Equipment Slots

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Jul 25 2011, 5:36 am
So i started coding things in for equipment slots,

But failed horrible, wasted 3 hours, had to just delete the whole thing....

Can someone give their two cents, or direct me 2 a library.









What i'm looking for is:



Equipment

Not the interface, but the idea of it.

Having items that are limited to each slot. And 1 item per slot.

So example


Helment
var/slot1//being the head slot
Sword
var/slot2//being the weilding slot

how would i go about making this done, with weapons only being able to go to their assigned slot? I know this would go somewhere in my equip verb....atleast i think..

Some examples would be very helpful!
Jul 25 2011, 5:51 am
The most basic way is to have variables for each slot number and the slot number variables for each object.

Also, to do your slot-inventory system, you should try using grids.

mob
    
    var
        
        slot_shirt = null
        
        slot_pants = null
        
        slot_shoes = null

obj
    
    items
        
        var /* the assigned slot. */ slot_number = 0
        
        shirt
            
            slot_number = 1
        
        pants
            
            slot_number = 2
        
        shoes
            
            slot_number = 3
        
        verb
            
            equip_item()
                
                /* slot one. */ if( slot_number == 1 )
                    
                    if( usr.slot_shirt )
                        
                        usr << "This slot is in use!"
                        
                        return 0
                    
                    else /* if we are not using the slot, equip the item. */
                        
                        usr.slot_shirt = 1
Jul 25 2011, 5:54 am
Lolz Runescape!

Anyway, you could just have Equipment Variables on the player

mob
  var
    Helmet
    Cape
    Armour
    Legs


I believe you could also handle this with a datum.

When equipping an item, you would want to make sure that there is nothing currently equipped. In your equipment tab (or whatever you have) you may want to add a suffix "Equipped" to whatever you have equipped so that the player knows that they have something equipped.

Also, I came across an article that raised a good point about how annoying some games are, being nazis about 1 item equipped at a time, demanding that you unequip an item then equip the new one. You may just want to allow the player to automatically swap items if they have something currently equipped (as was suggested in that article I spoke of).
Jul 25 2011, 5:59 am
In response to Lugia319
<small>Lugia319 wrote:

You may just want to allow the player to automatically swap items if they have something currently equipped (as was suggested in that article I spoke of).</small>

He can still do the same, if referring to me with a few modifications and a proc to remove and re-equip items with one click.
Jul 25 2011, 6:01 am
In response to Neimo
No, actually I had left the window open while I was eating lunch :P I did not know you had left a reply until I posted.
Jul 25 2011, 6:16 am
In response to Lugia319
refer me to this article?