General Item System Queries

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So- I was wondering how would you do certain things? (you as an individual)

1,) How would you script an item system? (adding/removing/equip)
I'd make it as a player class, simple and easy to use. (player.addItem("name", quant (+/-))
I'd also say it's a pretty secure way to control it this way with logs.

2,) How would you arrange your item strings?
I'd use two, one to hold the item information and another to hold the item quantity that you have. (item_name=data, items={{name, amount}})


thanks

[Crow]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

1,) How would you script an item system? (adding/removing/equip)
I'd make it as a player class, simple and easy to use. (player.addItem("name", quant (+/-))
I'd also say it's a pretty secure way to control it this way with logs.

It's obviously not. Several people, including myself, managed to drop an item without this being logged on Era in the past. That's why I moved the savelog2() call into the item class. Also, throwing that stuff into a class joined to a player doesn't seem right. Wouldn't trust it.

[[email protected]]

Originally Posted by Crow

It's obviously not. Several people, including myself, managed to drop an item without this being logged on Era in the past. That's why I moved the savelog2() call into the item class. Also, throwing that stuff into a class joined to a player doesn't seem right. Wouldn't trust it.

What do you suggest using?

[Skyld]

On Rudora I have a system quite like Era where the database contains a list of item IDs matched to the actual item data. The client flag is the same as the item description in the database, except the first element is the quantity of items. My item manipulation functions are kept in a class joined to the player (since that way the player object is already specified and it is not necessary to do further work identifying the player object).

[Crow]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

What do you suggest using?

Can't suggest anything. I have no idea about item systems, I don't know what's secure and what's not, I just wanted to remind you of that issue.

[xXziroXx]

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That's what I would do.