Var Not Setting

ID:144400
 
Dec 18 2006, 8:20 pm
Code:
mob
    verb
        Attack()
            if(src.attacking == 0)
                if(src.weapontype == "bow")
                    var/obj/fx/arrow/a = new(src.loc)
                    a.shooter = src
                    walk(a,src.dir,1)
                        
                    src.attacking = 1
                    src.movement = 0
                    sleep(7)
                    src.attacking = 0
                    src.movement = 1
                    return


obj/fx/arrow
    icon = 'fx.dmi'
    icon_state = "arrow"
    layer = 50
    density = 1 
    var/mob/shooter
    New()
        world << "[src.shooter] is shooter" // debug , nothing is the owner
        spawn(30) 
            del src 
            
    Bump(atom/O)
        if(istype(O,/obj/fx/arrow))
            loc = O.loc
            return
        if(istype(O,/turf/water))
            O.density = 0
            sleep(5)
            O.density = 1
            return
        if(ismob(O))
            if(O == shooter) // player shot a player
                return
        //  shooter.arrow(M) // ATTTTTAAAAAACKKKKK
        walk(src,0)


Problem description:

What I am doing is creating an arrow and just making it walk watever direction the shooter is facing. But for some reason, when I try the debug, nothing is set as shooter and
im pretty sure 'a.shooter = src' should be doing that. What is wrong?
Dec 18 2006, 8:21 pm
Because new() is called before the line a.shooter=src is being run.
Dec 18 2006, 8:25 pm
In response to Jp
thats wierd because I have totally set owners after creation before..so im not really gettin ya
Dec 18 2006, 8:28 pm
In response to Drakiel
The lines are called in this order:
var/obj/fx/arrow/a = new(src.loc)
world << "[src.shooter] is shooter" // debug , nothing is the owner
spawn(30)
a.shooter = src
walk(a,src.dir,1)


See what's happening now?
Dec 18 2006, 8:31 pm
In response to Jp
Ok , I fixed it by messing the the New() proc.

New(Loc,obj/fx/arrow,mob/Owner)
        shooter = Owner
        world << "[src.shooter] is shooter" // debug , nothing is the owner
        walk(src,shooter.dir,1)
        spawn(30) 
            del src 

//calling it by

new/obj/fx/arrow(src.loc,src,src)
Dec 18 2006, 8:49 pm
In response to Drakiel
Good - that's how these sorts of things should be set up.

Except...

New(Loc,obj/fx/arrow,mob/Owner)


How come you've got a '/obj/fx/arrow' argument to the creation of an arrow? And how come it's the mob that owns it when you create it? You can just get rid of that argument.