Mobs in a list.....

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Mar 29 2003, 5:50 am
Im trying to make a proc that cycles through all of the mobs in the world, then randomly puts them on two teams: red and blue. I can't quite figure it out, since i get a type mismatch runtime error when i put the mobs in lists. Can someone help?





-Peoples
Mar 29 2003, 6:33 am
 
var/list/B=list()
var/list/R=list()
for(var/mob/M in world)
    if(M.blue)
       B+=M
    else
       R+=M


Hope that helps
Mar 29 2003, 8:20 am
Aleis wrote:
Im trying to make a proc that cycles through all of the mobs in the world, then randomly puts them on two teams: red and blue. I can't quite figure it out, since i get a type mismatch runtime error when i put the mobs in lists. Can someone help?

The problem is that you're not initializing the list. The var you're using will start out as null, so when you try to add a mob to it you get an error.

You didn't mention anything about balancing the teams, but I'll assume you wanted to do so.
team
  var/list/members
  var/name
  var/color      // an HTML color

  New(nm,c)
    name=nm
    color=c?(c):name
    members=new

  proc/Join(mob/M)
    if(M.team) M.team.Leave(M)
    members+=M
    M.team=src
    world << ColorText("[M.name] joins [name].")

  proc/Leave(mob/M)
    members-=M
    M.team=null
    world << ColorText("[M.name] leaves [name].")

  proc/ColorText(txt)
    return "<FONT COLOR=[c]>[txt]</FONT>"

mob
  var/team/team

var/list/teams

proc/PutPlayersOnTeams()
  var/team/T
  teams=list()
  teams+=new/team("the red team","red")
  teams+=new/team("the blue team","blue")
  // I chose this 2-stage approach so the client list doesn't dictate who
  // goes where; mobs are picked at random from a list, not in order
  // of their clients.
  var/playerlist=new
  for(var/client/C)
    playerlist+=C.mob
  var/mob/M
  while(playerlist.len)
    M=pick(playerlist)
    if(!M) continue
    T=SmallestTeam()
    T.Join(M)

proc/SmallestTeam()
  var/list/best
  var/size=-1
  for(T)
    // if bigger than the smallest team(s), skip it
    if(size>=0 && T.members.len>size) continue
    // if smaller, reset the list of smallest teams
    if(size<0 || T.members.len<size)
      size=T.members.len
      best=new
    best+=T
  return pick(best)
The code in this example can be extended to more than two teams; I had it automatically create two teams, but you can move the team creation elsewhere to pick even more. If players join the game later on, they'll be added to the smallest team available. If the smallest teams are balanced, one will be picked at random.

Lummox JR
Mar 29 2003, 2:13 pm
In response to Lummox JR
Thank you Lummox, i posted with aleis before, but disregard that.

Drag0n Pr0ductions thanks you.