> I'm working a 2-hand limit code, but am stuck now. I know this is
> possible, because the great Daniel Koepke has coded this for me before,
> but since that the MUD has been deleted, and I tried to code it again from
> memory, and that didn't work too well, so I tried doing it a different,
> but that didn't work too well either, would anyone care to give me a few
> pointers on going about this?
Ok, I'm sure Daniel et al have done this in a different way, but this way
works fine, even if it's not as elegant as I'd like.
First I defined a couple of new macros in utils.h:
#define IS_OFFHAND(i) ((i == WEAR_DWIELD) || (i == WEAR_HOLD) || \
(i == WEAR_LIGHT) || (i == WEAR_SHIELD))
#define HAS_OFFHAND(ch) (GET_EQ(ch, WEAR_HOLD) || GET_EQ(ch, WEAR_LIGHT) || \
GET_EQ(ch, WEAR_DWIELD) || GET_EQ(ch, WEAR_SHIELD) || \
GET_EQ(ch, WEAR_TWIELD))
Where WEAR_DWIELD is a weapon that's dual wielded, and TWIELD is wielded
two-handed.
Then, in perform_wear:
if (GET_EQ(ch, where) || (IS_OFFHAND(where) && HAS_OFFHAND(ch)) ||
((where == WEAR_TWIELD) &&
(GET_OBJ_WEIGHT(obj) > str_app[STRENGTH_APPLY_INDEX(ch)].wield_w) &&
(GET_OBJ_WEIGHT(obj) < 1.5*str_app[STRENGTH_APPLY_INDEX(ch)].wield_w) &&
(GET_EQ(ch, WEAR_WIELD) || HAS_OFFHAND(ch))) ||
(where == WEAR_WIELD && GET_EQ(ch, WEAR_TWIELD))) {
send_to_char(already_wearing[where], ch);
return;
}
Erk, messy. Anyway, it checks to see whether there's already eq in that
pos, or whether you already have something in your offhand and you're
trying to equip to a position that's defined as offhand,
or the position is "wield two-handed" (for which the weapon weight has to
be between the max weight you can wield and 1.5* that), and you already
have something either in your offhand or wielded or both.
Of course, you have to add the relevant bits to structs.h, and extra
messages for wear position and so forth.
Now in do_wield:
if (!CAN_WEAR(obj, ITEM_WEAR_WIELD))
send_to_char("You can't wield that.\r\n", ch);
else if (GET_OBJ_WEIGHT(obj) > 1.5*str_app[STRENGTH_APPLY_INDEX(ch)].wield_w)
send_to_char("It's too heavy for you to use, even with both hands.\r\n", ch);
else if (GET_OBJ_WEIGHT(obj) > str_app[STRENGTH_APPLY_INDEX(ch)].wield_w)
perform_wear(ch, obj, WEAR_TWIELD);
else if (GET_EQ(ch, WEAR_WIELD) && GET_SKILL(ch, SKILL_DWIELD)){
if (GET_OBJ_WEIGHT(obj) > str_app[STRENGTH_APPLY_INDEX(ch)].wield_w/3)
send_to_char("It's too heavy for you to use in your off hand.\r\n", ch);
else
perform_wear(ch, obj, WEAR_DWIELD); }
else
perform_wear(ch, obj, WEAR_WIELD);
}
This isn't all of the code, just the most difficult bits. It works fine
on my mud, but you'll probably want to tidy it up a lot.
Note that I have a skill for dual wield, but let everyone wield heavy
weapons two-handed. At the expense of not being able to hold a light, a
held item, dual wielding or wearing a shield.
Chris.
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