My heads expolding, intertwining objs r >.<

ID:142086
 
Aug 26 2008, 12:35 pm (Edited on Aug 26 2008, 12:42 pm)
Code:
obj/MagikPlates
    var/obj/Cooldown/C
    var/cooldown=100
    New()
        ..()
        
        src.overlays+=C
        C.ontop=src
obj/Cooldown
    icon='Cooldown.dmi'
    var/cframe=124
    var/ontop
    New()
        spawn for()
            cframe=124/ontop.cooldown//this is line 182
            icon_state="[cframe]"


Casting Procs.dm:182:error:ontop.cooldown:undefined var

Problem description:
My god this is confusing... I'm trying to make it so "magikplates" overlays "cooldown"and "cooldown" changes iconstate depending on "magikplates" cooldown var

I just can't get my brain to work right through this any help would be appreciated.
Aug 26 2008, 12:46 pm
You simply declared the variable "ontop", you did not typecast it (unlike for the cooldown variable... there's your hint)

var/obj/MagikPlates/ontop
Aug 26 2008, 12:48 pm
In response to GhostAnime
Thanks again.
Aug 26 2008, 4:03 pm
In response to Nategrant
 
obj/MagikPlates
    var/obj/Cooldown/C
    var/cooldown=50
    New()
        ..()
        C = new()
        src.overlays+=C
        C.ontop=src

obj/Cooldown
    icon='Cooldown.dmi'
    var/cframe=124
    var/obj/MagikPlates/ontop
    icon_state="124"
    New()
        ..()
        spawn(5)
            for()
                cframe=round(124/ontop.cooldown)
                src.icon_state="[src.cframe]"
                sleep(10)

Sorry for double post but now the iconstate isn't changing.
Aug 26 2008, 5:49 pm
In response to Nategrant
spawn(5)
for()

makes no sense :S.

        spawn(5)
            cframe=round(124/ontop.cooldown)
            src.icon_state="[src.cframe]"
            sleep(10)
Aug 26 2008, 6:10 pm
In response to A.T.H.K
for(), with no argument, is actually an infinite loop. It's processing should be slightly more faster then while(1) but I doubt that the difference between the two would make a significant difference.
Aug 26 2008, 10:03 pm
In response to A.T.H.K
Your "improved" code makes even less sense (why sleep() at the end of the procedure there?), so I doubt you used enough sense when considering the OP's original code doesn't make sense... if that makes sense.
Aug 27 2008, 7:14 am
In response to Kaioken
If you knew anything that's not even my problem, I found out what was wrong simply because I was changing the icon_state of a overlay and didn't replace it
Aug 27 2008, 7:53 am
In response to Nategrant
I'm afraid my post was not quite directed at you or your specific code.
Aug 27 2008, 8:10 am
In response to Kaioken
Oh my bad