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Creating player stats & skills for RPG game

by Bendik Stang · in Torque Game Engine · 04/14/2002 (3:32 am) · 6 replies

(I'm quite new to the torque engine and game programming in general.)

I'm trying to figure out how to create the stats and skills needed for a rpg type game.

I'd like to make the str/dex have an affect on the damage the player gives/takes, as well as skills that can affect other aspects of the gameplay.

So, where do I start? (I'm looking at the inventory class, considering using it as a reference for a stats/skill class)

If anyone feel like making a tutorial on this, I'm sure many others would appreciate this as well.

Any guidance would be deeply appreciated.
:)


....Edited:
I have created a skill.h from the inventory.h
Am I on the right track, or will this eventually lead to a dead end?

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// skills.h - Header File for the Skill Manager
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef _SKILL_H_
#define _SKILL_H_

#include "platform/platform.h"

class Skill {

public:
Skill();
~Skill();
void AddSkill(char* name, char* points, char* maxPoints, char* description);
// add skill (SkillName, SkillPoints, SkillMaxPoints, SkillDescription)

void RemoveSkill(char* name);

void GetSkill(char* type, char* rettype, char* retvalue);
// not sure what this does...

bool MoveCurrent(char* move); //move the currentpos pointer next, last, or first

bool IncPoints(char* name, char* fpoints);
bool DecPoints(char* name, char* fpoints);
bool SetPoints(char* name, char* fpoints);

void ClearSkill();

private:

struct SkillName {

char Name[256];
f32 Points;
//char Type[256]; //not needed?
char Description[256];
f32 MaxPoints;

};

struct SkillLink {

SkillName SkillData;

SkillLink* nextLink;
SkillLink* lastLink;

};

SkillLink* FirstSkillInList;
SkillLink* CurrentSkillInList;

void AddLink(char* name, char* points, char* maxPoints, char* description); //Add a link to the link list
void DeleteLink(char* name); //delete a link from the link list

bool NextLink(); //Go to the next link in the chain
bool LastLink(); //Go to the last link visited in the chain
SkillLink* GetLink(char* name); //get the link equal to the name

};

#endif
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Torque Owner Josh Albrecht
#1
04/14/2002 (6:31 am)
I have RPG-ish stats already in my game already. I simply created some variables in the player class, made some set and get methods, and voila! My players have stats.

Interesting approach to the skills. I had simply planned on giving EVERY skill to everyone, but giving them a rank of 0. Then it is a simple matter of skill++ to make them better at it. :) I wont have very many skills, so this seems the way to go about it to me. Using a linked list just feels like overkill.

Torque Owner Bendik Stang
#2
04/14/2002 (8:27 am)
Ah, now that was a better idea!

thx

Torque Owner Jeff Trier
Simple Distractions Software
#3
05/07/2003 (7:55 am)
@Josh

With this approach, did you give these skills to everyone in script? Or do you mean the player class in C++(player.cc?)?

I am in the process of figuring out the best way to add dynamic skills for individual bots and players.

Thanks!
-Jeff

Torque Owner Corey Punches
#4
05/12/2003 (8:50 am)
Just out of curiousity how are you planning to "store" the player object so that skills/stats are persistent? I've been wondering if I need to write my own database for this or try to add access to MySQl (or any other database) to Torque. I would hate to just serialize the player object to a flat file because of potential character hacking. Any ideas?

Torque Owner J. Donavan Stanley
#5
05/12/2003 (12:50 pm)
Cory,

I'm currently putting the finishing touches on XML based persistance for Torque objects. Part of the implementation allows you to specify a storage medium (i.e "file://" or "db://") that'll get you a part of the way...

I'm not sure what your concern about hacking characters is. If you don't want them hacked store them on the server.

Torque Owner Jeff Trier
Simple Distractions Software
#6
05/13/2003 (4:18 am)
I am trying a 2D array method in script. First storing a pointer to the player, which is then followed by skill info for that player, then another pointer for another player, then more skills, etc... It looks something like this:

$PlayerSkills =
%Pointer1 @ %Skill1 @ %Skill2 @ %Skill3 @ %Skill4 @
%Pointer2 @ %Skill1 @ %Skill2 @ %Skill3 @ %Skill4 @
%Pointer3 @ %Skill1 @ %Skill2 @ %Skill3 @ %Skill4 @
%Pointer4 @ %Skill1 @ %Skill2 @ %Skill3 @ %Skill4;

Then when I need to access a skill, I just scan for the pointer, and count over to the appropriate skill and grab the info. At least thats the theory, I am in the middle of implimenting this, so wish me luck.

EDIT: Clarity
-Jeff