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Dead Souls Support / Bonuses and output of skills.c
« on: November 19, 2011, 03:53:54 PM »
Not really a bug per se, but I was using AddStatBonus() and AddSkillBonus() in a file I was creating - while the stat bonus was seen in the output for the players' stats command the skill bonus was not when using the players' skills command.

The skills command reported the skill level regardless of bonus points. I changed a line in skills.c so that the current skill level will be displayed.
This was bugging the crap out of me because I could see the bonus was being added using call <player>->GetSkillLevel() but the change wasn't being displayed when using the skills command.

Anyway, a minor change but may be useful to other newbies like myself.

diff file:

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23c23
<             (/*mp["level"]*/this_player()->GetSkillLevel(skill) + "/" + max), x); //changed by Lash so current skill level is shown with skill bonuses
---
>             (mp["level"] + "/" + max), x);

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Design Lab / Re: Lib Port
« on: November 19, 2011, 03:37:15 PM »
Sorry about this, but I was doing some further mucking about with combat.c and realized that I had commented out a section in my modified file.

The int x in the diff file I posted won't work because my commented out section used an int x.

So, I changed MY int x to int deltaM so the diff file should read:

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942a943
>     
992a994
>     int deltaM;
998a1001,1007
>     /*added by Lash for delta morality based on killed NPC's morality*/
>     deltaM = ob->GetMorality();
>     SetMorality(GetMorality()-deltaM);
>     if (GetMorality()>2500) SetMorality(2500);
>     if (GetMorality()<-2500) SetMorality(-2500);
>     

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Design Lab / Re: Lib Port
« on: November 19, 2011, 10:36:57 AM »
Hello All,

I'm about ready for a new release of this project after quite some time. Right now I'm doing "clean up" and editing Docs.

Just to clarify, this is a port of the DikuMud-ALFA (released after Gamma) game world to Dead Souls. This is NOT a true porting in the sense of altering
Dead Souls to be DikuMud. Just a port of the areas, their associated NPC's and items into the Dead Souls MudLib. In other words, this is a port of a DOMAIN.
The DikuMud game world files are stored in a directory called "lib",  hence my orginal post calling this a Lib Port.   

What's not in the release:

Guildmasters
Player Magic Spells
A few Magic Items

What IS in the release (about 95% of the total conversion process is finished):

All rooms
Just about all of the in game NPC's and items (armor, weapons, meals, etc)
All included objects have their DikuMud code functionality equivalents
All files have been reformatted to better fit coding standards
All files include a commented output using the DikuMud STAT command  so one can compare and contrast the LPC file with the DikuMUD file information
All but two areas have been mapped . A complete overland map of the whole domain is included
Rewriten Docs, including a doc with my explanation and comparison of the DikuMud code I used and translated into LPC

I have altered some base Dead Souls 3.6 Mudlib files in order to make this work. These files need to be inherited by only a handful of objects.

I wanted to get an opinion as to how much of a pain in the ass it would be for users to overwrite the base Dead Souls 3.6 mudlib files with my modified
files. They are as follows:

/lib/combat.c
/lib/genetics.c
/lib/lead.c
/lib/npc.c

The diff files are as follows:

combat.c (for having a players' morality change based on killing an NPC):
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942a943
>     
992a994
>     int x;
998a1001,1007
>     /*added by Lash for delta morality based on killed NPC's morality*/
>     x = ob->GetMorality();
>     SetMorality(GetMorality()-x);
>     if (GetMorality()>2500) SetMorality(2500);
>     if (GetMorality()<-2500) SetMorality(-2500);
>     
genetics.c (for use with an NPC "curse" spell I wrote):
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14d13
< inherit "/domains/diku-alfa/etc/curse.c";
359,365d357
<         }
<     }
<     /* added by Lash */
<     if(Cursed){
<         Cursed->duration--;
<         if(Cursed->duration < 1){
<             RemoveCurse();
lead.c (for having an animal follower (companion) that a player won't "evade" and lose):
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117,122d116
<
<         /* added by lash */
<         if(this_player()->GetProperty(ob) && (ob->GetSleeping() || ob->GetParalyzed() || pos & badpos)){
<             return 0;
<         }
<
npc.c (for adding SetActionsMap() in NPC's)
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45,46d44
< private mapping ActionsMap = ([]); /* added by Lash */
< private int tick_resolution = 5; /* added by Lash */
121,125d118
<     /* added by Lash */
<     if((Action && (sizeof(Action) || functionp(Action)))
<             || sizeof(ActionsMap)){
<         set_heart_beat(tick_resolution);
<     }
146,156d138
<
<     /* added by lash */
<     if( !GetInCombat() && sizeof(ActionsMap)){
<         foreach(mixed key, mixed val in ActionsMap){
<             if( val > random(100) ){
<                 if(functionp(key)) evaluate(key);
<                 else eventPrint(key);
<             }
<         }
<     }
<
650,659d631
<
< /* added by Lash */
< mapping SetActionsMap(mapping ActMap){
<     if(ActMap && sizeof(ActMap)) ActionsMap = ActMap;
<     return copy(ActionsMap);
< }
<
< mapping GetActionsMap(){
<     return copy(ActionsMap);
< }

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Dead Souls Support / Re: Adding SetActionsMap to npc.c
« on: October 16, 2011, 01:19:35 PM »
@ Quixadhal:

First, thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it.

Right. some data:

Scavenge set to 90 and NpcSteal set to 5:
Heart Beats: 100
Total calls to NpcSteal() and Scavenge(): 91
NpcSteal() calls: 3
Scavenge() calls: 88


Scavenge set to 5 and NpcSteal set to 90:
Heart Beats: 100
Total calls to NpcSteal() and Scavenge(): 91
NpcSteal() calls: 84
Scavenge() calls: 7


Scavenge set to 50 and NpcSteal set to 50:
Heart Beats: 100
Total calls to NpcSteal() and Scavenge(): 95
NpcSteal() calls: 47
Scavenge() calls: 48


Scavenge set to 10 and NpcSteal set to 5:
Heart Beats: 100
Total calls to NpcSteal() and Scavenge(): 16
NpcSteal() calls: 3
Scavenge() calls: 13

Heart Beats: 1000
Total calls to NpcSteal() and Scavenge(): 148
NpcSteal() calls: 46
Scavenge() calls: 102

So, the chance is set per heart beat to call each function. Note that this also works independently of SetAction(). In fact, I used a SetAction(100, (:count:)); function call to measure the object's heart beats.

As an aside, I haven't figured out how to use the heart_beat function to count heart_beats in an object. The way I tried didn't work - the heart_beat function took precedence over the other function calls.

Anyway, for this project the SetActionsMap() function is working as wanted.
 
Thanks again for commenting. I really like your array suggestion and am eager to try to get that working.

And the revised code to generate the data: (NpcCheck() has also been removed as this NPC is actually not supposed to be aggressive - a work still in progress :sigh:)
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// Based on Diku MUD Alfa.  Program and Concept created by
// Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Staerfeldt,
// Tom Madsen, and Katja Nyboe.
// http://www.dikumud.com
//
// Modified by Lash (Christopher Coker) for use with:
//
// The Dead Souls Mud Library version 2
// developed by Cratylus
// http://www.dead-souls.net

#include <lib.h>

inherit LIB_SENTIENT;

void NpcSteal(object ob);
void Scavenge();
int count();

iint ntimes = 0;
int stimes = 0;
int tot = 0;
int hb = 0;

static void create() {
    sentient::create();

    SetKeyName("the thief");
    SetId( ({"thief"}) );
    SetAdjectives(({"non-player", "evil", "tricky"}));
    SetShort("A thief, all dressed in black");
    SetLong("Well, COUNT your money..!");
    SetRace("human");
    SetClass("thief");
    SetLevel(8);
    SetMelee(1);
    SetCanBite(0);
    SetGender("male");
    SetMorality(250); //?
    AddCurrency("gold", 100);
    SetAction(100, (:count:));
    SetActionsMap( ([
                     ( :Scavenge: ) : 50,
                     ( :NpcSteal: ) : 50,
                 ]) );
    //SetWander(5);
    SetInventory( ([
         "/domains/diku-alfa/room/41.zon/meals/4103_slime" :1,
         "/domains/diku-alfa/room/41.zon/meals/4104_slime_poison" :1,
       ]) );
    SetProperty("STAY_ZONE", 1);
}

void init(){
    ::init();
}

int count(){
   
    hb++;

    tell_room(environment(this_object()), "Heart Beats: "+hb+"\nTotal calls to NpcSteal() and Scavenge(): "+tot+"\nNpcSteal() calls: "+ntimes+"\nScavenge() calls: "+stimes+"\n");
    return hb;
}

void NpcSteal(object ob){

    object env = environment(this_object());
    object *potvictims;
    int n1, n2, gold, level;
    level = this_object()->GetLevel();
   
    tot++;
    ntimes++;

    potvictims = filter(get_livings(env), ( :living($1) && $1 != this_object() && playerp($1):) );

    foreach(object target in potvictims){
        if(playerp(target)){
            n1 = random(level);
            if(n1 ==0){
                tell_object(target, "You notice " + capitalize(this_object()->GetKeyName()) + " trying to steal from you!");
                break;
            }

            if(n1 > 0){
                n2 = random(level)+1;
                gold = target->GetCurrency("gold") * n2 /100;
                this_object()->AddCurrency("gold", gold);
                target->AddCurrency("gold", -gold);
            }
        }
    }
}

void Scavenge(){

    object env = environment(this_object());
    object *item, *cost;
    int s;

    tot++;
    stimes++;
         
    item = filter(all_inventory(env), (: !living($1) && (inherits(LIB_ITEM, $1) || inherits(LIB_ARMOR, $1)):) );
    cost = sort_array(item->GetBaseCost(), -1);
    s = sizeof(cost);
    if(s>0){
        foreach(object thing in item){
            if(thing->GetBaseCost() == cost[0]){
                eventForce("get "+thing->GetKeyName());
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

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Dead Souls Support / Re: Adding SetActionsMap to npc.c
« on: October 15, 2011, 12:41:02 PM »
Still editing and missed this - CheckNpc() is usually called in "aggressive" npc files with the following function:

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SetEncounter( (:CheckNPC:) ); //aggressive
All aggressive NPC's in the domain I'm making kill non-npc's on sight.

Lash

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Dead Souls Support / Adding SetActionsMap to npc.c
« on: October 15, 2011, 12:21:22 PM »
For having an npc that can perform more than one action each at different chances per heartbeat. Having more than one SetAction() function in an NPC or SENTIENT doesn't seem to work or, of course, I'm missing something. Nothing really special here - more or less copying and pasting code from room.c.

Modified file: ds3.6/lib/lib/npc.c

At line 45 added function prototypes:

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private mapping ActionsMap = ([]);
private int tick_resolution = 5;
Inserted at line 119 in static void init()

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if((Action && (sizeof(Action) || functionp(Action)))
            || sizeof(ActionsMap)){
        set_heart_beat(tick_resolution);
    }
Inserted at line 139 in static void heartbeat()

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if( !GetInCombat() && sizeof(ActionsMap)){
        foreach(mixed key, mixed val in ActionsMap){
            if( val > random(100) ){
                if(functionp(key)) evaluate(key);
                else eventPrint(key);
            }
        }
    }
Inserted at line 632 in /lib/npc.c data functions section

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mapping SetActionsMap(mapping ActMap){
    if(ActMap && sizeof(ActMap)) ActionsMap = ActMap;
    return copy(ActionsMap);
}

mapping GetActionsMap(){
    return copy(ActionsMap);
}
Example npc - a thief that has a chance to steal and pick up stuff as it goes along. I varied the values in SetActionsMap and the functions were called as expected for the SetActionsMap() value. Included is the function CheckNpc() to make sure this guy doesn't bash on other loaded npc's.

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// Based on Diku MUD Alfa.  Program and Concept created by
// Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Staerfeldt,
// Tom Madsen, and Katja Nyboe.
// http://www.dikumud.com
//
// Modified by Lash (Christopher Coker) for use with:
//
// The Dead Souls Mud Library version 2
// developed by Cratylus
// http://www.dead-souls.net

#include <lib.h>

inherit LIB_SENTIENT;

void CheckNPC();
void NpcSteal(object ob);
void Scavenge();

static void create() {
    sentient::create();

    SetKeyName("the thief");
    SetId( ({"thief"}) );
    SetAdjectives(({"non-player", "evil", "tricky"}));
    SetShort("A thief, all dressed in black");
    SetLong("Well, COUNT your money..!");
    SetRace("human");
    SetClass("thief");
    SetLevel(8);
    SetMelee(1);
    SetCanBite(0);
    SetGender("male");
    SetMorality(250); //?
    AddCurrency("gold", 100);
    SetActionsMap( ([
                     ( :Scavenge: ) : 10,
                     ( :NpcSteal: ) : 5,
                   ]) );
    SetWander(5);
    SetInventory( ([
         "/domains/diku-alfa/room/41.zon/meals/4103_slime" :1,
         "/domains/diku-alfa/room/41.zon/meals/4104_slime_poison" :1,
       ]) );
}

void init(){
    ::init();
}

/*Do not attack other NPC's*/
void CheckNPC(object ob){
 
    object env=environment(this_object());
    if(ob && !inherits(LIB_NPC, ob)){
        eventForce("kill " +ob->GetKeyName());
 }
}

void NpcSteal(object ob){

    object env = environment(this_object());
    object *potvictims;
    int n1, n2, gold, level;
    level = this_object()->GetLevel();

    potvictims = filter(get_livings(env), ( :living($1) && $1 != this_object() && playerp($1):) );
   
    foreach(object target in potvictims){
        if(playerp(target)){
            n1 = random(level);
            if(n1 ==0){
                tell_object(target, "You notice " + capitalize(this_object()->GetKeyName()) + " trying to steal from you!");
                break;
            }
       
            if(n1 > 0){
                n2 = random(level)+1;
                gold = target->GetCurrency("gold") * n2 /100;
                this_object()->AddCurrency("gold", gold);
                target->AddCurrency("gold", -gold);
            }
        }
    }
}

void Scavenge(){

    object env = environment(this_object());
    object *item, *cost;
    int s;
   
    item = filter(all_inventory(env), (: !living($1) && (inherits(LIB_ITEM, $1) || inherits(LIB_ARMOR, $1)):) );
    cost = sort_array(item->GetBaseCost(), -1);
    s = sizeof(cost);
    if(s>0){
        foreach(object thing in item){
            if(thing->GetBaseCost() == cost[0]){
                eventForce("get "+thing->GetKeyName());
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

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Dead Souls Support / Re: Bonus using SetSkill. Equip and Unequip Stacking Issue
« on: October 27, 2009, 04:01:48 PM »
Thanks for looking at my question  :)

I got around it by getting rid of LIB_BONUS and modifying the code by directly adding the bonus to the skill and removing it after un-equiping the object.

Here's the code if anyone is interested:

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varargs int check_morality(object who){
    int x, y, morality;
    
    object env = environment(who);

    morality = who->GetMorality();

  
    x=who->GetSkillLevel("melee attack");
    who->eventPrint("Melee attack before skill bonus = "+x+".");
      
    //only less than 'good' chars can use

    if( morality <=200 ){
    
    who->eventPrint("You can feel an increase in your fighting "+
           "prowess as you put on the gloves.");
        if(env) tell_room(env, who->GetName()+" wears "+
          GetShort()+".", ({who}));
        
        who->AddSkillBonus("melee attack", 2);
        x=who->GetSkillLevel("melee attack");
        who->eventPrint("Melee attack after skill bonus = "+x+".");  
      
        return 1;
    

    }

    else {
        who->eventPrint("You cannot seem to get your hands in "+

            "the gloves.");
        x=who->GetSkillLevel("melee attack");
        who->eventPrint("Melee attack not wearing gloves = "+x+".");  
        return 0;

    }
    
      
}

mixed eventUnequip(){
   int x;
   this_player()->RemoveSkillBonus("melee attack");
   armor::eventUnequip(this_player());
   x=this_player()->GetSkillLevel("melee attack");
   this_player()->eventPrint("Melee attack bonus is now "+x+".");

}

Essentially, this tells the player what his melee attack value is before and after wearing the gloves and after removing them. There's no stacking and no delay in bonus removal.

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Dead Souls Support / Bonus using SetSkill. Equip and Unequip Stacking Issue
« on: October 26, 2009, 04:59:21 PM »
I was trying to implement an armor item that enabled a bonus of +2 to "melee attack" using SetSkills with the LIB_BONUS feature.

When the item was equipped the bonus applied. However, when quickly equipping and unequipping the item the bonus started stacking. Initially melee attack was set at a value of 1 then after wearing the item melee attack was set to 3 as expected. If I removed and re-wore the item quickly the bonus started stacking - so 1 to 3, 3 to5, 5 to 7 , etc.

Interestingly, if I waited a few seconds after observing this stacking phenomenon then removed and rewore the item the skill and bonus went back to baseline. It seems that the mud needs some time to reset the bonus after unequipping the item. Here's the relevant code after SetWear( (:check_morality:) ) in the armor item file

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varargs int check_morality(object who, string where){
    int x, y, morality;
    object env = environment(who);

    morality = who->GetMorality();
   
    x=who->GetSkillLevel("melee attack");
    who->eventPrint("Melee attack before skill bonus = "+x+".");
             
    //only less than 'good' chars can use

    if( morality <=200 ){
    object ob=new(LIB_BONUS);
    ob->SetSkills( (["melee attack" : 2]) );
    ob->eventMove(who);
   
    x=who->GetSkillLevel("melee attack");
    who->eventPrint("Melee attack after skill bonus = "+x+".");
   
    who->eventPrint("You can feel an increase in your fighting "+
           "prowess as you put on the gloves.");
        if(env) tell_room(env, who->GetName()+" wears "+
          GetShort()+".", ({who})); 
     
    return 1; 

    }

    else {
       who->eventPrint("You cannot seem to get your hands in "+
            "the gloves.");
       
        x=who->GetSkillLevel("melee attack");
        who->eventPrint("Melee attack not wearing gloves = "+x+"."); 
    return 0;

    }
       
}


Here's the output I received - wearing and removing is in quick succesion:

(Morality is too high)

wear gloves
Melee attack before skill bonus = 1.
You cannot seem to get your hands in the gloves.
Melee attack not wearing gloves = 1.

(Reset morality)

call me->SetMorality(200)
OBJ(lash /secure/save/creators/l/lash) -> SetMorality( 200 ) = 200
wear gloves
Melee attack before skill bonus = 1.
Melee attack after skill bonus = 3.
You can feel an increase in your fighting prowess as you put on the gloves.
remove gloves
You remove a pair of swordsman gloves.

wear gloves
Melee attack before skill bonus = 3.
Melee attack after skill bonus = 5.
You can feel an increase in your fighting prowess as you put on the gloves.
remove gloves
You remove a pair of swordsman gloves.

wear gloves
Melee attack before skill bonus = 5.
Melee attack after skill bonus = 7.
You can feel an increase in your fighting prowess as you put on the gloves.
remove gloves
You remove a pair of swordsman gloves.

(After waiting about 5 seconds after removing the gloves)

wear gloves
Melee attack before skill bonus = 1.
Melee attack after skill bonus = 3.
You can feel an increase in your fighting prowess as you put on the gloves.

I was wondering if having a check for "if not worn" every heartbeat to do something like:

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int check_gloves(string skill) {
    write("Check gloves called");
    if( !GetWorn() ) {
        previous_object()->RemoveSkillBonus("melee attack", this_object());
        return 0;
    }


I had the above function called before checking for the morality condition but it did not make a difference in the stacking behaviour.




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Bug Central / Re: Default MudTime in Dead Souls
« on: January 05, 2009, 04:16:46 PM »
Basically, the way it works is hours /2 with 0 hour equivalent to half the DAY_LENGTH value in am.

A 30 hour day:
Hour      Mudtime         
0           15am             
1 -14     1am - 14am
15          15pm (in my first post this should have been hour 10 and 10 pm)
16-29    1pm - 14pm

So, not really a bug per se just something to be aware of when fooling with mudtime, ticktock, and time from SEASONS_D->GetMudTime(); where the hours are based on 0 to x; x being the hours defined by DAY_LENGTH in config.h.

It was just kind of weird thinking of 10 pm or 15 pm as being the middle of the day and then going straight to 1 pm.

In order to be consistent ticktock and mudtime have to be coded to take in the DAY_LENGTH value.

Lash

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Bug Central / Re: Default MudTime in Dead Souls
« on: January 05, 2009, 02:37:58 PM »
Raudhrskal,

I edited in the mudtime.c stuff you mentioned in your post while you were responding. Don't want to confuse people. Thanks for the suggestion about posting code.

It was too late to edit after I saw your post.

I would bet an 18, 16, or 14 hour day would look weird but a 12 hour day might be fine. I'll check this out and report back.

Lash

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Bug Central / Default MudTime in Dead Souls
« on: January 05, 2009, 02:12:22 PM »
I was messing around with creating a set time for an npc to have an action and came across some weirdness.

The library DS2.8.4 is set with a default hours per day of 20 in config.h under lib/secure/include (#define DAY_LENGTH) .

When the mudtime goes from 19 hours and 59 minutes (9:59 pm mudtime) to 0 hours 0 minutes the mudtime comes back as 10:00 am and thus there are two 10 am's .

ticktock with no argument comes back as 12:00 am at this time.

It looks like what is happening is that mudtime is reporting time based on the number of hours and subtracting 10 based on a 20 hour day after the halfway point (as defined in mudtime.c as DAY_LENGTH/2 for determining "am" and "pm" under lib/secure/cmds/creators ).  When time goes into double digits mudtime gets screwey. The mud day looks like this:

Hour      Mudtime         Ticktock
0           10am               12am
1 -10     1am - 10am     1am-10am
11-19    1pm - 9 pm      11am-7pm

Weirdly, setting the hours per day in config.h to 24 gives the "expected normal" output. Mudtime and ticktock give the same time based on a 24 hour day. I just wanted to report on these findings in case someone else might find this useful. The relationship between mudtime and hours/day has to be played with to get a consistent output if left at the default setting of 20. I haven't found that code yet but will look into this more.

I guess this isn't a problem since mudtime is a creator command and a set time function based on hours in the mud will execute. It just got confusing waiting for my npc to do something at 11:00 am when "11:00 am" turned out to be 1:00pm instead :P

Here's the code I used for the npc I was building:

set_heart_beat(1);

heart beat function:

void heart_beat(){

    ::heart_beat();

    wander();

}

wander function:

int wander(){
int hour, minutes;       

    int *time_of_day;



    time_of_day = SEASONS_D->GetMudTime();

    hour = time_of_day[0];

    minutes = time_of_day[1];

    eventForce("say hour "+hour+"; minutes "+minutes+".");

other stuff

}

Lash

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Design Lab / Re: Lib Port
« on: December 25, 2008, 10:44:26 PM »
I've uploaded a file for release to Sourceforge.

Get it here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dikualfatodeads/.

This is the first program/software/whatever release I've ever made so it is bound to have goofs and gaffes etc. I would appreciate any feedback on this relating to the files themselves or even the Sourceforge site where they are kept.

Thanks
Lash

13
Design Lab / Re: Lib Port
« on: December 21, 2008, 12:45:28 PM »
Quote from: Lash on December 17, 2008, 01:03:04 PM
I'm looking to release what I have so far (very soon - over the upcoming weekend \12-20\).

Waiting to here back from Sourceforge about the account I created for this project. Everything I have to date is ready for upload once I get confirmation. I got a green light from Michael Seifert (one of the DikuMud creators) for this. Yay!

Lash

14
Dead Souls Support / Overlapping armor types and increased damage
« on: December 19, 2008, 07:49:34 PM »
This may be old hat to some, but it appears that overlapping armor types cause increase in damage from an attacker.
Here is a log from whacking the dummy  wearing a shield (armor type A_SHIELD) and bracers (armor type A_CUSTOM with restrictions on "right arm" and "left arm"). When worn separately no problem. When worn together I get this:
 
Dummy says in English, "I receive damage from fighter. Damage type is BLADE,
    raw damage is 204, body part(s) affected: right hand."
Dummy says in English, "Actual damage done: 197."
Dummy says in English, "Protection due to armor: 7."
Fighter pricks Dummy lightly in the right hand with his sharp sword.

A_SHIELD protects hands. Bracers do not.

And in the same round of fighting:

Dummy says in English, "I receive damage from fighter. Damage type is BLADE,
    raw damage is 160, body part(s) affected: left arm."
Dummy says in English, "Actual damage done: 305."
Dummy says in English, "Protection due to armor: -145."
Fighter pricks Dummy just barely in the left arm with his sharp sword.

A_SHIELD protects arms as well as A_CUSTOM with "arms" restrictions.

Interestingly, "torso" protection is negated.

Any ideas?

Lash

15
Design Lab / Re: Lib Port
« on: December 17, 2008, 01:03:04 PM »
Quote from: cratylus on December 14, 2008, 11:23:10 AM
"Release early, release often."

Thanks for the inspiration!

I'm glad to see the discussion going on in this thread  as it has touched on some important issues. Some of it is a bit over my head though.

I'm looking to release what I have so far (very soon - over the upcoming weekend \12-20\). Right now I'm doing "cleanup" work such as trying to make the files look pretty, adding notes and documentation, headers for the files, etc.

WARNING: This is pretty much newbie material. NPC's will have little, if any, functionality beyond being an NPC. No new verbs, commands or the like. I DO plan on spicing this up as I get more proficient with using the Dead Souls library.

As an example of one of the projects on the back burner is to create a "gettable, takeable" vehicle. There is a section in DikuMud that contains a river. Originally, a player would need a raft to enter the river. As long as the "raft" was in the players inventory he could enter the area. No "paddling" or "sailing" the raft was required. I think having a "sailable" "takeable" vehicle would be a neat feature , but for now I just cheated and required the player to have an inventoried raft to go on the river. (Oh, and yes I read the verb tutorial, no I didn't heed the warning, yes my little brain got fried).

Also, by license for DikuMud it appears that I need to inform the DikuMud creators about what I'm doing. I have poked into the dikumud.com website and sent one of the admins an email about this.

Lash

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