Changing color of an overlay to another

ID:2249313
 
May 21 2017, 1:43 pm
Code: Hey yall, I'm trying to make it so that the player's susanoo is the same color as their first stage.
mob
    verb
        Susanoo()
            set category = "Dojutsu"
            if(susanoo_stage<1)
                susanoo_stage=1
                src.susanoo = new('Stage 1.dmi')
                src.susanoo += src.susanoocolor
                src.overlays += src.susanoo
                src.verbs+= /mob/Mangekyo/verb/End_Susanoo
                return
            if(susanoo_stage)
                susanoo_stage=2
                src.overlays -= src.susanoo 
                var/obj/Uchiha/Mangekyou/Susanoo/Stage_2/S =  new/obj/Uchiha/Mangekyou/Susanoo/Stage_2/
                src.overlays += S
                return


Problem description: I was able to use the same code I use for hair for the first stage, but the second and so on are not 32x32, so since I had to change the pixe_x in the obj code, I had to use a different code. So far with the code it works perfectly fine, but I can't for the life of me change the color. The normal color of it is black if that is what you need to know.
Please help!

May 21 2017, 1:47 pm
You'd remove it from overlays, change its color variable, then add it back to overlays. Simply changing a variable of an overlay won't cause its appearance to update.
May 21 2017, 1:56 pm
In response to Nadrew
So I would do:

                    susanoo_stage=2
                    src.overlays -= src.susanoo 
                    var/obj/Uchiha/Mangekyou/Susanoo/Stage_2/S =  new/obj/Uchiha/Mangekyou/Susanoo/Stage_2/
                    src.overlays -= S
                    S.color = src.susanoocolor
                    src.overlays += S
May 21 2017, 2:04 pm
Well, since you're not adding S to overlays anywhere else, you don't need to remove it from overlays to color it, just color it and add it to the overlays.
May 21 2017, 2:13 pm
In response to Nadrew
I tried as you said and the susanoo is still black.
May 21 2017, 2:19 pm
If the base icon's color is black, setting 'color' to a straight rgb() value isn't gonna work. You'd want to do additive blending and not multiplicative.

S.color = list(null,null,null,null,src.susanoocolor)
May 21 2017, 2:26 pm
In response to Nadrew
I finally got it working, thanks bro.
May 21 2017, 2:39 pm
In response to Nadrew
Just 1 more problem, I have a save issue. When I re log, the color goes back to black. Is that something I am not going to be able to fix?
May 21 2017, 3:48 pm
You generally shouldn't be saving overlays, instead rebuilding them upon loading based on what you're wearing and whatnot.

In this case you'd re-add the overlay when loading was done, properly coloring it as needed.