help with race condition

ID:720021
 
May 2 2012, 3:55 pm (Edited by moderator on May 2 2012, 3:59 pm)
Keywords: help, please, rpg, zelda
(See the best response by SuperAntx.)
I am working on a zelda rpg and I don't know what condition I need to use:
mob/player
    if mob/Races=
    (icon='player.dmi')(icon_state="Hylian")
    icon='player.dmi'
    icon_state="player"

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I am trying to refer to this code(below) in the code above but i'm not sure how.
mob/Races
    Human
    Hylian
    Goron
    Gerudo
    Zora

mob/var/mob/Races/raceMob
mob/proc/SelectRace()
    var/list/raceOptions=list()
    for(var/v in typesof(/mob/Races)-/mob/Races)    raceOptions+=new v
    src.raceMob=input(src,"Select Race","Race") in raceOptions
    src<<"You are a [src.raceMob]"

mob/Login()
    src.SelectRace()
    return ..()
May 2 2012, 4:01 pm
If you don't know how to do conditional statements, I find it hard to believe that you can use loops.

Read over the Guide and Reference and learn some more.
May 2 2012, 4:02 pm
Please read this: http://zilal.byondhome.com/tutorials/zbt.html
And, more importantly, this: http://www.byond.com/docs/guide/

[EDIT]
Also nifty: ID:326846
May 2 2012, 4:07 pm
What exactly are you trying to do here? It appears that you do not have a firm grasp of the DM language. Therefore, you need to provide clear instructions as to what is going on so that we can help you learn from these problems.
May 2 2012, 4:18 pm
if mob/Races=

on this line in the code, it tells me i'm missing a condition even when i put in the race that i wanted to(hylian) so, it's not so much that i don't know, but i think it mabye an error.
May 2 2012, 4:20 pm
As the others said you should read the documentation you can't place an if statement in that location..

Learning is key..
May 2 2012, 4:20 pm
It's very much an error, because the DM language syntax looks nothing like that. That's why I linked you to tutorials so that you can actually learn how DM code is written.
May 2 2012, 5:03 pm
Best response
I think I can see what you're trying to do, but you're doing it in a way more complicated than what you need and maybe more complicated than what you're ready for. What you probably want is an associative list, here's how you would do that.

//RaceIcons is a list of every race and what their icon should be.
var/RaceIcons[] = list("Human" = 'Human.dmi', "Hylian" = 'Hylian.dmi', "Goron" = 'Goron.dmi', "Gerudo" = 'Gerudo.dmi', "Zora" = 'Zora.dmi')

//This is so the player logging in will get to pick a race.
world/mob = /mob/titlescreen

mob/titlescreen
    Login()
        SelectRace()

    Logout()
        del(src)

    proc
        SelectRace()
            var/NewRace = input(src, "Choose a race.", "Race Selection") in list ("Human", "Hylian", "Goron", "Gerudo", "Zora")
            var/mob/M = new/mob/player
            M.icon = RaceIcons[NewRace] //This checks RaceIcons and pulls out the proper icon for whichever race they choose.
            client.mob = M //This sets the client's current mob to the new mob.

//Once they've logged in as a player you can greet them and go from there.
mob/player
    Login()
        src << "Welcome to the game!"
Aug 31 2012, 8:51 am
thank you SuperAntx