More who() troubles :(

ID:150207
 
Nov 28 2001, 2:21 pm
 
mob/var/color
mob/var/blue
mob/var/red

                    if("Blue")
                        src.arena = 2
                        src.team = 1
                        icon = 'ctfblue.dmi'
                        src.loc = locate(/area/blue)
                        <B>src.color = blue</B>


Above is one of the teams when a player logs on.

    who()
        set desc="Current players on Paintball Outpost"
        set category = "Communication"
        for(var/mob/M in world)
            if(M.client)
                usr << "<B>Current players online:</B>"
                usr << "Player          -        Team"
                usr << "------------------------------"
                usr <<"<font color=[M.color]>[M]</FONT>"


And here is the who command, I am having problems getting the color to show up. The name shows up, but not their team color. Sorry about this but I have spent about an hour and cannot figure it out.
Nov 29 2001, 3:33 am
Looks like a typo here:

<B>src.color = blue</B>


Take out the bold tags. They don't belong in this assignment.
Nov 29 2001, 5:16 am
Instead of src.color=blue, try it with text: src.color="blue".

Lummox JR
Nov 29 2001, 3:40 pm
In response to Skysaw
Skysaw wrote:
Looks like a typo here:

<B>src.color = blue</B>

Take out the bold tags. They don't belong in this assignment.

I was trying to bold that for you to see the problems.

Thanx, got it working finally. But how do you delete the spaces between? Ex..

Someone makes a name AbeLincoln, then someone else makes a long name like magicfranklinguy. How do I get the who() to delete the spaces between there names and the arena(this probably makes no sense yet).

Current Players online:
Players       -        Arena
------------------------------
AbeLincoln             CTF
magicfranklinguy           CTF

That is how it shows up right now, but I want it to show like this:

Current Player online:
Players       -        Arena
------------------------------
AbeLincoln             CTF
magicfranklinguy       CTF


So that it shows CTF in a row no matter how long their name is.

usr <<"<font color=[M.color]>[M]</font>             <B>[M.arena]</B> "


I think I need to put something in between </font> and [M.arena]"
Nov 29 2001, 5:57 pm
In response to Oblivian
If you set it up right you could do it it HTML <TABLE>
format.

LJR
Nov 29 2001, 6:15 pm
In response to LordJR
LordJR wrote:
If you set it up right you could do it it HTML <TABLE>
format.

Actually that won't work, because the text output doesn't support the <TABLE> tag. The only real way to do it with a table would be to use browse() to do it.

However, one way of lining up text in the output would be to format it with <TT>, which should make all characters appear in the Courier font (or one like it) where they all line up like typewriter output or code.

Lummox JR
Nov 30 2001, 3:23 am
In response to Lummox JR
Though using the browser for "who verbs" can lead to some really fun experimenting.
Nov 30 2001, 3:28 am
In response to Oblivian
Oblivian wrote:
Thanx, got it working finally. But how do you delete the spaces between? Ex..

Someone makes a name AbeLincoln, then someone else makes a long name like magicfranklinguy. How do I get the who() to delete the spaces between there names and the arena(this probably makes no sense yet).

Current Players online:
> Players       -        Arena
> ------------------------------
> AbeLincoln             CTF
> magicfranklinguy           CTF
> 
> That is how it shows up right now, but I want it to show like this:
> 
> Current Player online:
> Players       -        Arena
> ------------------------------
> AbeLincoln             CTF
> magicfranklinguy       CTF

So that it shows CTF in a row no matter how long their name is.

I have a routine that does exactly this in My Life as a Spy. What you need to do is make sure you are in a mono-spaced font, so use courier. Then you need to pad all the names with spaces so that they are all the same length on display. Here's the steps for that:

1. Truncate all the names to a maximum of about 16 chars (or however long you wish)
2. Add about 20 spaces to the ends of each name.
3. Truncate again to the width you want (name + margin).

They will all be the same size in mono-spaced fonts now.

I have code somewhere I might be able to dig up if you have trouble.
Nov 30 2001, 2:16 pm
In response to Skysaw
Ah, thanks Skysaw! I had just posted, asking if anyone knew about a mono-spaced font when I read this =)

Yay!
Alathon
Dec 1 2001, 11:09 am
In response to Skysaw
Thanx for the info :)
Dec 1 2001, 11:09 am
In response to Skysaw
Thanx for the info :)