Ok, think about this for a minute. All atoms have three vars, called x, y, z. Those are coordinates. On the BYOND map, x is the right/left axis (aka: east/west), y is the up/down (north/south) axis, and z is towards the screen/away from the screen (up/down, 3rd dimension). In BYOND, z is more or less different map levels, so you really don't need to worry about it too much for this.

That being said, x y and z are all numeric values. That is to say that thay are either null or 0, or some number from 1 to the max value of the map.

With that knowledge, how do you suppose you find the coordinates for an object to the right of another object?



Keep in mind that values increase from left to right, and from down to up, such that the lower left of the map is 1,1,zlevel.

So, with that in mind, seems that to the right of the player would be a positive x increase, right? Does the y value change at all? Are we going up or down? No? Ok, then the y value stays the same. What about z? Are we changing map levels? No? Ok then, z value stays the same. Lets look at this a little closer:

Let's say that src has an x value of 5, a y value of 3 and a z value of 1.

x = 5
y = 3
z = 1

We'll call the new object nobj. What are nobj's coordinates? According to above, they are :
x = src.x+1
y = src.y
z = src.z

Now we'll talk about our friend, locate(). Locate can take a set of coordinates and return the location.


Replace objpath with whatever type path you're working with (ie: /turf/BattleArena/Right.

And you're done. You now have a new <insert object here> sitting at 6,3,1. To delete this obj, just use del right, or right.Del().

I didn't directly answer the question, but I did give you enough information that you should be able to work it out on your own. Try it. If you still have trouble, come see us again and I'll be a little more direct.

When I create the object, nothing happons.
new /mob/BattleAreana/Right(src.x+1,src.y,src.z)
(note: when I did it with a var it caused errors, so im just goign to delete them with)
for(var/mob/BattleArena/M in view(4)) (4 being the length of the battle field.