Hi,

Got a 24 hour clock displaying correctly now so must be getting somewhere, BUT...

Still having some trouble getting my head round the syntax in ASL.

I have a reasonably clear idea of how I want to code games, but can't get some important things to work.

For instance, I've defined a procedure CombatAttack as below :

define procedure <CombatAttack>

msg <#(parameter(1)):DamageMax#>

end define

which seems to be the way the documentation tells me to i.e.

#(variable name):property#

where parameter(1) = variable name

(This is still very simple at the moment as it's just for learning / debugging !)

What I want is to pass an object of type Sword, say, to that procedure, extract its DamageMax property and then use that value within the procedure.

What is the correct way to do that ?

Also, when defining status variables, the syntax in the docs for displaying in the right pane is

display <!%% health>

I get "10% health" with that (health being 10) when I just want "10". Any attempts at changing the expression result either in "[ERROR]" or "1010" !

Anyone with a better grasp of ASL able to help ?

Cheers,

RW

The line you're using is invalid since parameter(1) is actually a function and not a variable.

Use :

set string <weapon; $parameter(1)$>
msg <#(weapon):DamageMax#>

Instead.

I'd also say, instead of type "sword", that property would be generic across all 'weapons' (swords, axes, knives).

Yes, I've used what you suggested and it works fine. Thanks.

BTW the status variable part of the post I figured out about 5 minutes before I ran to get to work today !

I'd misunderstood the documentation and had not realised the double %% was meant to indicate an escape from ASL code to allow for a literal '%' character (not something I want).

I'd also say, instead of type "sword", that property would be generic across all 'weapons' (swords, axes, knives).

'Sword' is a type derived from 'Weapon' which has the properties needed to properly define any type of Weapon...although an ameteur at programming in any language I recognise the value of OOP. See below

define type <Weapon>
DamageMax
DamageMin
HitChanceBonus
end define
define type <Sword>
type <Weapon>
DamageMax = 10
DamageMin = 2
HitChanceBonus = 10
end define

Is this a good way to build a hierarchy of types in ASL ?

Thanks again for your help...

I love QDK

Rob Woolhouse

Ahhh good-good.

And yeah, the inheritance in ASL works that way (I hope).