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 Apr 10 2011, 6:23 am (Edited on Apr 10 2011, 6:35 am)
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I was wondering to program for Byond is a object oriented coding language. So i was wondering should i learn Object coding or is it ok to go full C++. Also i wanna know can i break up code(i wanna make a action game). For example basic code, attacks, Dmg math, ect....
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Thanks; Also im doing the tutorial on Byond before i actually start making my own game. Theres a chapter that introduces the group method(Snakes dragon and Winged Beast) but i dont know how to make the same .dmi have different icons. For example they have green red and black dragon, when i dont name the state. The 1st state under dragon goes as its icon, but when i label the states green red and black they either show a Blank space when running or keep the same color as the 1st im onfused what im doing wrong. Do i need to make 3 dragon's. Thx in advance.
mob var/species_alignment dragon species_alignment = .dragon red green black species_alignment = .black | |
Ah, I see what you're getting at.
when creating multiple icons in the same dmi file it's icon states. to change the icon of an atom you need to use the icon variable, to change the state within that icon you would modify the variable icon_state. so for example: Black_Dragon | |
If you've got a handle on DM then you should have no problem picking up the basics of C++. They spawn from the same parent language of C (I believe it was said that DM is derivative of C# but my memory constantly fails me so don't take that to heart).
As for compartmentalizing your code, I suggest (if we're talking about DM) splitting the code up into several core categories. ou don't have to follow this example but to just give you an idea you could manage your code as such:
World
Mobs
Objs
Turfs
Procs
Vars (can be included with their separate parent types)
Verbs (can be included in procs)
This is the context I use to separate my code and it works pretty well, I don't have much trouble finding my way around my code. Give it a try and eventually you'll work out your own management system.