I'm trying to make a client able to switch mobs with a verb

ID:264099
 
Jun 30 2008, 2:19 pm
Code:
client
    var/list/characters = list()
    var/max_characters = 3
    New()
        ..()
        characters += mob
    verb/Change_Characters()
        var/mob/new_character = input("Which character will you take control of?") as mob in characters
        if(new_character) new_character.client = src
    verb/Display_Characters()
        src << "Characters:"
        for(var/mob/M in characters)
            src << "You own [M]."
    verb/Make_New_Character()
        var/mob/new_character = new(null)
        src.characters += new_character
        src << list2params(src.characters)
        new_character.client = src
        new_character.Character_Creation()
        if(characters.len >= max_characters) src.verbs -= /client/verb/Make_New_Character


Problem description:
The characters list remains empty, even when I add mobs to it with +=.
Jun 30 2008, 2:37 pm
 
client
    var/list/characters = list()
    var/max_characters = 3
    New()
        ..()
        src.characters += src.mob
    verb/Change_Characters()
        var/mob/new_character = input("Which character will you take control of?") as mob in src.characters
        if(new_character) 
            src.mob = new_character
    verb/Display_Characters()
        src << "Characters:"
        for(var/mob/M in src.characters)
            src << "You own [M]."
    verb/Make_New_Character()
        var/mob/new_character = new/mob(null)
        src.characters += new_character
        for(var/mob/M in src.characters)
         src << "<tt>debug: [M]"
        new_character.Character_Creation()
        if(characters.len >= max_characters) 
            src.verbs -= /client/verb/Make_New_Character
Jun 30 2008, 2:39 pm
In response to Mechana2412
Don't forget the tags :).
Jun 30 2008, 2:40 pm
In response to A.T.H.K
Forgot which tag it was, fixed it now >_>

Thanks for reposting my code for me anyway.
Jun 30 2008, 5:21 pm
In response to Mechana2412
Thank you, but the problem remains. I think it has something to do with switching mobs.
Jul 1 2008, 11:01 am
I didn't understand why this code didn't work, so I tested it, and the code works perfectly... >_>
It must have something to do with your Character_Creation() proc that may mess everything up.
That new_character.Character_Creation() line should be last in that verb as well, in case it has some sleep procedures or something, because it will pause the verb that called it until the proc finishes, which could cause people to somehow gain more than three mobs. (Due to the check being after.)