Mob Controlling Issues

ID:1951633
 
Sep 30 2015, 1:26 am
(See the best response by Konlet.)
Code:
mob/proc
    Control()
        for(var/mob/D in world)
            if(D:owner == usr)
                if(!D.returned)
                    client.controlling = D
                    usr.client.perspective=EYE_PERSPECTIVE
                    usr.client.eye= D
                    D.owner:lock=1
                else
                    client.controlling = usr
                    usr.client.perspective=MOB_PERSPECTIVE
                    usr.client.eye= usr
                    usr.lock=0
            else
                return


Problem description:
Using this code, I was trying to allow a player to be able to control other NPCs which works. However if you are in control of another NPC, save the game, and log back in, you are no longer able to control your original character. How do I fix this?

Sep 30 2015, 5:28 am
Best response
You could either reset the client.controlling variable back to controlling the user upon login, or use tmp type variables to specify not to save those variables.
Sep 30 2015, 1:41 pm
In response to Konlet
Konlet wrote:
You could either reset the client.controlling variable back to controlling the user upon login, or use tmp type variables to specify not to save those variables.

Thank you, I very much appreciate it. I tried doing the first part previously and it didn't work, but after changing them to tmp, I found out that I had conflicting codes/variables in the move proc as well. Thanks again.
Oct 1 2015, 12:06 am
Agreed w/ Konlet. Temp card are the best way to go about this IMO.