From: Hugh Sasse <hgs@...>
Date: 2008-11-04T04:14:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Text Based RPG in Ruby



On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Ruairidh Mchardy wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Just modified my code a little and now have:
> 
> Grunty = Grunt.new(100, 300, 300, "Ak47")

  Grunty is a constant. (Capital letter). Probably not what you want.

> randy = rand(100)
> Health = Grunt.hp - randy

  ^^ also a constant.

>  puts  "Grunty is battling a kitten!"

   puts  "#{grunty.name} is battling #{article} #{enemy.name}"

> puts "The kitten attacks Grunty with an AK47 and inflicts #{randy} 
> points of damage!"
> puts "Grunty lost #{randy} health!"
> puts "Grunty's hp is #{Health} "
> 
> So Grunty is my monster and I'm checking the starting vars from the 
> Grunt class, then subtracting hitpoints from a random value. So perhaps 
> I should do my checks of if Grunt.hp == 0 then blah in the attack class?

..in the attack *method*. Yes.
> 
> Attached is my (albeit messy) code so far!
> 
Not sure what happened to that, didn't reach the mailing list.
Well, it didn't reach me anyway.

> Hugh,
> 
> Very true in regards to learning from others, I just feel that I 
> couldn't emulate that coding style as I don't understand it 
> sufficiently. It's very frustrating!

Did you look at the stuff that only uses modules, and no metaclasses
at all?  It takes a bit of getting used to, but I think that code is
easier.  Anyway, maybe you don't need to vary your traits that much
if all characters have @hit_points, @charisma, @damage (weapon power),
@inventory = [], @description, @name.

It can get really complicated simulating all this stuff, especially
if you want to take account of where you are:
"You cannot use a two-handed sword in a narrow passage -- at least, 
not without upsetting the landlord."

> 
> Thanks for the help guys!
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Ruairidh McHardy
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> 
        Hugh