[CODE] half_chops

From: Julian Buckley (s348266@student.uq.edu.au)
Date: 12/03/98


Hi List...

I was attempting to place in the following "award" code.  Basically, I
need it to award the # of questpoints (buf) to the character (arg).  It
works, no crashes, etc...logs it fine.  But it's not *adding* the value to
the character's total...

***SNIP***
ACMD(do_award)
{
  struct char_data *victim;
  int newquest;

  half_chop(argument, buf, arg);

  if (!*arg || !*buf || !isdigit(*buf))
    send_to_char("Syntax: award <amount> <character>.\r\n", ch);
  else if (!(victim = get_char_vis(ch, arg)))
    send_to_char("No one by that name here.\r\n", ch);
  else if (victim == ch)
    send_to_char("Are you sure you're feeling ok?\r\n", ch);
  else if (GET_LEVEL(victim) > GET_LEVEL(ch))
    send_to_char("That's really not such a good idea.\r\n", ch);
  else {
    newquest = atoi(buf);
    if (newquest > 0) {
      GET_QPOINTS(victim) == GET_QPOINTS(victim) + newquest;
      act("$n begins to gesture and signal strange symbols.\r\n"
        "A magical force comes and lifts you up, drifting\r\n"
        "within the clouds.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_VICT);
      sprintf(buf1, "\r\nYou have been awarded %d questpoints!\r\n",
        newquest);
      send_to_char(buf1, victim);
    } else {
      GET_QPOINTS(victim) == GET_QPOINTS(victim) - newquest;
      act("$n begins to gesture and signal strange\r\n"
        "symbols.  An unholy force comes and drops\r\n"
        "you into oblivion.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_VICT);
      sprintf(buf1, "\r\nYour questpoint total has been reduced by
        %d.\r\n", newquest);
      send_to_char(buf1, victim);
    }
    sprintf(buf1, "Your current total is now: %d questpoints.\r\n",
        GET_QPOINTS(victim));
    send_to_char(buf1, victim);
    sprintf(buf1, "%s awarded %s %d questpoints. (Tot: %d)",
      GET_NAME(ch), GET_NAME(victim), newquest, GET_QPOINTS(victim));
    mudlog(buf1, BRF, LVL_GOD, TRUE);
    send_to_char(OK, ch);
    save_char(victim, NOWHERE);
  }
}
***END SNIP***

Logs say "Caniffe awarded Saxen 3 questpoints. (Tot: 0)" in the final
section of this code.

Me thinks there's prolly something *very* simplistic I'm missing, but I
can't see it.  Can anyone assist/point me in the right direction?

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 Julian Buckley, 2nd Year Computer Systems Engineering
 Dept. Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Qld
 E-Mail: s348266@student.uq.edu.au
 Web Page: http://student.uq.edu.au/~s348266/index.html
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