Text based rpg...

[deryni21]

im working on a sort of a battle system but i want to add a sort of stun like side effect

i'm not terribly new to c++ but i'm still pretty much a total noob

i made stud a boolian variable but im not sure how i would implement that into the attack so something like this was my guess

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if(chance == 3); // chance is a random number between one and ten
           {
                      stun = true;
                       
                      if(stun == true); 
                      {
                              cout << " your enemy is incapable of attacking " 
                              }
                              }

what i am not sure on how to do is to make chance different everytime i use the attack and how to include this into the attack

[eatcomics]

So what you don't know how to do is change chance once you press attack, couldn't you just make an attack function that is called when you choose to attack, and have chance chosen at the beginning of the function?

as for using it just use another function or have a switch case thing...

Edit: My game is set up into different files for like everything, like battlesystem is one cpp file, while shop is another...

[andrew]

Which kind of text based rpg did you have in mind?

There's this kind:
Wrath Lands

Or this kind...
Rogue

John Romero made a free text library for C++ to make rogue-like games:
Here is the page for it.

[eatcomics]

John Romero made a free text library for C++ to make rogue-like games:
Here is the page for it.

^Nice find andrew

[andrew]

Here's another link: Roguelike Dev FAQ

If your head doesn't explode from reading all that, you should be good to go.

[dandymcgee]

If your head doesn't explode from reading all that, you should be good to go.

My Head! Seriously though.. that's WAY too much information for one page!

[eatcomics]

I'm still reading it lol, It's actually quite interesting... Although I think I have solved most of the big problems they show...

Edit: My head aches...

[rolland]

Here's another link: Roguelike Dev FAQ

If your head doesn't explode from reading all that, you should be good to go.

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