How do you change two icon states in one verb?

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Aug 15 2001, 8:46 pm
plz tell me
Aug 15 2001, 8:49 pm
SSJ4_Link wrote:
plz tell me

I COULD, couldn't I?

It's simple.

mob/verb/makeidiot(mob/idiot as mob in oview(1))
idiot.icon_state = "newidiot"
usr.icon_state = "nolongeridiot"

There. This makes somebody an idiot!

A hyuk!

*runs off, laughing a jolly song*
Aug 15 2001, 10:12 pm
In response to Vortezz
i mean say i want to change the chara but i also want to change the underlay or overlay in the same verb how do i do that?
Aug 15 2001, 10:13 pm
In response to SSJ4_Link
SSJ4_Link wrote:
i mean say i want to change the chara but i also want to change the underlay or overlay in the same verb how do i do that?

The same way I told you, but different.

Get it?
Aug 16 2001, 3:23 am
In response to SSJ4_Link
SSJ4_Link wrote:
i mean say i want to change the chara but i also want to change the underlay or overlay in the same verb how do i do that?

Ok, this is a more specific question, so let's see...

You know how to change the icon state. But the underlays/overlays are a little bit trickier. These are both list variables stored in your mob. There are a couple of really excellent examples here. They show exactly how to add and remove overlays.

You basically want to remove the old overlay, and replace it with the new one, since I believe you cannot actually change the icon state of an overlay by itself. It is merely a "snapshot" of what that icon or icon state looked like when you added it.

Your answer is then to:
1. change the character's icon state
2. remove the old overlay
3. add the new overlay

Hope this helps,

/mob/skysaw
Aug 16 2001, 9:35 am
In response to Skysaw
Skysaw wrote:
SSJ4_Link wrote:
i mean say i want to change the chara but i also want to change the underlay or overlay in the same verb how do i do that?

Ok, this is a more specific question, so let's see...

You know how to change the icon state. But the underlays/overlays are a little bit trickier. These are both list variables stored in your mob. There are a couple of really excellent examples here. They show exactly how to add and remove overlays.

You basically want to remove the old overlay, and replace it with the new one, since I believe you cannot actually change the icon state of an overlay by itself. It is merely a "snapshot" of what that icon or icon state looked like when you added it.

Your answer is then to:
1. change the character's icon state
2. remove the old overlay
3. add the new overlay

Hope this helps,

/mob/skysaw

thanx