Mob Switching

ID:160534
 
Aug 25 2008, 11:06 am
I have been changing the client.mob var to do my mob switching. I recently added a Logout code and discovered that logout is run when reassigning client.mob. Is there a way I can switch mobs without logout running?
Aug 25 2008, 11:32 am
No, Login and Logout are there so we know when a mob has been attached to a client. That is its function.

Instead of using mob/Logout() for handling real client disconnection, you can use client/Del().

client
 New()
  world << "Client connecting to the world."
  ..()

 Del()
  world << "Client disconnecting from the world."
  ..()

mob
 Login()
  world << "Mob attaching to client."
  ..()

 Logout()
  world << "Mob detaching from client."
  ..()
Aug 25 2008, 6:52 pm
In response to Keeth
It's also possible to differentiate between the cases within Login() and Logout() with some workarounds, though using client/New() and client/Del() is indeed better and more foolproof. 
/*a mob's key var always has the key of the player connected
to it, so when a mob switch occurs only the new mob will have
a key (the player's) and the old one will have it cleared*/
mob/Logout()
   if(src.key)
      world << "[src] has disconnected from the game."
   else world << "[src] has logged out of his mob"
   return ..()

/*this one is self-explanatory, though less robust because it
depends on your code to give mobs proper locations before
manually log players into them*/

mob/Login()
   if(src.loc)
      world << "[src] has logged into an existing mob"
   else world "[src] has logged into the game"
   return ..()