Looping battle system

ID:164683
 
May 2 2007, 12:59 pm
Okay I need some helping on a looping effect for my game


Here is my code

mob
    verb
        attack(mob/M as mob in oview (1))
            set category="Actions"
            if(usr.action)
                usr.action=1
                usr<<"You can't do that!"
                return
            usr << "You attack [M]"
            flick('Male.dmi',usr)
            flick("Strike",usr)
            oview() << "[usr] attacks [M]"
            var/damage = usr.strength + 4
            usr << "[damage] damage"
            M:HP -= damage
            M:Finish()  
                

mob
    proc
        Finish()
            if (HP <=0)
                world << "[src] Dies"
                del src
                

                
mob
    var
        action
        strength
        HP



What I want to do is make it. when the verb "Attack" is pressed the character will continue to strike untill the Mobs HP has reached "0". I wasn't sure how to loop the effect...


I know

mob
    verb
        attack(mob/M as mob in oview (1))
            set category="Actions"
            if(usr.action)
                usr.action=1
                usr<<"You can't do that!"
                return
            usr << "You attack [M]"
            flick('Male.dmi',usr)
            flick("Strike",usr)   // This part has to be looped to show the user is constantly swinging his sword.
            oview() << "[usr] attacks [M]"
            var/damage = usr.strength + 4 // and the effect has to be looped to show everytime he swiped, he takes damage.
            usr << "[damage] damage"
            M:HP -= damage
            M:Finish()  
                

mob
    proc
        Finish()
            if (HP <=0)
                world << "[src] Dies"
                del src
                

                
mob
    var
        action
        strength
        HP




Thanks for your help.
May 2 2007, 1:06 pm
Easy:
while(usr.attacking)//while the stat is not zero
           usr << "You attack [M]"
            flick('Male.dmi',usr)
            flick("Strike",usr)
            oview() << "[usr] attacks [M]"
            var/damage = usr.strength + 4
            usr << "[damage] damage"
            M:HP -= damage
            if(M:HP <= 0)
                usr.attacking = 0
                del(M)
            sleep(10)//wait 1 second..otherwise, it will loop repeatedly(in split seconds) and crash
May 2 2007, 1:27 pm
In response to Mecha Destroyer JD
Thank you very much for your help.
May 2 2007, 1:37 pm
  • If (usr.action) evaluates to true, then you don't need to set usr.action to 1, because then you'll never be able to attack after that.
  • When you output a mob like that ([M]), DS grammarizes it. This'll cause a problem for people with a lowercase letter at the start of the name, making it 'The [name]'.
  • The use of the ':' operator here is bogus. M is the proper type, so the '.' operator would work just fine, and it'd even be faster.
  • If you gave your argument to the attack verb the proper type, as you did, then the 'as' operator is useless, unless combining multiple types.
May 9 2007, 10:30 am
In response to Audeuro
Hello I am still having somem trouble with this.....

mob
    verb
        attack(mob/M as mob in oview (1))
            set category="Actions"
            while(usr.attacking)
                usr << "You attack [M]"
                flick('Male.dmi',usr)
                flick("punch",usr)
                oview() << "[usr] attacks [M]"
                var/damage = usr.strength + 4
                usr << "[damage] damage"
                M:powerlevel -= damage
                if(M:powerlevel <= 0)
                    usr.attacking = 0
                    del(M)
                sleep(10)
I have written the code out in the following way, as I said I need it to Loop the battle system so the user attacks untill the oppenents health has reached 0?
May 14 2007, 11:50 am
In response to Nexus6669
*Bump Topic*

I left it a few days.... is there anyone who knows why this might be doing this?


Apon clicking attack verb there is no output on screen...?