[DGD] light-weight object creation, and virtual objects

[bart at wotf.org]

Hi Tyler,

>From the new_object manpage:

Create a new light-weight instance of the specified object with a name
        of the form "object_name#-1".  

If the master object is itself a light-weight object, it will be copied.


I added some newlines, to make it stand out that those are really 2
independnet statements. Could it be you got bitten again by your screenreader
not dealing properly with punctuation?

Regards,
Bart.

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:40:12 -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote
> Hello all,
> I was working on a skill system, and was told to use a light-weight 
> object setup in order to confine the overhead of each object. I 
> started doing a bit of searching and found lots of 404s, before I 
> came across the changelog and seen that the function new_object will 
> create one. It says that if the master is a light-weight object, the 
> descendant will be, as well. So, this brings up the question: IN the 
> master object, what would mark  it as a light-weight object?
> 
> Last, I was told I could make a sort of "virtual object," by 
> catching compile_object, could someone explain this? I was trying to 
> set up a way to create virtual rooms, and thought this might be of assistance.
> 
> 		Thanks,
> Tyler Littlefield
> 	http://tds-solutions.net
> 	Twitter: sorressean
> 
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