Weapon Names Problem

[PhilSmith]

I've been trying to make a custom inventory and while doing so I have come across a slight problem. I want to make the inventory hide the typical "-" and "*" weapons, however my check is not working. It seems as though the weapons that are named with these starting characters, are actually not (in the mind of my script).

PHP Code:

for(i=0;i<player.weapon.size();i++){
    if(!player.weapon[i].name.starts("-")){
      new GuiBitmapButtonCtrl("PhilSmith_Weapon_"@i){
        profile=PhilSmith_HUDButtons;
        x = PhilSmith_Inventory.x+(i*40);
        y = PhilSmith_Inventory.y+15;
        normalbitmap = temp.imgs[i];
        mouseoverbitmap = temp.imgs[i];
        pressedbitmap = temp.imgs[i];
        width = 32;
        height=32;
        text=player.weapon[i].name;
      }
    }
  } 


Thanks for taking the time to look this over to help me.

[xAndrewx]

PHP Code:

for(i=0;i<player.weapons.size();i++){
    if(player.weapons[i].name.starts("-")) continue;
    if(player.weapons[i].name.pos("/")) continue;
    new GuiBitmapButtonCtrl("PhilSmith_Weapon_"@i){
      profile=PhilSmith_HUDButtons;
      x = PhilSmith_Inventory.x+(i*40);
      y = PhilSmith_Inventory.y+15;
      normalbitmap = temp.imgs[i];
      mouseoverbitmap = temp.imgs[i];
      pressedbitmap = temp.imgs[i];
      width = 32;
      height=32;
      text=player.weapons[i].name;
    }
  } 


Use player.weapon[S] not player.weapon

gj on coding though

[fowlplay4]

Well let's throw some more detail your way...

player.weapons - holds a list of weapon objects that you currently have:

PHP Code:

for (temp.weapon: player.weapons) {
  echo(temp.weapon.name);
} 


You can check if a player has a certain weapon like this:

PHP Code:

// Setup: Weapon name to check for
temp.weaponname = "-System";

// Method using findweapon
temp.weapon = findweapon(temp.weaponname);
if (temp.weapon in player.weapons) {
  echo("Player has " @ temp.weaponname);
}

// Directly referring to the weapon object
if ((@temp.weaponname) in player.weapons) {
  echo("Player has " @ temp.weaponname);
} 


You can even access functions and variables in other weapons:

PHP Code:

findweapon("-System").someAwesomeFunction();
echo((@"-System").answer)); // echos "3" 


Weapon: -System

PHP Code:

public function someAwesomeFunction() {
  echo("awesomeness detected.");
}

this.answer = "3"; 


The methods are basically the same, except the findweapon way is little more clear (imo) to other people reading the script.

[PhilSmith]

Thanks guys. Snk your always a big help . Thanks fowlplay for going out of your way to teach Especially teaching more than I asked for. It gives me more knowledge, and more possible way to do something like this