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I need help

ID:170978

Nov 25 2004, 12:49 am

ChibiGoku04

I need help, I am trying to make a game which I know how to do, but what I don't know how to do and I'm not to sure if I'm doing it right is this...

mob
    CC
        proc
            Choose()
                if(fexists("Save Files/[client.ckey]"))
                    switch(alert("What do you wish to do?","Loading...","New Character","Load Character","Quit"))
                        if("Quit")
                            del src
                        if("Load Character")
                            client.Load()
                        else
                            Create()
                else
                    switch(alert("What do you wish to do?","Loading...","New Character","Quit"))
                        if("Quit")
                            del src
                        else
                            Create()
            Create()
                var/mob/NC
                var/CCName
                CCName = input("What is your name?","Creation") as null|text
                if(!CCName)
                    alert("Everyone has a name!","Error")
                    Create()
                if(lentext(CCName) < 2)
                    alert("Your name is too short!","Error")
                    Create()
                if(lentext(CCName) > 20)
                    alert("Your name is too long!","Error")
                    Create()
                if(Check_For_Tags(CCName,HTML_TAGS) == TRUE)
                    alert("HTML is not allowed!","Error")
                    Create()
                else
                    CCName = html_encode(CCName)
                    Race = input("What are you?","Creation") in list("Argonian","Drow Elf","Dwarf","Elf","Gnome","Half-Elf","Half-Orc","Half-Ogre","High Elf","Human","Khajit","Ogre","Orc","Cancel")
                    switch(Race)
                        if("Human")
                            Class = input("What is your class?","Creation") in list("Archer","Assasin","Barbarian","Bard","Cleric","Dark Knight","Dragoon","Druid","Fighter","Monk","Necromancer","Ninja","Paladin","Ranger","Rogue","Samurai","Shadow Dancer","Sorcerer","Summoner","Thief","Time Mage","Wizard","Cancel")
                            if("Cancel")
                                alert("Changed your mind?","Abortion")
                                Choose()

Okay.. my question is, am I doing the Race and Class thing right? Also, how would I make a list, or whatever, that makes the mob learn certain spells/skills/etc. at certain levels? Thanks alot if you guys could help me.. I would really appreciate it.

P.S. - And by the way if anybody has a better way for Creating character please do let me know, this is the only way I could kind of understand and get to work.. thanks again.

~ChibiGoku04

#1 Nov 25 2004, 12:57 am
Lenox	Hey, I'd ditch that character handling stuff you have there, and go to Deadron's Character Handling lib. You might have to edit some stuff. (Like I had to edit newmob so that it'd load into my newmob instead of going to some nonexistant(Somewhat) mob.) It works nicely once you get it how you want it.

#2 Nov 25 2004, 1:01 am

In response to Lenox (#1)

ChibiGoku04

Well that's the thing though, I don't mind looking, and taking little itty-bitty things from other peoples codes, but I don't, and I repeat, don't want to take somebody elses codes, or libraries, I will look them over, and take parts of it and change it or something like that, but I'm the kind of person that wants to do it on my own, even when it comes to websites, or Java, or anything, I wanna be the one to do it, not somebody else. Thanks, but no thanks, that's just the way I am..

~ChibiGoku04

#3 Nov 25 2004, 1:12 am In response to ChibiGoku04 (#2)
Lenox	Aiight, I think you should still look into it though. I believe most people who use it always edit it to fit there needs. (some might edit it and fix that bug with the delete character code)

#4 Nov 25 2004, 1:17 am In response to Lenox (#3)
ChibiGoku04	And another thing.. I want to make it to when you click on Load from the Choose() that a list pops up with your saved characters on that list... Do you know how I would do that.. And the Delete thing to.. i don't get that either.Thanks, again. ~ChibiGoku04

#5 Nov 25 2004, 1:35 am In response to ChibiGoku04 (#4)
Lenox	Well, first things first, create SaveChar() procs and LoadChar() procs. THEN you can continue on how your going to do your Choose a character and such procs

#6 Nov 25 2004, 1:37 am In response to Lenox (#5)
ChibiGoku04	I do have Save() and Load() I just didn't post them in the .. well.. post.. But they are in my files. ~ChibiGoku04

#7 Nov 25 2004, 1:39 am In response to ChibiGoku04 (#6)
Lenox	Next, make a Findchars() proc that searches for the savefiles.

#8 Nov 25 2004, 1:42 am In response to Lenox (#7)
ChibiGoku04	And I would do that how?? LOL ~ChibiGoku04

#9 Nov 25 2004, 1:45 am

In response to ChibiGoku04 (#8)

Lenox

Look up the following in the reference:
----------------------------------------
cd
----------------------------------------
fexists
----------------------------------------
also, think about looking up flist see if
you can find a use for that in this proc
----------------------------------------

OR

try to find a way to search a savefile for a specific
entry that holds the character name, add those to a names list, and return names

#10 Nov 25 2004, 2:21 am

In response to Lenox (#9)

ChibiGoku04

I use fexists() for my Choose() but cd and dir and all that stuff I don't get.. I just spent like 30 minutes trying to get a list to work, by doing this...

client/proc/FindChars()
      var/list/CharList = newlist()
      var/Char
      var/savefile/F = new("Save Files/[src.mob.ckey]")
      for(Char in F)
           if(issaved(Char))
                CharList.Add(Char)
                return CharList
           else

None of that worked. I'm not sure how to get it to work right, but if somebody can please help me either A) understand cd,eof,and dir or B)Help me find another way of doing it.. I would be in debt to this wonderous person.

~ChibiGoku04

#11 Nov 25 2004, 2:27 am In response to ChibiGoku04 (#10)
Lenox	I'm saying this, so that you might just give up and take the easy, and less stressful way out, USE DEADRONS!! just edit it to your liking and BAM. http://developer.byond.com/hub/Deadron/CharacterHandling It's not bad, and i'm sure it'll give you exactly what you need.

#12 Nov 25 2004, 2:31 am In response to Lenox (#11)
ChibiGoku04	Here.. I'll do this.. I'll look it over and see what I can find from it that will help me.. but that's it, okay? LOL

#13 Nov 25 2004, 10:18 pm

In response to ChibiGoku04 (#12)

ChibiGoku04

Can somebody please help me? If you read the message thread you will see that I have posted the code that I need help on.. Another thing that I don't get.. everytime that I transfer my [character_handling] to my src.client.mob it shows the mob.type in the bottom left corner, next to the chat thingy down there.. it shows that instead of mob.name.. Why is that? I don't get it.. is it supposed to do that?

#14 Nov 25 2004, 10:20 pm In response to ChibiGoku04 (#13)
Lenox	You need to set mob.name

#15 Nov 25 2004, 10:35 pm In response to Lenox (#14)
ChibiGoku04	As you can see I use NC to define my new_mob, and later on in the code file I define NC.Name = CCName. Is that what you mean? And if your wondering I have var/Name as a atom/movable/var..

#16 Nov 26 2004, 12:23 am In response to ChibiGoku04 (#15)
Mega fart cannon	#include <deadron/characterhandling> O.o

#17 Nov 26 2004, 12:38 am In response to Mega fart cannon (#16)
Lenox	Use NC.name(lowercase N) instead of .Name, that might work.

#18 Nov 29 2004, 8:02 am

In response to Lenox (#17)

ChibiGoku04

But the thing is that I defined Name in my atom/movable/var... so that wouldn't affect it.. I wouldn't think... Well thanks anyway.. if anybody else can help me in making a new save format that works in anyway, besides Deadron's, I'm not saying that i have a problem with Deadron's work or anything associated with him.. I just am very independent in my work, and I like to make my own things work my own way.. Thanks anyway..

#19 Nov 29 2004, 9:33 am In response to ChibiGoku04 (#18)
Kholint	ChibiGoku04 wrote: I'm not saying that i have a problem with Deadron's work or anything associated with him.. I just am very independent in my work, and I like to make my own things work my own way.. Thanks anyway.. We get the picture, but I seriously DO suggest you look into libraries. That's why they were made.