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Re: weights of nested containers

• Posted by "Michelle Rogers" <michellerogers at bellsouth.net> Feb 16, 2004
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OH Wait!! I hadn't thought about it like that!

I think what you are saying is this..

If a player weighs 50 stones....
  He picks up an apple that weighs 1 stone...
   Now, his weight is reset to 51 stones

Is that what you are saying???  *rolls her eyes*  I ask because it was so
easy I'm slapping myself...*smirks*  I was trying to make it too hard.

And then you don't have to check through the nesting..because everytime you
pick something up your weight increases!

So if you try to pick up a person who normally weighs 50 stones...but he is
already carrying someone who weighs 50 stones...his weight already says 100
stones....So, all you have to do is check his weight!  *slaps her forehead
and goes "duh"*

*grins*  thanks..that might fix the whole thing

Michelle Rogers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elliott Sales de Andrade" <quantum_analyst at hotmail.com>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 6:08 PM
Subject: RE: weights of nested containers


>
>
> >From: Michelle Rogers <michellerogers at bellsouth.net>
> >Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
> >To: EUforum at topica.com
> >Subject: weights of nested containers
> >Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:46:04 -0500
> >
> >I am writing a mud progam in Euphoria.  Currently I have each character
> >with
> >a certain amount of strength.  Depending on their strength, they can pick
> >up
> >a certain amount of weight.  They can even pick up other characters, if
> >they
> >are strong enough to pick up the weight of the other character.
> >
> >The way I currently do this is that the weight of the person being picked
> >up
> >is evaluated.  If they are too heavy, a message is given.  If they are
not
> >too heavy, the person picks them up.
> >
> <snip>
>
>    I think what you can do is, when a person picks up something, its
weight
> increases by the weight of the picked up thing. That way, you don't even
> need check any other objects. When you stop carrying the object, you just
> decrease the carrier's weight by the object's weight.
>
> >But, how do I tell the code to keep checking until I've gotten to the end
> >of
> >everyone who's being carried (i.e.  the "last generation" of people being
> >carried)?
> >
>
>   Well, you could possibly do some recursive thing, but some people find
it
> somewhat confusing.
>
> >hmm...as I actually typed out an explanation..I'm getting a sort of a
hazy
> >idea..so I may figure this out..but I'm still going to post the message,
> >just in case.
> >
> >Michelle Rogers
> >
>
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