Gettin the Chat command to work...

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ID:177359 Sep 17 2002, 4:09 pm
Punkrock546	I need some help...I want to make a chat command that only allows people with the chatchan = 1 to be able to c the world say...what would my proc look like? Heres my Chat_Switch... mob verb Chat_Switch() var/chat = input("Turn on or off?")in list("On","Off","Cancel") switch(chat) if("On") usr.chatchan = 1 if("Off") usr.chatchan = 0 else return Thanx, Punkrock546

Sep 17 2002, 4:22 pm

Malver

Punkrock546 wrote:

I need some help...I want to make a chat command that only allows people with the chatchan = 1 to be able to c the world say...what would my proc look like? Heres my Chat_Switch...

mob
verb
Chat_Switch()
var/chat = input("Turn on or off?")in list("On","Off","Cancel")
switch(chat)
if("On")
usr.chatchan = 1
if("Off")
usr.chatchan = 0
else
return

Thanx,
Punkrock546

mob/verb/Chat(T as text)
  for(var/mob/M in world)
    if(M.client && M.chatchan)
      M << "[src.name]: [T]"

It's as simple as that. All I did here was scroll through all of the mobs that have clients and have the chat channel on. Hope that helps. :)

Sep 17 2002, 4:24 pm
Mertek	Here's what I would do. Following code is untested, but I think it should work. If it doesn't, it's my fault for not testing it beforehand. mob/verb WorldSay(msg as text) for(var/mob/M in world) if(M.chatchan == 1) M << "[usr]:[msg]" else continue

Sep 17 2002, 4:26 pm In response to Malver
Garthor	Of course, having a global list, var/list/Players = list() Then upon login mob/Login() ..() Players += src And logout... mob/Logout() Players -= src ..() Then using for(var/mob/M in Players), it will be more efficient.

Sep 17 2002, 4:37 pm In response to Garthor
Malver	For games with larger amounts of mobs, this is definitely true. But, the point of focus was on how to make the chat channel, not on how to optimize it.