Hacking a Wireless Network in game

ID:948271
 
Aug 26 2012, 9:11 am
Keywords: etc, hacking, laptop
(See the best response by Kidpaddle45.)
Problem description:
So in my game, I want to incorporate a hacking system.

I want all laptops and computers to give off some sort of signal that reaches a specific reach of oview.

If you have a laptop, and you're in range of another laptop, you can pick up on that network.

How would I go about coding this?

Aug 26 2012, 11:02 am
Is it network like in their connection?
or network as a var in your game? O.O

Cuz if you're talking about real internet connection,you will not get any help to do this.
Aug 26 2012, 11:05 am
lol No no not a real network.
I want the laptop in game, to give off a "signal" that reaches, say, 8 tiles away.
If your user is in range of those 8 tiles, It shows you a list.
You can choose from that list to either view that person info or you can attempt to hack them in game. (Not real)
Aug 26 2012, 11:20 am
Best response
Ok i get it, the way you said it in your 1st post sounded like you wanted to hack a player's connection.xD
Didn't test but,try something like this?


obj
    var
        Security=0
mob
    verb
        HackLaptop(obj/laptops/L in oview(8))
            if(L.Security==0)
                switch(input("Are you sure you want to hack this laptop?","Hack?",text) in list("Yes","No"))
                    if("Yes")
                        usr<<"Retrieving Data..."
                        usr<<"Access Granted!"

Aug 26 2012, 11:34 am (Edited on Aug 26 2012, 12:14 pm)
It's working, the only problem is an indentation error which I'm getting no matter where I put it.

Here's what my code looks like.

laptop
        icon = 'obj.dmi'
        icon_state = "laptop"
        verb
            Get()
                set src in oview(1)
                src.loc = usr.contents
                if(Move(usr))
                    usr << "You get [src]."
                else
                    usr << "You are unable to get [src]"
            View_Networks()
                set src in usr.contents
            Hack(obj/laptops/L in oview(8))
                set src in usr.contents
                if(L.Security==0)
                    switch(input("Are you sure you want to hack this laptop?","Hack?",text) in list("Yes","No"))
                        if("Yes")
                            usr<<"Retrieving Data..."
                            usr<<"Access Granted!")
                        if("No")
                            return
                usr << "Booting"
                sleep(10)
                usr << "........"
                sleep(10)
                usr << "Logging In"
                sleep(10)
                usr << "........"
                sleep(10)
                usr << "[usr] has logged in"



obj.dm:266:error: inconsistent indentation
obj.dm:267:error: inconsistent indentation
obj.dm:268:error: inconsistent indentation
obj.dm:269:error: inconsistent indentation
obj.dm:270:error: inconsistent indentation
obj.dm:271:error: inconsistent indentation

Bebop Universe.dmb - 6 errors, 0 warnings (double-click on an error to jump to it)




EDIT
Hahaha it worked. I just had to take the "S" out of "Laptops". Thank you so much, man
Aug 26 2012, 12:02 pm
You should try set src in view(8,src) instead of obj/laptops/L in oview(8).

And the errors you recieved are as they say, indentation errors. Just go over and re-indent everything to ensure it's correct.
Aug 26 2012, 12:23 pm
The indentation errors went away after I took the "s" out of "Laptops" which is incredibly weird.
Aug 26 2012, 12:24 pm
Yeah since your object wasnt called "laptops" it was called "laptop" =D. Since no object in your codes was called "laptops" it was searching for an object that doesn't exist!

Have a nice day!
Aug 26 2012, 12:25 pm
Thanks for the help, both of you.
Aug 26 2012, 12:27 pm
Keep in mind when you get indentation errors, that they are most of the time mistakes in the object/mob or turf you're calling. Its case sensitive,a capital letter or a spelling mistake can cause this!

No prob! =D
Aug 26 2012, 12:31 pm
In response to NNAAAAHH
Lucky you,you got the best answer vote.
-_-'
Aug 26 2012, 12:34 pm
aw shucks guis. Stop it.

As a general question, to stay on topic, is it possible to assign a key combination, or open up a small window where the user has to type something specific in?

Well, it's stupid to say Impossible. I guess I'm asking if you've got any ideas as to what the best way to approach that would be.
It sounds relatively easy.
Aug 26 2012, 1:15 pm
In response to Raivu
It would've been better for you to open up another topic asking for help on that matter. You can make a key combination using rand() or pick() and a list of text, numbers, and symbols.

var/list/usable=list("a","b","c")
var/list/usable=list("a","A","b","B","c","C")//for case-sensitive
var/list/usable=list("1","a","2","b","3","c")
var/list/usable=list("!","a","@","b","#","c")
var/list/usable=list("1","!","2","@","3","#")


Then calling a prompt for them to enter displayed text.

mob/var/displayedtext
mob/proc/matchtext()
    while(lentext(displayedtext)<6)//whatever you want the length to be
        displayedtext+=//either place pick(usable) or usable[rand(1,usable.len)] -- not sure which works better.
    //display the text in any way you wish here using displayedtext
    var/t=input("What is the text diplayed to you?","Matchtext") as text
    if(cmptext(displayedtext,t))//or cmptextEx for case-sensitive
        //include whatever you need after this



@Kidpaddle45 - I'm not helping out to get points to be one of the 'most helpful' users. It's just something I do to help.
Aug 26 2012, 3:54 pm
Points? O.o
Does it calculate? or is it just a way to make it easier to find the best answer in a long topic???
Aug 26 2012, 4:08 pm
http://www.byond.com/forum/?forum=8

See Most Helpful Users above the forum posts.

It makes finding the solution in a large thread easier, but also adds up a total and show them on the page.

Some people are crazy about it others not so cray cray.

I voted your answer NNAAAAHH.
Aug 26 2012, 6:03 pm
Oh,first time hearing about this. Sounds cool =D.
Alright Thanks a lot!
Aug 27 2012, 1:03 pm
In response to A.T.H.K
Lol, everytime I get drawn back to this, there's a random change in what's voted up.
Aug 27 2012, 1:13 pm
Lol oh well ....