change a verb into icon

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Oct 31 2007, 6:50 am
its pretty hard to me to explain so i edit a picture that explain what i want
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6809/saytestkc5.jpg
i want to change the say verb into the say icon
how am i doing this?
Oct 31 2007, 7:11 am
You'll have to use an obj and statpanels instead of command panels. Normally when people use this method they create a "visual verb" for each character, when really you only need to create one global one. Here's an example of how to keep resources low and to have functioning visual commands/buttons.

var
  GLOBAL_BUTTON_SAY
  GLOBAL_BUTTON_WHO

proc
  initialize()
    GLOBAL_BUTTON_SAY=new/button/SayButton
    GLOBAL_BUTTON_WHO=new/button/WhoButton
    

button
  parent_type=/obj

  Click()
    // Avoid explicitly calling Click yourself.

    clicked(usr)

  proc
    clicked(var/mob/player/p)
      return istype(p)


  SayButton
    name="Speak"
    icon='SayButton.dmi'
    clicked(var/mob/player/p)
      if(..()) //checking if passed argument is the right type
        p.say_command()

  WhoButton
    name="Who"
    icon='WhoButton.dmi'
    clicked(var/mob/player/p)
      if(..())
        p.who_command()


mob/player
  Stat()
    ..() //just in case you've got many stats all over the place
    statpanel("Commands")
    stat(GLOBAL_BUTTON_SAY)
    stat(GLOBAL_BUTTON_WHO)

  proc
    say_command()
      var text=input("What would you like to say: ")as text
      world<<"[name]: [text]"

    who_command()
      for(var/client/c)
        src<<"- [c.key]"

world
  mob=/mob/player
  New()
    .=..()
    initialize()


There's a quick demo on how to do it. Becareful, though, this code is untested and was written directly in my browser so you may have to fix some tabs. Good luck.
Nov 4 2007, 4:31 pm
In response to Crashed
Crashed wrote:
You'll have to use an obj and statpanels instead of command panels. Normally when people use this method they create a "visual verb" for each character, when really you only need to create one global one. Here's an example of how to keep resources low and to have functioning visual commands/buttons.

> var
>   GLOBAL_BUTTON_SAY
>   GLOBAL_BUTTON_WHO
> 
> proc
>   initialize()
>     GLOBAL_BUTTON_SAY=new/button/SayButton
>     GLOBAL_BUTTON_WHO=new/button/WhoButton
>     
> 
> button
>   parent_type=/obj
> 
>   Click()
>     // Avoid explicitly calling Click yourself.
> 
>     clicked(usr)
> 
>   proc
>     clicked(var/mob/player/p)
>       return istype(p)
> 
> 
>   SayButton
>     name="Speak"
>     icon='SayButton.dmi'
>     clicked(var/mob/player/p)
>       if(..()) //checking if passed argument is the right type
>         p.say_command()
> 
>   WhoButton
>     name="Who"
>     icon='WhoButton.dmi'
>     clicked(var/mob/player/p)
>       if(..())
>         p.who_command()
> 
> 
> mob/player
>   Stat()
>     ..() //just in case you've got many stats all over the place
>     statpanel("Commands")
>     stat(GLOBAL_BUTTON_SAY)
>     stat(GLOBAL_BUTTON_WHO)
> 
>   proc
>     say_command()
>       var text=input("What would you like to say: ")as text
>       world<<"[name]: [text]"
> 
>     who_command()
>       for(var/client/c)
>         src<<"- [c.key]"
> 
> world
>   mob=/mob/player
>   New()
>     .=..()
>     initialize()
>

There's a quick demo on how to do it. Becareful, though, this code is untested and was written directly in my browser so you may have to fix some tabs. Good luck.
mob
    verb
        Say(msg as text)
         set name = "Say"
         icon='saybutton.dmi'
         if(usr)
          if(usr.muted)
           alert("You are muted!")
                return
             if(msg == "")
      return
             if(usr.filter(msg,tags) == TRUE)
                usr.html()
                return
             if(usr.filter(msg,profane) == TRUE)
                usr.profane()
                return
             if(length(msg) >= 200)
        alert("Your message is too long.")
        return
             else
                if(usr.spamcheck == TRUE)
                    usr << "<b>Please wait before talking again!"
                    return
                else
                    usr.spamcheck()
                    view(usr,8) << "<b><font color=silver>[usr]: [msg]"
                    text2file("[time2text(world.realtime)]:[usr] says, [msg]","log.txt")

i did it like you say but after i use the say verb my icon changed into the icon i putted its not changed the verb icon :S