Earthquake verb

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Earthquake verb

ID:179872 Oct 17 2001, 11:10 am
Valderalgx	Ok i have this mob/mage/verb/Earthquake(mob/M in oview()) Blah Blah Blah //then I have..... if(M.loc==/turf/ground) //how would I make the ground icon change without making the ground the target of the verb? Also the if(M.loc==/turf/ground) doesn't seem to work.

Oct 17 2001, 11:17 am

Air Mapster

Valderalgx wrote:

Ok i have this
mob/mage/verb/Earthquake(mob/M in oview())
Blah Blah Blah
//then I have.....
if(M.loc==/turf/ground)

//how would I make the ground icon change without making the ground the target of the verb?

Change M.loc.icon. If you want to temporarily play an 'earthquake' movie that you've made, you might try flick() on M.loc.

Also the if(M.loc==/turf/ground) doesn't seem to work.

Try istype(): if (istype(M.loc, /turf/ground))

Oct 17 2001, 11:20 am

In response to Air Mapster

Valderalgx

Air Mapster wrote:

Valderalgx wrote:

Ok i have this
mob/mage/verb/Earthquake(mob/M in oview())
Blah Blah Blah
//then I have.....
if(M.loc==/turf/ground)

//how would I make the ground icon change without making the ground the target of the verb?

Change M.loc.icon. If you want to temporarily play an 'earthquake' movie that you've made, you might try flick() on M.loc.

Also the if(M.loc==/turf/ground) doesn't seem to work.

Try istype(): if (istype(M.loc, /turf/ground))

Oh thanks!! i thought that only worked for mobs!!