Re: NEWBIE: Shop Question. [Try Again]

From: David Blocher (dblocher@prolog.net)
Date: 06/02/96


At 09:56 PM 6/3/96 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>       I have finally got all the objects for my first town with shops
>completed and am now making the shop files. However I have come across a
>big problem. The shop produces the following when list is typed.
>
>..[stuff]..  bronze buckler              ..[stuff]..
>..[stuff]..  steel buckler               ..[stuff]..
>...
>[stuff]
>...
>..[stuff]..  bronze breast plate         ..[stuff]..
>..[stuff]..  steel breast plate          ..[stuff]..
>...
>[stuff]
>...
>
>The problem is if you type buy buckler it buys the bronze buckler, if you
>type buy steel it buys steel buckler, if you type buy breast or plate it
>buys the bronze breast plate. The trouble is you can only buy the steel
>breast plate if you type buy [number].steel. However I have lots of
>dirrerent types of steel stuff above it. It therefore seems a real hassle
>to count each occurance of steel above to buy the breast plate when there
>are already those nice numbers down the side. Has anyone changed the shop
>code so that you can just type, buy 15, which will buy the 15th item in the
>list? If so could you give me an idea of how I should go about doing the
>same? 
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Fionn
>
>
>PS. I'm using version 3 pl11, with version 3 shop files.
>
>PPS. Sorry for spamming the list with this 3 times, but for some reason
>the first 2 attemps cut the bottom half of the message off. I hope it
>works this time. :)
>
>



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