Mutantraces (help pls)

[GoldenPotatoes]

I'm learning how2into byond code (with literally 0 experience), and for some reason I decided the best choice was to make robo-people.



So far all I have is a working race with the sprites and a custom attack verb for fists (clonk).

Currently trying to figure out how to make them talk more like cyborgs

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if(dna)
			if(dna.mutantrace == "lizard")
				if(copytext(message, 1, 2) != "*")
					message = replacetext(message, "s", stutter("ss"))

			if(dna.mutantrace == "fly")
				if(copytext(message, 1, 2) != "*")
					message = replacetext(message, "z", stutter("zz"))

			if(dna.mutantrace == "robot")
				if(copytext(message, 1, 2) == "?")
					message = "queries, \"[text]\"";
				if(copytext(message, 1, 2) == "!")
					message = "declares, \"[text]\"";
				if(copytext(message, 1, 2) == ".")
					message = "states, \"[text]\"";

I don't know why it isn't working because it produces no warnings or errors when compiling.
This side-bit is meant to help understand what Im doing so like, any tips or facts would be p cool.

Also, if a better place for these kind of questions is on the IRC it'd be good to know for future reference.

[Numbers]

Well that's relatively simple. See the reason that if(copytext(message, 1, 2) != "*") is getting checked is whether what the mob sends is an emote.

What you need is to do is check at the end of the string for such characters. Structured maybe like this

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	if(dna.mutantrace == "robot")
		if(copytext(message, 1, 2) != "*")
			var/robottextend = lentext(T)
			if(copytext(message, robottextend, 0) == "?")
				message = "queries, \"[text]\"";
			if(copytext(message, robottextend, 0) == "!")
				message = "declares, \"[text]\"";
			if(copytext(message, robottextend, 0) == ".")
				message = "states, \"[text]\"";

[GoldenPotatoes]

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if(dna.mutantrace == "robot")
				if(copytext(message, 1, 2) != "*")
					var/robottextend = lentext(T)
					if(copytext(message, robottextend, 0) == "?")
						message = "queries, \"[text]"";
					if(copytext(message, robottextend, 0) == "!")
						message = "declares, \"[text]"";
					if(copytext(message, robttextend, 0) == ".")
						message = "states, \"[text]"";
						return

Brings up errors about an expected expression and unterminated text.

Maybe I should find a tutorial to understand this better.

[Numbers]

Right because instead

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var/robottextend = lentext(T)

It should be

var/robottextend = lentext(message)

[Kraso]

>starting with mobcode
what the fuck are you doing

[Incoming]

Yeah I hope you understand what you're getting yourself into here. This is like learning to drive by becoming a stuntman.

[Remie Richards]

Could have started off worse, The Horrors of Say code.

[MrSnapwalk]

I would like to thank you personally for delving into the horrors of mobcode in order to create what may be the greatest mutantrace known to spaceman-kind.