Race/gender help!

ID:141135
 
Jun 14 2009, 8:35 am
Code:
    Berserk
        name = "Apotamkin"
        Click()
            switch(input("Berserks are the brutes of all three races. Sturdy warriors that live by the blade. Though worthy fighters, they are selfish beings that lust for more power. Their homeland is in the western area of center Earth. Is this acceptable?","Race selection") in list ("No","No","Yes","No","No"))
                if("Yes")
                    usr.Race = "Berserk"
                    icon = 'bbase.dmi'
                    icon_state = gender
                    usr.attack+=10
                    usr.defense+=10
                    usr.loc=locate(61,11,1)
                if("No")
                    return..()


Problem description:
When I log in and pick my race it doesn't give me any icon. However if I replace icon_state = gender with icon_state = "male"/"female" it works fine. What can I do to fix this?

Jun 14 2009, 8:59 am (Edited on Jun 14 2009, 10:05 am)
Well, gender is a client variable linked to the BYOND account.
Aaand you're using "icon = ", this will default to "src.icon = " which is the click button. I'm not sure why it should be working at all.

usr.icon = 'bbase.dmi'
usr.icon_state="[usr.client.gender]" // will output "male" or "female"
Jun 14 2009, 9:11 am
I would also like to point out that there's nothing stopping people from clicking that thing a hundred times before actually responding to the input (a hundred times).

Guess what that would do.