Getting it to ask questions

ID:168260
 
Nov 16 2005, 3:04 am
I'm trying to remember what the command(s) are to basically say, "[player] has challenged you to a fight!","Accept","Decline"" but I forgot what to put in front of that to make it pop up on-screen
for the target of the verb, which is (Player as mob). I know one is alert, but i don't remember the other, can someone help?

~Vlad~
Nov 16 2005, 3:24 am
 
switch(input("[usr] has challenged you. Would you like to accept?","Battle"/* "battle" here is the popup title*/) in list ("Yes","No")
    if("Yes")
       lalalalala
    else if("No") // the else if() can also be else I guess o.o
       lalalalalalala

Nov 16 2005, 4:32 am
Look up input() and Lummox JR's AreYouSure library, useful to make sure the person recieving the question doesn't have the window up for too long.
Nov 16 2005, 12:45 pm
In response to Mysame
Thx you kindly! That helped a bunch!

~Vlad~
Nov 17 2005, 4:21 am
In response to Mysame
Mysame wrote:
> switch(input("[usr] has challenged you. Would you like to accept?","Battle"/* "battle" here is the popup title*/) in list ("Yes","No")
>     if("Yes")
>        lalalalala
>     else if("No") // the else if() can also be else I guess o.o
>        lalalalalalala


else if() is used when there is more then two arguments.
For instance:
switch(input("Choose something","Roah") in list("A","B","C","D","Cancel"))
    if("A")
        world << "Roah"
    else if("B")
        world << "Doah"
    else if("C")
        world << "Koah"
    else if("D")
        world << "Moah"
    else
        world << "Ohh, cancel me why don't you!! *crys*"


Normally it isn't needed, because the same script would work just fine as:

switch(input("Choose something","Roah") in list("A","B","C","D","Cancel"))
    if("A")
        world << "Roah"
    if("B")
        world << "Doah"
    if("C")
        world << "Koah"
    if("D")
        world << "Moah"
    if("Cancel")
        world << "Ohh, cancel me why don't you!! *crys*


Well, I know thats how it works in Visual Basic. I'm not sure if DM uses else if() for more then one argument or not. But I imagine it would be the same.