--- Anarchangel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've been giving some thought to changing the resistance system from a > simple is_set or not is_set to a number between -100 (meaning take double > damage) to 100 (meaning immune), and 0 being taking normal damage. This > means I could theoretically get rid of immunities altogether. > > The problem is the only way I can think of accomplishing this would be to > make about 30 entries in mob_index_data (one for each resistance) rather > than just one as it is currently (res_flags). > > This seems overly messy to me, especially since about 30 thousand mobs > would be using it and most of them don't even have more than one or two > resistances. > > Anyone ever done this in an efficient manner?
Certainly.. Firstly, if you intend for both npc's and pc's to have this information it needs to be specified in the char_data structure, (though you'll also need it in mob_index_data to copy over to the newly instantiated npc's char_data instance. As for what sort of method for storing the resistances.. Well ideally you'd want some sort of tree structure similiar to those used in the C++ set template. That would make for quick lookup of damage modifier types. However, this may be overkill if most of your characters won't have more than 2 or 3 modifiers (vulns,resistances). So for simplicity you could go with a linked list. Then just look up to see if there is a modifier for the damage type being done, and use damage -= damage * dam_mod->amount/100; ~Kender ===== -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.1 GCS/L/C/O d-(+) s++: a-- C+++$>++++ UBLS++++$ P+++(--)$ L+++>++++ E--- W+>++$ N !o K? w(--) !O M- !V PS+ PE(++) Y+ PGP->+ t+ 5 X+() R(+) tv+@ b++(+++) !DI+++ D G(-) e>+++$ h---() r+++ y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
