A few questions (Including Variable usage, skill creation..

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Jun 5 2010, 5:47 am (Edited on Jun 5 2010, 6:17 am)
K i want to have a verb called 'Forage' which gives a percent chance to obtain certain items, strawberry's etc, and i would like (for now at least) to just have a variable, and it have a random value between 1-100, so kinda like this... (not exact, i know a fair amount of the Byond language, but not variables all too well [you need not explain variables, they are covered in the guide XD], it is just, this message need not be exact)

Forage()
  var(A)=rand(1-100)
    If()
      var(A)=1-25
        Strawberry >> usr.contents
    else()
      cherry >> usr.contents

Also, i really want to learn how to create, and develop skills and skill trees...
Jun 5 2010, 7:33 am
ok...why not just use the prob() proc...look it up in the guide if you don't know it
Jun 5 2010, 8:31 am
In response to Masschaos100
Masschaos100 wrote:
ok...why not just use the prob() proc...look it up in the guide if you don't know it

Agreed, prob() is so much useful for you: 
if(prob(25))
   This has a 25% chance of happening
else if(prob(50))
   This has a 37.5% chance of happening (3/4 (from the else) * 1/2 = 3/8 = 0.375)

if(prob(95))
   This has a 95% chance of happening


For future note, you are using rand)( wrong. Next time look up the procedure in the DM reference if you do not know how to use it: 
rand(min, max)

ex: rand(4, 9)  //  Picks a # between 4 - 9
Jun 5 2010, 10:13 am
Considering you've just completely made up all of your syntax there, you really need to read some tutorials.
Jun 6 2010, 11:13 am
Wolfnova wrote:
K i want to have a verb called 'Forage' which gives a percent chance to obtain certain items, strawberry's etc, and i would like (for now at least) to just have a variable, and it have a random value between 1-100, so kinda like this... (not exact, i know a fair amount of the Byond language, but not variables all too well [you need not explain variables, they are covered in the guide XD], it is just, this message need not be exact)

> Forage()
>   var(A)=rand(1,100)
>     If(var(A)=1-25)
>       usr.contents << "strawberry"
>     else()
>       usr.contents << "cherry
> 
> Also, i really want to learn how to create, and develop skills and skill trees...
> 

(Fixed the OP, in my quote...)

Yes i was typing quickly, because i had a extremely busy schedule, so syntax was wrong, very true Garthor XD

anyways thanks for the prob() So it would go, something along these lines?

<dm>
mob
  player //Leaving out the details here, only for
    verb //reference, etc...
      Forage()
        if(prob(25))
          usr.contents << "Strawberry"
          usr << "You got a strawberry"
/*Wrong syntax i know, i forgot the syntax, to put items into usr.contents...*/
        elseif(prob(50))
          usr.contents << "cherry"
          usr << "You got a cherry"
        else
          usr << "You fail to find anything"


Also, just a different question, in the OP, i ask about skills, wouldn't they just use variables, and proc() 's? (Well, that probably goes with a number of things lol...)

And latest problem since this post is getting the Login() proccess, and learning how to, make it assign mob groups based on key... (But i am just going to post a seperate topic for that later...)