reapeating and no more shooting!

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Aug 27 2007, 4:55 pm (Edited on Aug 29 2007, 4:23 pm)
okay, there are 2 things for this topic...

1) If i have the same variable for more than one mob (health/maxhealth) how would i go about resetting the variable after i kill a mob. like, i kill a mob and the hp is the maxhealth again after it dies so i can kill another one.i figured this one out! now just the second one, please! :)

2) if i kill a mob and an overlay has it so it is laying on the ground dead, how can i make it so that if i shoot it again, the first mob wont pop up again?

thanks for your help! :)
Aug 28 2007, 2:55 am
For number 2...

Is the mob a player? I would just slam an overlay over the top of it if it is dead; I'd change the icon. We can't really help without seeing what you've coded for shooting. Chances are changing the mob's density to 0 would help (as bullets would just fly straight past it) but that really does depend on how you've done the shooting bit.

~Ease~
Aug 28 2007, 4:09 am
In response to Ease
im using rifhaven's shooting demo. so here it is...

mob
    proc
        shoot()
            if(!src.fired)
                src.fired = 1
                src.ammo --
                spawn(1)
                    src.fired = 0
                var/obj/H = new/obj/bullet
                H.dir = src.dir
                H.loc = src.loc
                while(H)
                    var nextLocation = get_step(H,H.dir)
                    var/turf/T = nextLocation
                    for(var/mob/M as mob in T)
                        if(M == src)
                            continue
                        hp -= dmg
                        var/icon/b = new('icons.dmi',"person3")
                        var/icon/c = new('icons.dmi',"person2")
                        M.overlays += c
                        sleep(1)
                        M.overlays += b
                        src << "\red You shot the zombie for [dmg] Health!"
                        src << " "
                        src << "\yellow Zombie's Health = [hp]/[maxhp]"
                        if(hp == 0)
                            src << "\red You killed the zombie!"
                            var/icon/A = new('icons.dmi',"person")
                            M.overlays += A
                            M.density = 0
                            reset()
                            continue
                        del(H)
                    if(T.density == 1)
                        del(H)
                    if(T.density == null)
                        del(H)
                    if(H)
                        step(H,H.dir)
                    sleep(1)


there you have it... if you need anything else just tell me and ill post it for you. :)

P.S. i changed the density to 0 and im still able to shoot it...
Aug 29 2007, 4:23 pm
In response to Jman9901
any other help would be nice. :)
Aug 30 2007, 12:18 am
In response to Jman9901
Make the corpse an OBJ and when it dies, make it place the OBJ where the Zombie was located.
Aug 30 2007, 4:51 am
In response to LucifersHellion
you mean like an overlay?
Aug 30 2007, 12:08 pm
In response to Jman9901
there is no need for an overlay. Just spawn a new obj with the same characteristics as the mob who died(i.e the mob's icon state & icon). And then relocate the original mob who died.
Aug 30 2007, 1:40 pm
In response to Jman9901
No.. I mean an OBJ. Spawning where the mob died.
Aug 30 2007, 2:52 pm
In response to LucifersHellion
so i just use a repop proc for the mob and put an object where the mob was?
Aug 30 2007, 3:12 pm
In response to Jman9901
No. You relocate the mob to where it would normally be relocated, like if it is a player mob he/she would be relocated to his/her respawn point. Right after that you create an obj with the same icon and possibly icon_state depending on whether you have a "dead" icon_state. According to Lucifer the OBJ should be bypassed when shooting.

Hope that helps,
KirbyAllStar
Aug 30 2007, 3:33 pm
In response to KirbyAllStar
can you please show an example? im having a hard time following for some reason... :|
Aug 30 2007, 4:01 pm
In response to Jman9901
 
mob
   proc
      Die()
         var/src_loc = src.loc //Storage variable for the location at time of death.
         var/obj/corpse/C = new obj/corpse/ //New corpse
         C.icon = src.icon //Set the icon
         C.icon_state = "Corpse" //This may be better to go under the obj/corpse definition.
         src.loc = locate(2,4,1) //Place your respawn point here
         C.loc = src_loc //We use the previous storage variable because the src's location has changed.


Hope this helps,
KirbyAllStar
Aug 30 2007, 4:13 pm
In response to KirbyAllStar
now it's making sense. respawn the mob and put the corpse object where the mob was... i get it. i thought he meant like overlays or something...
Aug 30 2007, 4:16 pm
In response to Jman9901
Nah, I'm happy your understanding it now. Glad I could be of help.
Aug 30 2007, 4:23 pm
In response to KirbyAllStar
im trying to code it now. im just used to overlays so its a little challenging.

thanks for everything! :)
Aug 30 2007, 4:27 pm
In response to Jman9901
Anytime. And good job on not just trying to copy-paste the code. :-)

Just so you know, make the corpse Obj density=0. The shooting code will delete the bullet if it hits a solid atom.
Aug 31 2007, 3:47 pm
In response to KirbyAllStar
okay. and i always like a challenge, even though i have a hard time with coding this, ill figure it out sometime. :)