Taking turns

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Aug 25 2012, 5:20 am
(See the best response by NNAAAAHH.)
Hello. I am trying to figure out how to best make mob to be taking turns. I am trying to make it flexible for different amount of players in a party system. So if there's 2 in a party and 2 enemies it will be like: player, enemy, player 2, enemy 2. If its 3 players and 2 enemies it would be like p,e,p2,e2,p3,p. But how do I do that? And what would be the best way? Make a personal turn and a global turn? How do I make it flexible for several players?
Aug 25 2012, 7:03 am
Would the developer help section not be more appropriate for the question?
Aug 25 2012, 11:22 am
You can have a list() containing the player's turn. Ex: 
var
   mob
      enemy1 = new(pick(ENEMY_LIST))  //  Assume you have a specific list of enemy pathway to choose from
      enemy2 = new(pick(typesof(/Enemy/Cave) - /Enemy/Cave))  //  An alternative method to the above
   list/players = Initialize_List(mob1, mob2, enemy1, enemy2)  //  Assume this proc. sorts people based on a variable, ie. speed, and return a list() of the people in order

while(!GAME_OVER)   //  while the round is still happening
   var/mob/current_player = players[1]  //  Get whoever is first in the list
    players -= current_player
    players += current_player  //  This should add the person to the end of the list now.
    
    ...do turn stuff
Aug 25 2012, 12:48 pm
Best response
http://www.byond.com/developer/Albro1/TBSFrameLib

You can either use the libary itself, or use it as a basis for your own. I recomend the first previous until gaining more talent in the programming area.