How do you "equip" things? :D

[blooddeal]

First i would like to say that i'm new and have been learning for about four or five days now.
I'm making a little adventure game (console window :D)
and I was wonder how would I equip things, for example;
The character walks into a hude door and the only way to get through it is to cut it down. now earlier the character had seen a axe, how would i make it so that the character could hold the axe and chop the gate down?

[S6k9GNh0]

How do you plan on doing this via console? ASCII symbols?

[Jabu]

How do you use ASCII symbols in making such a game

[Disch]

Obligatory link:

http://cplusplus.com/forum/articles/28558/

[Moschops]

Do you mean how can you know that the character has the axe object?

Many, many ways. You could have a boolean variable named "hasAxe" that changes when the character holds or does not hold the axe.

[zb0S216C]

Here's a rough code segment that may prove useful to you:

class WEAPON
{
    int Damage;
    std::string Name;
};

class ENEMY
{
    int Health;
    std::string Name;
};

class PLAYER
{
    WEAPON *ActiveWeapon;
    
    void UseWeapon( ENEMY &TargetEnemy )
    {
        if( this->ActiveWeapon == nullptr )
            return;

        TargetEnemy.Health -= ActiveWeapon->Damage;
    }
};

Confused? If you are, I wouldn't be surprised. Now, since you're new, I don't expect you to know what this means. This example is an OOP (Object Orientated Programming) approach to game development. Personally, the OOP approach is easier to understand.

I have no intention of killing your interest in C++ with examples such as the one above. Instead, study how it's laid out. The whole concept of OOP, in a nutshell, is to group data to form an object. Here, there're 3 objects: The player, the enemy, and a weapon.

Don't get me wrong but building games is fun. However, you cannot rush yourself when it comes to programming, especially C++. Take your time and enjoy the learning process and gradually build your game as your learn.

_Wazzak

[blooddeal]

Should i post everything i've written so far (i mean the coding i've done)?
I'm actually only making the game so i run into errors as much as possible and try work through them.
Thnx frame, but i don't think that's exactly what i wanted and seeing how my knowledge in c++ is very limited, at this time i'm not gonna try to write something that detailed (for me anyway -.-) into an already large (for me -.-) program, also lots of mistakes. So should i post what i've written so far?

[zb0S216C]

blooddeal wrote:

So should i post what i've written so far? (sic)

If you wish. :)

_Wazzak

[blooddeal]

// dhjyu56.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//
#include <iostream>
#include "stdafx.h"
#include<string>
using namespace std;

int functionEast()
{
string direction = "west";
string direction1 = "east";
string direction2 = "north";
string direction3 = "south";
string player;
string answer1 = "yes";
string answer2 = "no";
string down = "down";
string up = "up";

cout << "You enter a large cabin\n" "You entered the cabin, you can see stairs up and down which way?\n";
cin >> player;
if (player == down)
cout << "You enter the cellar and notice a shining blue crystal, as you walk towards it a midget grabs your nuts, and you die.";
else if (player == up)
cout << "lol, no you're not going up there";
else cout <<"Retard, either type up or type down";


char f;
cin >> f;
return 0;


}




int functionSouth()
{
string direction = "west";
string direction1 = "east";
string direction2 = "north";
string direction3 = "south";
string player;
string answer1 = "yes";
string answer2 = "no";
{
{
cout << "You smell an african child molesting some sheep, do you want to do a pooh\n?";
cin >> player;
if (player == "yes")

cout << "That's just disgusting, but... that's how you win the game!! You have won, Congratz!!";
if (player == "no")
cout << "why not? You ate some pork before, oh no.... your stomach exploded from to much pork and you neglecting to take a shit. You have died, that is absolutely terrible. " << "The end";

char f;
cin >> f;
return 0;

}



}






char f;
cin >> f;
return 0;


}


int functionNorth()

{

{
string direction = "west";
string direction1 = "east";
string direction2 = "north";
string direction3 = "south";
string player;
string answer1 = "yes";
string answer2 = "no";

cout << "As you pass through the forest you smell something, follow it?\n";

if (player == answer1)

cout << "You found a burnt kebab left by a lebo, do you want to eat it?\n";
cin >> player;


if (player == answer2)

cout << "Ok, Where now?\n";
cin >> player;


if (player == "south")
functionSouth();

if (player == "east")
cout << " You walk into a wooden shed";

if (player == "north")

cout << "Well you want to go north do you?\n Well that's to bad. I'll take you east :)\n";
(player == "east");
cout << "you're now in east";


if (player == answer1)
cout << "A lebo comes out of the bushes and slits your throat with a plastic glass,\n you're dead";
if (player == answer2)
cout << "Well... where now?\n";
cin >> player;
if (player == "east")
cout << "you find yourself caught in a spiders web, you don't have a weapon" << endl << "You try squeeze your way out, and you are succesfull\n" << "where now?\n";
cin >> player;
if (player == "north")
{
cout << "You see a mountain, climb it?\n";
cin >> player;
}

else if (player == answer1)
cout << " As you reach the top you see the surrounding area,\n to the north, only a vast sand maze which surely leads to death,\n to the south a cave, with a large opening,\n to the east, there is a 7/11 with a bunch of bogans smoking ciggies,\n to the west, there is gold!";
if (player == "south")
cout << "You can't go that way, it's the end of the map, choose again\n";



if( player == "east")

cout << " You end up in a abonded house, you enter in and on the table is a knife, pick it up?";
cin >> player;


char f;
cin >> f;
return 0;






}
int main();
{

string direction = "west";
string direction1 = "east";
string direction2 = "north";
string direction3 = "south";
string player;
string answer1 = "yes";
string answer2 = "no";

int x = 9;

cout << "This is my first game.\n";
cout << "You have to make your way home.\n";
cout << "Type in either east, west, north or south.\n";
cout << "Wich way do you want to go?\n";
cout << "Choose your direction:\n";
cin >> player;

if (player == "north")
functionNorth();

if (player == "west")

cout << "You see a car through the thick fog!\n";

else if (player == "east")
functionEast();

else if (player == "south")
{

cout << "It's blocked off, try another way\n";
cin >> player;
}
else if (player == "south")


cout << "You dumb? Enter a different direction\n";
cin >> player;


if (player == "east")
{
functionEast();
cin >> player;
}

else if (player == "north")
functionNorth();






char f;
cin >> f;
return 0;

}



Oh no!! As i was compying it, i done something, and couldnt get it fixed. :(
end of file found before the left brace '{
I was trying to correct it, but it was playing tricks.!!
Also don't laught at how silly it is or the fact that i'm not good at this