On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Edward J Glamkowski wrote: > So, I made a little trap struct that I attach to objects and a > corresponding find/disarm trap skill. But then I thought, wouldn't it > be cool if mages could cast magical traps on objects? But in order > for a spell to be cast when the trap goes off, mag_damage needs a > reference to the caster. How about never extracting the casting character to begin with? Keep track of all the spell webs he owns. If, when he leaves, he owns any, move the now linkdead character to the void until he either logs back in or all of the spells he owns die out (either because they were triggered, expired, or the object they were attached to was destroyed). This works for mobiles and characters, alike, as long as you don't want traps that persist over reboots. (It's things like this that make proper garbage collection for muds so attractive.) If, however, you have your eye on more persistent traps, then the pfilepos thing will work. For a decent amount of reassurance that it works, note that 'set file' does precisely what you're wanting to do. -dak -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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