stores

ID:142408
 
Jun 8 2008, 6:49 am
I have been trying to make a store where you can purchase items but i just can't quite get it.
Here is a code that I screwed up on:

mob
verb
Buy(store in oview(1))
var/form = input("Which of these would you like to buy? Bomb-$30,Bones-$15", "Store") as null
if(form-"bomb")
usr.wealth-=30
usr.inventory+= bomb

I defined everything but it just wont work.
This code is probably way off but I need help.
Any help?
Jun 8 2008, 6:59 am
Conno1234 wrote:
This code is probably way off but I need help.

Yes, in fact 95% of the whole code is way off.
You need to learn before you attempt to make a game. You can't just guess it as you go, as you see that doesn't work.
Jun 8 2008, 1:11 pm
In response to Kaioken
ok, thanks
Jun 9 2008, 1:42 am
You have the right idea, but your code is, well, bad. For starters, you can't use input() like that. If you want to present a list of available items, you want to do this:

var/form = input("Which of these would you like to buy?", \
             "Shopkeeper") as anything in itemList


Where itemList is a list of available items.

Also, you can't check what <code>form</code> is like that:

if(form-"bomb")


What you want to do is use the == operator.

if(input == "bomb")


You're slightly off with how you're trying to locate stores as well. You need to define the type of object a store is, and then locate it like this: (store/someStore in oview(1)), where <code>store</code> is the type and <code>someStore</code> is a reference.
Jun 9 2008, 2:40 pm
In response to DivineO'peanut
Ok but how would the part after the thing below go?
if(input =="bomb")
I don't know if that part is right.
Would it have anything to do with the code below?
usr.inventory+="bomb"
I can understand the input() part but the inventory piece is fuzzy
Can you explain?
Jun 10 2008, 2:55 am
In response to Conno1234
Jun 10 2008, 3:09 am
In response to Conno1234
If <code>usr.inventory</code> is a list, then your code should work. However, if your intentions were to append an object to the list, you'd do something like this:

if(input == "bomb")
    usr.inventory += /obj/someObj
    // replace /obj/someObj with the object you want to append


Also, I know it's some cheesy advice, but I recommend reading (or re-reading) the first chapters of the DM Guide- this stuff should be covered there.
Jun 10 2008, 3:22 am
In response to DivineO'peanut
DivineO'peanut wrote:
usr.inventory += /obj/someObj
// replace /obj/someObj with the object you want to append

That would probably need to be new /obj/someObj, if already. But I doubt there's much use of trying to help unless you're going to teach him DM, judging from his first post.
Jun 10 2008, 4:46 am
In response to Kaioken
Whoops, good catch! In my defense, I haven't slept for over 40 hours, so cut me some slack. :P
Jun 10 2008, 11:46 am
In response to DivineO'peanut
it said that input was an undefined variable