Mob Question

ID:1752846
 
Jan 2 2015, 6:14 am
(See the best response by LordAndrew.)
Code:
mob
     Player
          Human
          Elf
          Dwarf
          Orc


Problem description:

I am working on a game with four types of races to choose from. I want to have them all under my player mob type, and have the particular race selected upon logging in. Suggestions on how I would accomplish this?
Jan 2 2015, 6:16 am
Best response
When the player logs in, you could have them placed in a temporary mob for the purpose of character selection. When they've picked what race they want to be, then you can create a new instance of that race and set the player's client.mob variable to the new instance.
Jan 2 2015, 6:27 am
Sounds interesting, but I can't say I know how that would be done. I don't have much experience directly coding mobs, outside simply declaring them.
Jan 2 2015, 6:45 am
What I have so far:
 world
     mob = /mob/Player

mob
     Login (reply)
          reply = input ("What race are you?") in list (" Human","Elf","Dwarf","Orc")
          if (reply == "Human")
                client.mob = /mob/Player/Human


It goes on like that for the other three races, then sets you in your location.
Jan 2 2015, 6:53 am
In response to Lawpiecla1
Here's a pretty rudimentary example:

// Note: I did not compile this, so errors might be present.
world
    mob = /mob/player_select

mob/player_select

mob/player_select/Login()
    ..()
    var race = input("What race would you like to play?", "Race Select") in list("Human", "Elf", "Dwarf", "Orc")

    switch (race)
        if ("Human")
            src.client.mob = new /mob/player/human

        if ("Elf")
            src.client.mob = new /mob/player/elf

        if ("Dwarf")
            src.client.mob = new /mob/player/dwarf

        if ("Orc")
            src.client.mob = new /mob/player/orc

mob/player
    var health = 0

    human
        health = 100

    elf
        health = 50

    dwarf
        health = 125

    orc
        health = 75

mob/player/Login()
    ..()
    src << "You have [src.health] health!"

Again, this is a very basic example that could be improved upon in many ways, but it should give you an idea of what I mean.
Jan 2 2015, 7:27 am
Made a few alterations to fit my program, but that has worked out for me. Thanks.