Re: [Tutor] Objects Classes...
On Jan 18, 2005, at 03:46, Liam Clarke wrote: Curious - what's mod_python? A Python module for the Apache web server, that among other things addresses the main shortcoming of CGI: mod_python (and mod_perl, mod_php and mod_ruby, for that matter) keeps the interpreter into memory (and as part of the server, so to speak). The server doesn't need to load and initialize a new interpreter each time a page is requested. This yields a tremendous speed increase (speaking in requests/second there, not in script execution time), and ensures that mod_python scales up *much* better than CGI. http://www.modpython.org/ -- Max maxnoel_fr at yahoo dot fr -- ICQ #85274019 Look at you hacker... A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors... How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Objects Classes...
Hello! I am writing (or at least attempting) to write a Character generation utility for Shadowrun in Python of course! After reading about other attempts to make and RPG dealing with with character generation it looks like OOP is the best way to go. I have no experiance with OOP and its kinda throwing me for a loop. Here is what I mean... I make a class class Character: def __init__(self, name = ' ', race = 'Human', magic = 'None'): self.name=name self.race=race self.magic=magic Great, now I need some from the user to create the character. This is what I have. def createChar(book): name = raw_input(Enter your character's name. ) race = int(raw_input(What race? (1: Human, 2: Elf, 3: Ork, 4: Troll, 5: Dwarf,))) book[name] = race What am I doing wrong? Oh and one other thing I can't load my data. I can create a new file, but not load it. Here is the code for that... def loadChar(book): import os filename = 'SRchargen.dat' if os.path.exists(filename): store = open(filename,'r') while store: name = store.readline().strip() race = store.readline().strip() book[name] = race else: store = open(filename, 'w') store.close Any help would be greatly appreciated! ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Objects Classes...
Ok, so each character has his name, race, his stats, his skills, and his
gear.
since the name and character is unique there is no need for a class
these things.
hmmm maybe I am conceptualizing this wrong.
would each new character then be a dictonary? Made up of different
elements or would the character be a list? Since each character is
basically just a list of stats... the stats get modified up and down by
race and certain gear... am I conceptulizing this correctly?
On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 10:59 -0800, Chad Crabtree wrote:
Jack Cruzan wrote:
class Character:
def __init__(self, name = ' ', race = 'Human', magic = 'None'):
self.name=name
self.race=race
self.magic=magic
I know your going to need some other stuff.
class NewCharacter(Character):
def __init__(self,stats,*args,**kwds):
super(Character,self).__init__(*args,**kwds)
self.stats=stats
super is a function that calls a specific function from a parent
class.
This way you can still use the previous __init__ code and then extend
it. *args represents a tuple of arguments of unspecified length or
type, **kwds is a dictionary of named arguments, like name='' like
above. That way you capture the keywords needed to pass to the
parent
class so that name race magic is still updated at class
instantiation.
This way you can extend classes. So you *could* subclass Character
as a
Dwarf, a Troll etc so that each class already knows about being a
Dwarf,
eg special abilities skill bonuses and such. If you don't understand
this, that's ok it took me quite a while. However once I got this it
made certain tasks much easier. I could figure out how to do
something,
then never need to think about how it works later in the project.
def createChar(book):
name = raw_input(Enter your character's name. )
race = int(raw_input(What race? (1: Human, 2: Elf, 3: Ork, 4:
Troll,
5: Dwarf,)))
book[name] = race
try this (untested)
races={1:'Human',2:'Elf',3:'Ork',4:'Troll',5:'Dwarf'} #this is a
dictionary
book[name]=races[race]
print The Name is + name
print The Race is + book[name]
def loadChar(book):
import os
filename = 'SRchargen.dat'
if os.path.exists(filename):
store = open(filename,'r')
while store:
name = store.readline().strip()
race = store.readline().strip()
book[name] = race
else:
store = open(filename, 'w')
store.close
I'm not sure why this doesn't work, perhaps you should post what is
in
'SRchargen.dat'. You do know that this format will only work with
one
character? Do you get an error? If so post that traceback message.
Anyway good luck.
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Re: [Tutor] Objects Classes...
On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 10:59 -0800, Chad Crabtree wrote: class NewCharacter(Character): def __init__(self,stats,*args,**kwds): super(Character,self).__init__(*args,**kwds) self.stats=stats super is a function that calls a specific function from a parent class. This way you can still use the previous __init__ code and then extend it. Is that the right idiom these days? I would write: def __init__(self, stats, *args, **kw): Character.__init__(self, *args, **kw) self.stats = stats -- John. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Objects Classes...
On Jan 17, 2005, at 20:51, Jack Cruzan wrote:
Ok, so each character has his name, race, his stats, his skills, and
his
gear.
since the name and character is unique there is no need for a class
these things.
hmmm maybe I am conceptualizing this wrong.
would each new character then be a dictonary? Made up of different
elements or would the character be a list? Since each character is
basically just a list of stats... the stats get modified up and down by
race and certain gear... am I conceptulizing this correctly?
I've thought about it a few times. Actually, when I learn a language,
I often try to design and implement a SR character generator. Then I
give up because it's really complicated and I don't have time (other
things to do using the aforementioned programming languages, mostly :D
).
I'm probably gonna end up making a web-based one at some point, using
either mod_python or Ruby on Rails. Gah, so many things to do, and so
little time...
Anyway, my view of the problem was that at least the following should
be classes:
- Character
- Attribute
- Skill (perhaps a subclass: Specialization?)
- Augmentation (with subclasses like Cyberware, Bioware, AdeptPower)
- GearItem
Character would mostly be a container for the other classes, so most
of its attributes would be dictionaries, like:
class Character:
def __init__():
self.attributes = {'Body': Attribute(), 'Quickness': Attribute(),
'Strength': Attribute(), 'Charisma': Attribute(), 'Intelligence':
Attribute(), 'Willpower': Attribute()}
Ah, things would be so much easier if McMackie would release the NSRCG
source code (despite this abomination being written in Visual Basic),
wouldn't they? ;)
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Re: [Tutor] Objects Classes...
Wouldn't it though! I haven't checked but doesn't he use xml for his equipment lists - if that was the case it would be worth it to ask him for those files 'eh? Thanx for the input by the way will have to let you know how this goes... Ah, things would be so much easier if McMackie would release the NSRCG source code (despite this abomination being written in Visual Basic), wouldn't they? ;) -- Max maxnoel_fr at yahoo dot fr -- ICQ #85274019 Look at you hacker... A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors... How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Objects Classes...
Curious - what's mod_python? On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 03:10:44 +, Max Noel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 18, 2005, at 02:59, Jack Cruzan wrote: Wouldn't it though! I haven't checked but doesn't he use xml for his equipment lists - if that was the case it would be worth it to ask him for those files 'eh? Last time I checked, he didn't. I have the DAT files here (extracted them off a Windows installation of the program) and have been trying to write a Python script that would convert them to XML. However, the file format is exotic and inconsistent (just like VB, some would say ;) ), so I haven't found a way yet to write an universal converter: the script has to be modified for each file. I'm pleased neither with this solution, nor with the way my script looks: it's ugly. At some point, such a converter will have to be written, though, unless you want to go through the extreme pleasure of going through 1 meg of text files by hand. Hmm, I really should try to start working again on this web-based SRCG idea of mine... The whole thing just screams database. Daaargh, so many things to do, so little time. I suppose no good mod_python tutorials have spawned since last time I asked, right? -- Max maxnoel_fr at yahoo dot fr -- ICQ #85274019 Look at you hacker... A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors... How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- 'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
