On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, Dann Fuller wrote:
> I'm planning on adding a 'zone' command, with which PCs can either
[SNIP]
> I know you need an ACMD(do_zone){...}, which I'm thinking would go in
> act.other.c. I know you also need to put a line in interpreter.c, so
> people can use the command. Is that all, or are there other files I need
> to change, too?
All you need to do is to add this in interpreter.c:
ACMD(do_zone); at the start somewhere
....
{ "zone", POS_SLEEPING, do_zone, 1, 0 },
....
in SOME c file, could be act.informative.c or act.other.c .. or or or :)
ACMD(do_zone)
{
char arg1[MAX_INPUT_LENGTH];
int zonenum;
.....
skip_spaces(&argument)
if (!*argument)
{
--- LIST ALL ZONES STUFF ---
}
else
one_argument(argument, arg1);
if(!(zone = atoi(arg1)))
{
send_to_char("Illegal zone number\r\n", ch);
return;
}
else
{
--- WE HAVE A ZONE NUM ---
--- CHECK FOR THE EXISTANCE OF THE ZONE ---
--- IF EXISTS PRINT INFORMATION ---
}
}
This is free from my non-cretive mind, it's untested, completely filled
with bugs, and will never be able to work :) Still, use it as a
framework/idea skelleton, and you should be on your way.
> Also, how would YOU go about storing the zone descriptions? I'm planning
> on creating a 6th part to the split world file, for descriptions, and
> just reading the descriptions from there, mainly because it's neat, and
> was the first thing that came to me. Any other ideas?
Well, I made something 'similar', and I just made a couple of additional
field in the zone_data struct, there is a runtime structure/table called
zone_table *hint* ...
Just use that to add the information to, and you'll have it accesible in
a fast way, instead of loading it from a file for example, each time a
player wants some zone information...
The descriptions should be added to the .zon file, and then it's easy to
go and seek the place where the zone_table is loaded and filled with
information and modify the routine to invlude the needed stuff..
just my two cents.
From here on it's up to you.. :)
Regards,
Con.
d.
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