Re: weights of nested containers
What would you like to do to help with coding?
And, by the way ..that's a valid point...
what about...everytime a roomin id is manually changed...you check to see if
it is being changed to a player or mobile or object (as in a backpack), in
which case you need to add the weight then, just like you would if the
player, mobile, etc. had picked it up?
Michelle
Michelle Rogers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Isaac Raway" <isaac-topica at blueapples.org>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: weights of nested containers
>
>
> Michelle,
>
> This could be dangerous, but if you keep on your toes then it could be
fine.
>
> Say for instance that I'm playing the MOO, and I create an object of my
> own. Then, I manually set the roomin value to the ID of some person's
> character. They see that they have this object they don't know about in
> their inventory, so they drop it. Now, suddenly, their weight goes down,
> perhaps into negative numbers (perhaps crashing the program in that
> case?). I guess the only way to prevent this is to prevent the roomin
> value from being manually modified, but that's sort of a silly
> restriction to put on programmers. It could prevent some very
> interesting and cool custom spells, etc.
>
> Just food for thought.
>
> I'm still interested in helping out with the coding of this, by the way.
>
> ~ Isaac
>
> Michelle Rogers wrote:
>
> >
> >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.
> >>>
> <snip>
>
> >
>
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