Coding Class: Dagger

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-	In this initial section we are going to be an item from the ground up; in this case a dagger (everyone loves to stab). Commented code examples will appear followed by a 'notes' section below the example. Any further elaboration on that particular section I will place there, and any discussion regarding that particular section should go there as well.
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	// Include our base header file		// Include our base header file
	#include <item.h>		#include <item.h>
	// Inherit our base object for what we're creating		// Inherit our base object for what we're creating
	inherit "/std/item";		inherit "/std/item";
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	// configure() is where we define what the object -is-, and indirectly what it does.		// configure() is where we define what the object -is-, and indirectly what it does.
	void configure() {		void configure() {
		+	// Call the configure() function from the file we inherited above. This really only calls one other function but it's necessary so that everything we're about to do works.
	::configure();		::configure();
		+	// Call set_weapon_type() in the weapon extension and set it to Weapon_Type_Dagger (since we're making a dagger!)
	weapon()->set_weapon_type(Weapon_Type_Dagger);		weapon()->set_weapon_type(Weapon_Type_Dagger);
		+	// Set the craft of the item.
	set_craft(Craft_Good);		set_craft(Craft_Good);
		+	// Setup a general default description.
	add_description(Description_Type_Generic);		add_description(Description_Type_Generic);
		+	// Setup the materials and forms and parts that we want our dagger to be made of.
	add_proportion(([		add_proportion(([
	Element_Type : Material_Iron,		Element_Type : Material_Iron,
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	}		}
-	==== Notes ====	+	==== Important Header Files ====
		+	/lib/craft.h - Craft_Good
		+	/lib/item.h
		+	/lib/materials.h - Material_Iron
		+	/lib/weapons.h - Weapon_Type_Dagger
		+	/lib/descriptors/description.h - Description_Type_Generic
		+	/lib/descriptors/element.h - Element_Type, Element_Proportion
		+
		+	==== Important Source Files ====
		+	/obj/extensions/weapon.c
		+	/std/item.c
		+
		+	==== Code Discussion ====

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Revision as of 22:35, 8 May 2008

// Include our base header file
#include <item.h>
// Inherit our base object for what we're creating
inherit "/std/item";
// configure() is where we define what the object -is-, and indirectly what it does.
void configure() {
    // Call the configure() function from the file we inherited above.  This really only calls one other function but it's necessary so that everything we're about to do works.
    ::configure();
    // Call set_weapon_type() in the weapon extension and set it to Weapon_Type_Dagger (since we're making a dagger!)
    weapon()->set_weapon_type(Weapon_Type_Dagger);
    // Set the craft of the item.
    set_craft(Craft_Good);
    // Setup a general default description.
    add_description(Description_Type_Generic);
    // Setup the materials and forms and parts that we want our dagger to be made of.
    add_proportion(([
        Element_Type       : Material_Iron,
        Element_Proportion : 1.0,
    ]));
}

Important Header Files

/lib/craft.h - Craft_Good /lib/item.h /lib/materials.h - Material_Iron /lib/weapons.h - Weapon_Type_Dagger /lib/descriptors/description.h - Description_Type_Generic /lib/descriptors/element.h - Element_Type, Element_Proportion

Important Source Files

/obj/extensions/weapon.c /std/item.c

Code Discussion