Remake Checker

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Feb 8 2014, 11:33 am
(See the best response by Kaiochao.)
So, I'm trying to code a proc that I can force players to call to when they finish making a new character. The game has RNG extra's at birth and people mass remaking their character for it is an issue. I have not tested it yet but I would like to know if the following would work.

mob/proc/RemakeCheck()
    var/global/Remakes.[src.key]
    src << "Remakes = [++Remakes.[src.key]]"
    if(Remakes.[src.key]>=4&&src.SpecialBirth)
        fdel("players/[src.key].sav")
        world<<"User key [src] has been wiped for mass remaking!"
        del(src)
    else
        return


The reason I made it this way is so the counter automatically resets for everyone whenever the server is reset. Would this work(seriously doubting wheter I can make vars with a redirection in its name)? are there ways to approve on it? all help appreciated!
Feb 8 2014, 11:52 am
Best response
"Remakes.[src.key]" doesn't do what you think it does. It won't work in your example because you can't create a list with an initial length of a string.
mob
    proc/RemakeCheck()
        //  Make a global empty list
        var global/remakes[0]

        //  This puts 'key' in the list if it's not already there
        // and then increments its associated value. 
        remakes[key] ++

        src << "Remakes = [remakes[key]]"
        if(remakes[key] >= 4 && SpecialBirth)
            fdel("players/[key].sav")
            world << "User key [src] has been wiped for mass remaking!"
            del src

        //  'return' is useless at the end of anything
        //  'else return' is even more so