Movement restriction

ID:269285
 
May 10 2005, 6:16 pm
How do you restrict movement so that a player can't just hold an arrow key down and move across the map quickly?
May 11 2005, 5:43 am
You can delay any action by having a variable that determines whether you are already performing some action.
mob
    var/moving=0
    Move()
        if(moving)return 0
        moving=1
        .=..()
        sleep(4)
        moving=0

You can easily make variable delays by making a delay variable and setting it to whatever you want for each object.

You can also easily have checks for multiple action types using bit flags.
#define WALKING 1
#define NONMOVE_ACT 2
#define MENTAL  4
#define UNCONCIOUS 8
#define FROZEN  16

mob
    var/action = 0
    Move()
        if(action&(WALKING|UNCONCIOUS|FROZEN))return 0
        action |= WALKING
        .=..()
        sleep(4)
        action &= ~WALKING
    verb
        attack()
            if(action&(NONMOVE_ACT|UNCONCIOUS|FROZEN))return 0
            action |= NONMOVE_ACT
            src<<"You use your weapon."
            sleep(5)
            action &= ~NONMOVE_ACT
        telepathy(T as text)
            if(action&(MENTAL|UNCONCIOUS))return 0
            action |= MENTAL
            view()<<"You recieve telepathic message: [T]"
            sleep(2)
            action &= ~MENTAL
    proc/die()
        action |= UNCONCIOUS
        sleep(100)
        action &= ~UNCONCIOUS

You could even use bit flags for a delay variable so that each player can perform different actions at different speeds.