Modes of Play

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May 22 2002, 4:32 am
I was wondering what would be the most effiecient way to have modes of play? I thought of making a global var

var/mode

and then having the host set the mode

mob/host/verb/mode()
//set mode

then I get stumped on what to do. Any help appreciated.

-ST
May 22 2002, 4:58 am
what kinda modes of play?
May 22 2002, 5:30 am
In response to WildBlood
i don't need exact code, but here is an example:

a team shootout or CTF.
May 22 2002, 5:39 am
Sariat wrote:
I was wondering what would be the most effiecient way to have modes of play? I thought of making a global var

var/mode

and then having the host set the mode

mob/host/verb/mode()
//set mode

then I get stumped on what to do. Any help appreciated.

I'd suggest hard-coding a list in there:
var/const/MODE_FREEFORALL=1
var/const/MODE_TEAMS=2
var/const/MODE_CTF=3

var/playmode=MODE_FREEFORALL
var/current_playmode          // for current game
var/inprogress

mob/host/verb/mode()
  set name="mode"
  set desc="Set mode of play"
  set src=usr
  var/list/modes=list("Free-for-all"=MODE_FREEFORALL,
                      "Team play"=MODE_TEAMS,
                      "Capture the flag"=MODE_CTF)
  var/curmode  // this is the text version of global.playmode
  for(var/themode in modes)
    if(modes[themode]==playmode)
      curmode=themode
      break
  var/newmode=input("What game mode would you like to play?","Set Game Mode",
                    curmode) as null|anything in modes
  if(!newmode) return
  playmode=modes[newmode]  // newmode is text; we want a number
  world << "[usr] has set the [inprogress?"next game's":"game"] mode to <B>[newmode]</B>."

Lummox JR
May 22 2002, 6:20 am
In response to Lummox JR
Thanks, just what I needed.