Experience

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Aug 30 2003, 12:28 am
in my game, every time you hit a punch-bag, it'll give you about 12 experience, once you get to over 1000 experience, you level up and the experience is reset to 0.(thats what i want it to do)

at the moment all it does is

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I think it may be due to the main Login() proc, because i've set the experience and level to 0.

I know its not the greatest of information, but can someone please help me?

-~Evil Guy~-

If you need it to be re-written, or you need some coding in it, tell me.
Aug 30 2003, 12:36 am
Punching bags? Bad idea. Really bad idea. Do you know what people will do? They'll make a macro for "punch pbag", place a heavy object on that key, and leave it running for half an hour. Instant level 10,000.

Anyway, it's not realistic. I could punch a bag for hours on end, and not increase my fighting skills one bit. Strength maybe, but not skill. Bags don't tend to dodge a whole lot. =P

You should have a different method of experience. If your game involves killing monsters, give experience for that. If there are quests to do, give experience for those. Or you could use the Hedgerow Hall model, and give experience based on playing time.
Aug 30 2003, 12:40 am
In response to Crispy
it will, but at the moment, i want to know why, the experience isn't rising
Aug 30 2003, 1:32 am
In response to Evil Guy
Then I want to see your existing code. =P
Aug 30 2003, 5:56 am
Suggestion: Limit the experience a person can gain from a punching bag per level. If it takes 1000 experience points to level up the first time, then limit this to 600 or so. It forces people to use some variety in how they build up their character.

This isn't all that hard to handle:
mob
  var/list/training
  var/exp = 0
  var/exp_to_level = 1000
  var/level = 1

  proc/CheckLevel()
    while(exp >= exp_to_level)
      ++level
      exp -= exp_to_level
      exp_to_level = round(exp_to_level * 1.5, 1)
      // add level-based skills and magic here
    src << "You are now at <b>level [level]</b>."
    if(training) training.Cut()    // reset exp types

  proc/GainExp(amount, atom/A)
    if(A.explimit >= 0)
      if(!training) training = new
      var/atype = A.training_type ? (A.training_type) : A.type
      amount = min(amount, A.explimit - training[atype])
      if(!amount) return
      training[atype] += amount
    exp += amount
    CheckLevel()

atom
  var/training_type     // set this to a common class or null
  var/explimit = 600    // exp limit per level

  proc/HitBy(mob/M)

obj/punching_bag
  HitBy(mob/M)
    M.GainExp(rand(3, 12), src)

mob/critter/puny
  training_type = /mob/critter/puny
  explimit = 500

  rabbit
  chipmunk
  rat
  squirrel
The way I set up this system, each individual object type can have a training limit. You can only get 500 exp points total from killing little woodland creatures on each experience level, or 600 from hitting a punching bag. So on level 1, hitting the bag around a bit and then going out and skewering some critters would be enough to advance you, but later on you have to branch out and do something else.

This should solve some of the design flaws inherent in using training rooms. It'll make your game more interesting to play. If you want you can also extend this system, so for example you might have an experience limit on a specific kind of creature but also on their class, so maybe you can only get up to 200 for killing rabbits, but 500 total for killing small animals.

Lummox JR
Aug 31 2003, 8:06 am
In response to Lummox JR
thanks a lot man, thats worked great, i am in your debt.

**i'll forget, that i said that, but make sure you don't for sometime in the future!**