Re: Multihit for mobs by Christian Duvall

From: George (greerga@DRAGON.HAM.MUOHIO.EDU)
Date: 08/11/97


On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Crimson Wizard wrote:

>void perform_violence(void)
>{
>  struct char_data *ch;
>  extern struct index_data *mob_index;
>  int perc, val, apr;
>
>  if (IS_NPC(ch)) {
>    perc = number(1, 101);
>    val = ch->mob_specials.attack1;
>    if (val > perc) {

You never assign 'ch' to anything so it points to random garbage in a
random part of your memory, usually outside your allowable range.

Beware of the uninitialized variable.

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