Randomized Ground Cover

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Mar 30 2015, 12:53 am
 
turf
    Turfs
        Environment

            Earth
                icon='Earth.dmi'

                Grass
                    icon_state="A 1"
                    New()
                        icon_state="A [rand(1,13)]"


I find my way of doing it more simplistic xD.
Mar 30 2015, 12:55 am
In response to Zasif
Lol
Mar 30 2015, 1:13 am
XD
Mar 30 2015, 1:45 am (Edited on Mar 30 2015, 4:46 am)
idk, this is how i'd go about it.
turf
    var
        states = FALSE//FALSE
    New()
        ..()
        if(states)
            var
                list/list = icon_states(icon,2)
                length = length(icon_state)+1
            for(var/string in list)
                if(copytext(string,1,length)!=icon_state)list -= string
            if(list&&list.len)icon_state = "[pick(list)]"
        /*
            Example
                icon_state = "sword"    //default
                if you have the states
                    sword a
                    sword b
                    sword c
                    sword d
                    sword eg45g4
                it will choose from those as long as the beginning matches the default icon_state

        */
Mar 30 2015, 2:38 am
In response to Kozuma3
Okay everyone, look at this skill. This is A+ code right there.
Mar 30 2015, 4:15 am
Kozuma, you should really be using findtext, not copytext there. Copytext is a lot slower because it has to generate a new string, and THEN you compare it. Also, you should be checking list and list.len.

An alternative, since icon_states() can be very slow depending on how many states the icon contains - you can simply add your randomized turfs as direction frames, but that only allows a maximum of 8 forms.

simply:
turf.dir = pick(NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, NORTHEAST,\
        NORTHWEST, SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST)
Mar 30 2015, 4:18 am
In response to Super Saiyan X
Super Saiyan X wrote:
Also, you should be checking list and list.len.
I do with if(list)

An alternative, since icon_states() can be very slow depending on how many states the icon contains - you can simply add your randomized turfs as direction frames, but that only allows a maximum of 8 forms.

That works too ^^

Mar 30 2015, 4:22 am
In response to Kozuma3
Kozuma3 wrote:
Super Saiyan X wrote:
Also, you should be checking list and list.len.
I do with if(list)

An alternative, since icon_states() can be very slow depending on how many states the icon contains - you can simply add your randomized turfs as direction frames, but that only allows a maximum of 8 forms.

That works too ^^


if(list) only checks if the list object exists. Not if it has contents. If it has no contents after your loop removes all the strings, it'll set the icon_state to blank, which might not be desired behavior.
Mar 30 2015, 4:46 am
In response to Super Saiyan X
Super Saiyan X wrote:
if(list) only checks if the list object exists. Not if it has contents. If it has no contents after your loop removes all the strings, it'll set the icon_state to blank, which might not be desired behavior.

Ah, fixed ^^

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