is it possible..

ID:148090
 
Jul 14 2003, 5:37 pm
i have a list in my battle system that directs the users attack and its formatted like this:
mob/proc/fight()
    switch(input("Attack who?",text) in list ("Enemy","Enemy2"))
        
        if("Enemy")
//coding for attacking the first enemy

well i want to take out the "Enemy" and "Enemy2" with variables that the usr has like E and E2 which are assigned to be the name of the Enemy when battle start. i tried doing it like this:
mob/proc/fight()
    switch(input("Attack who?",text) in list ("[E]","[E2]"))
        
        if("[E]")

but it said expected a constant expression.
Is there a way to do this??
Jul 14 2003, 5:46 pm
Well, it's been a while since I've coded here on BYOND, and believe me, when I say while, I mean while. But what I think is that you need both if's. And if you already put this, try this:

Declare a var and call it who or something like that. Next, instead of if, use who = if and the rest of your code. Something like this:

[DM]
mob/proc/fight()
switch(input("Attack who?",text) in list ("[E]","[E2]"))
var/who
who = if("[E]")
coding here
else
coding here
[/DM]

If that doesn't work, try:


[DM]
mob/proc/fight()
switch(input("Attack who?",text) in list ("[E]","[E2]"))
var/who = if("[E]")
coding here
else
coding here
[/DM]

If those don't work, then I can't help you because remember, it's been a while so I don't remember clearly. Heck, I don't even have BYOND installed on my computer since after my reformat.
Jul 14 2003, 6:31 pm
In response to DiZzyBonne
that didnt work but thank you for trying.
Jul 14 2003, 7:46 pm
In response to DiZzyBonne
Yikes, that's so totally wrong it makes my brain hurt... back to the Tutorials section for you, friend... =P

Siefer, looking at that battle system, you're far better off using a list than bothering with separate variables for each enemy. It'd be shorter (code-wise), and could expand or contract to fit however many enemies you want with minimal effort.
Jul 14 2003, 7:57 pm
In response to Crispy
a list? i dont know the first thing about lists. i'll give it a shot though..
Jul 14 2003, 8:06 pm
In response to Siefer
This post might help: [link]
Jul 15 2003, 4:17 am
In response to DiZzyBonne
This isn't a UBB forum; use angle brackets around the DM tag, not regular brackets.

Lummox JR