How to make an object kill itself..

ID:158835
 
Jun 22 2009, 8:22 am
 
obj/health
    density=1
    icon = 'Orbs.dmi'
    icon_state="heathorbs2"
    Bumped(atom/movable/a)
        if(ismob(a))
            var/mob/M = a
            M.Mhealth+=3*usr.level
            if(M.Mhealth>=M.Mmaxhealth)
                M.Mhealth=M.Mmaxhealth
            del(src)



I want to find a way too make these orbs kill themselves 40 seconds after they are spawned.
Jun 22 2009, 8:25 am
On New(), when the obj is created, spawn() a del instruction to delete the obj after the time you want (look up spawn()).
Jun 22 2009, 8:27 am
In response to Kaioken
 
 New()
    Spawn(60)
    del(src)


would be the code?
Jun 22 2009, 8:37 am
In response to KeyWielder000
KeyWielder000 wrote:
>  New()
>     Spawn(60)
>     del(src)
> 
>

would be the code?

wrong sir, wrong. You have to tell the code what to do after 60 ticks (60 ticks = 6 Seconds, in that code of yours).

New()
     spawn(60)
          del src
     world << "6 Seconds from now, this mob will be deleted"
     ..()


Or, optionally...

the unpreferred Method

New()
     ..()
     world << "6 Seconds from now, this mob will be deleted"
     sleep(60)
     del src
Jun 22 2009, 8:43 am
In response to KeyWielder000
spawn() isn't sleep(), but they both make delays in 1/10th of a second. spawn() however, has its own code block where the code in it is run along with the rest of the proc it's in.
New()
   spawn(600)del(src)
//spawn(60) is 6 seconds. 600 is 60 seconds, a minute.
//del(src) can be on the same line because it's a code block. Just like an if(), else, while, etc.