I had that set up and working fine...until I removed classes. Another/better way to do it...remove the level dependency for spells/skills. Make it a proficiency system. If a character has above a 0 in a skill...then they can use it or prac it. That way it doesn't matter what level they are, they could keep skills no matter what. This also helps for making race dependent skills, and assigning skills/spells at startup. Justin > Rasdan wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Is there a limit as to the number of classes a person can be? I am setting > > up multi code where the players keep their skills they have already earned > > once they become a new class. The only way I can think to do this is to > > set up a new class for each multi level. ie: > > > > CLASS_MAGE_CLERIC > > CLASS_MAGE_CLERIC_THIEF > > CLASS_MAGE_CLERIC_THIEF_WARRIOR > > CLASS_MAGE_CLERIC_WARRIOR_THIEF > > CLASS_MAGE_THIEF > > Er. Mage/Cleric/Thief/Warrior *and* Mage/Cleric/Warrior/Thief? > > This method means a lot of possible combinations, and if you add more > classes later you'll experience combinatorial explosion... not good. > (For six classes, that's 1236 combinations. For twelve classes, it's > almost a billion... have fun typing!) > > Instead, try adding a highest_level[] array to your player structure, > and then you can check the skills available against that array. > e.g. if ch->highest_level[CLASS_CLERIC] is greater than 30 (or > whatever), then the player knows sanctuary (or whatever). > > If you only allow a person to switch classes once he has completely > mastered a previous class, you can afford to use a simpler schema: > a bitmap of "mastered" classes. Then, if a player has a class in > his "mastered" bitmap, he knows all the skills/spells in that class. > > On the other hand, maybe you want a schema where the order you learn > classes matters. For example, maybe the first class can be learned > to a maximum of level 20, the second to level 10, and so on. In which > case you need a "stack" (fixed in size, of course) for each player. > > > *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* > > Rasdan ** FINALITY ** > > > -- > "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a > human face - forever." George Orwell, _1984_ > "The future - now available on America Online." AOL ad > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | > | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > Justin - Primacy http://www.vermontel.com/~jmrobins/ ruin.org 4000 - http://www.ruin.org/ +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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