Autoobjects

There are some situations where you want copies of an object to start somewhere by default.

For example, officers on the station all need to be wearing uniforms etc. Rather than either manually creating or copying objects for this, you can use the "auto" array.

Property	Function
auto.n	The ID of the object to clone
auto.n.count	The number of clones auto auto.n to make
auto.n.worn	If set to 1, make the owner of this object wear it (if possible)
auto.n.wield	If set to 1, make the owner of this object wield it
auto.n.hold	If set to 1, make the owner of this object hold it
auto.n.mount	If set to 1, make the owner of this object mount it
auto.n.invis	Set to 1 or 0, controls the state of the Invisible flag on the clone(s)
auto.n.state	Sets the initial state of the clone(s)
auto.n.seatfor	If set to the ID of a mobile with the same owner, makes them sit on it
auto.n.bedfor	If set to the ID of a mobile with the same owner, makes them sleep on it

The sitting/sleeping status set by seatfor/bedfor on a mobile is only set as a temporary flag, so make sure you use unreset or setflag to make the change permanent, or dynreset will think that the mobile has been tampered with and needs resetting.

For beds, seats, clothing and weapons, though you can use them in combination with auto.n.count, you shouldn't. Only the last clone will actually 'win' and become the weapon or seat or whatever. If you want one item to be used by a mobile and the rest to be lying around, consider using multiple auto.n entries instead.

As with any array, you can use auto.1, auto.2 etc, and you must set the number of elements with auto.count.

There is a handy "addauto <object-id>" command that will add a new auto object to the room, taking care of all the details for you!