Control~

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Dec 22 2007, 9:01 am
I've been wondering...
How would you make it to where there is a verb, that allows you to take control of someone... control their body and see in their view... but not trading commands.
And make it last like 40 seconds...sleep(400)
Dec 22 2007, 9:42 am
You can use either <code>mob.key</code> or <code>client.mob</code>. Both are built-in variables you can read about in the reference. As for waiting 40 seconds, sleep(400) would suffice.
Dec 22 2007, 10:33 am (Edited on Dec 22 2007, 12:14 pm)
In response to DivineO'peanut
That will have some unfortunate consequences. First is that it calls Login() and Logout (which people will tend to use for connecting and disconnecting instead of client/New() and client/Del() as they should). Second is that it makes it difficult to restrict access to verbs.

I suggest that you instead override input to control a separate mob when necessary. As such:

mob/var/possess

client/Move(newloc)
  if(mob.possess)
    return mob.possess.Move(newloc)
  else
    return ..()

mob/verb/possess(var/mob/M)
  possess = M
  client.eye = M
  client.perspective = EYE_PERSPECTIVE
  sleep(400)
  possess = null
  client.eye = src
  client.perspective = EYE_PERSPECTIVE
Dec 22 2007, 11:54 am
In response to Garthor
I tested that Garthor, there becomes a 2 errors

vcn x.dm:4:error:possess:undefined var
vcn x.dm:5:error:possess.Move:undefined var
Dec 22 2007, 12:04 pm
In response to Marcmacman
Maybe the var is connected to the mob, but not the client
Dec 22 2007, 12:14 pm
In response to Marcmacman
My bad: that should be mob.possess in both cases.