)
Apr 19 2010, 3:29 am
I'd like to know how the new created mob is connected to the players Client, I don't fully understand the concept behind this code you posted.
Apr 26 2010, 2:06 pm
when you login you make the mob to /mob/create_character

add this into your code file:

world
mob = /mob/create_character

if somebody said this already my bad xD(didnt read replies)