Blitz Arrays with Strings

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Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 04:08
LostUser	I am wanting to create a "char" type to hold all the characters in a RPG game, including players of the game. But I am not sure if I am doing it right. I am wanting to use rpg_skills[] to hold all fields as each char would potentially have different skills relevant to each character. I am stuck on 4 things: Q1. How do I output the elements of the rpg_skills[] array? Q2. How do I get the ultimate parent character? Q3. I need some kind of reference to each player of the game, to handle multi-player (both human/cpu), I need some kind of reference of who (human/cpu) owns what character, etc. Q4. How do I create an inventory system that is restricted only to the players of the game? This is a quick dump of my RPG character type, but I still need a reference to the actual players of the game, and how do I grab the skills field such as "business", "cunning", etc? ; RPG Character Type ; @updated: 20 Aug 2009 ;-------------------------------------------------- Type char Field name$ Field char_type$ ; npc, player, cop, etc Field is_ai Field is_cop Field parent.char Field cash Field wages Field rpg_skills[3] ;Field avatar.avatar ;a pointer to what avatar this char has (not used) End Type ; Create character c.char = New char c\name$ = "Player 1" c\char_type$ = "player" c\is_ai=False c\is_cop=False c\parent.char = Null c\cash = 10000 c\wages = 0 c\rpg_skills["business"] = 5 c\rpg_skills["shooting"] = 1 c\rpg_skills["health"] = 100 For p.char = Each char Print c\name$ ; How do I output rpg_skills["business"]? Print c\rpg_skills["business"] ; this is outputting 100? Print c\rpg_skills[0] ; this is outputting 100 too? Next WaitKey() ; Get the ulimate parent, not complete Function Ultimate_Parent.char(c.char) If (c.char\parent.char <> Null) Then End If End Function --v
Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 04:36
Jayenkai	The value of "business" = 0 The value of "shooting" = 0 The value of "health" = 0 Instead, use Constants, not strings. Const Test1 = 1 Const Test2 = 2 Const Apple = 4 Const Giraffe = 8 ; ^ Highest Number we're using type something field Array[9]; <-- highest number we're using +1 end type this.something=new something this\array[Test1]=100 this\array[Apple]=7 this\array[Test2]=958943859 this\array[Giraffe]=9 print this\array[Apple] --v -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 11:34
LostUser	Oh, I was hoping that I could use strings, so I could have fields within an array, sorta making it a bit easier to reference things later on. I will use your idea of constants to reference the array index. Thanks for your help.
Sun, 06 Sep 2009, 07:50
Teasy	Q2 Repeat checking the parent until it is empty. ; start at the character Check = Char ; keep looping if there is a parent While Check\Parent <> Null ; move up 1 level Check = Check\Parent Wend ; return the 'root' parent Return Check --v I can't answer questions 3 and 4 because I can think of too many options for them without knowing exactly what you want.
Thu, 24 Sep 2009, 02:45
LostUser	Its okay now, I've decided to just keep them as fixed variables. The original idea was to have a facility where I can add fields and variables and make it more liquid of a design/development process.