On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Chuck Reed wrote:
> Is there a global function that checks for an item being:
> a) In someone's inventory
> b) In containers
> c) In rooms
>
> and returns a integer of how many there were?
>
No need to. It's dynamically done when an object is loaded and extracted.
Check in read_object() in db.c for the line:
obj_index[i].number++;
whereas 'i' is the real number of the object.
Hope that helps.
PS: Same thing is done for mobs.
John Evans <evansj@hi-line.net> -- http://www.hi-line.net/~evansj/
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
-- Arthur C. Clarke
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