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Here is a little brain teaser that I've got on my hands (and if this turns out to be a monstrosity of a code, forget about it). Also, I don't need an exact script for everything, just a logic behind it (unless, there is a command I maybe that I don't know about).
So, Dink is helping an alchemist, and has to make potions for him. There are, say... 5 potions player should know how to make, and each of them has few of 5 ingredients.
Lets call em 1stPotion, 2ndPotion, etc... and ingredients 1stIng, 2ndIng, and so on. Just to make it clear, let's say that:
1stPotion = 1stIng + 4thIng
2ndPotion = 3rdIng + 1stIng + 5thIng
3rdPotion = 3rdIng + 3rdIng + 1st Ing etc
The order of putting ingredients into pot doesn't matter.
Finally, the alchemist should walk in three times in a row, and ask Dink for a random 1-5 potion to make. This opens a list of all ingredients, and a 'finish' button. Player must know when to finish, and ingredients don't diminish... from the list after being used, cause some of them are might needed twice.
My solution kinda goes like this:
each potion and ingredient is a global variable with a specific number value, say:
1stPotion = 5; 1stIng = 2; 4thIng = 3
So when you add values of ingredients needed, you get the value of potion wanted. I just have to try and avoid the possibility of making same sums with wrong input, by using numbers of very different value.
Is this possible to do? ( Yes
/ Nooooooooooooooooooooo
)
So, finally, how do I make alchemist to order some random potion, and then open a menu with ingredients after which the engine knows which potion is needed to be made?
So, Dink is helping an alchemist, and has to make potions for him. There are, say... 5 potions player should know how to make, and each of them has few of 5 ingredients.
Lets call em 1stPotion, 2ndPotion, etc... and ingredients 1stIng, 2ndIng, and so on. Just to make it clear, let's say that:
1stPotion = 1stIng + 4thIng
2ndPotion = 3rdIng + 1stIng + 5thIng
3rdPotion = 3rdIng + 3rdIng + 1st Ing etc
The order of putting ingredients into pot doesn't matter.
Finally, the alchemist should walk in three times in a row, and ask Dink for a random 1-5 potion to make. This opens a list of all ingredients, and a 'finish' button. Player must know when to finish, and ingredients don't diminish... from the list after being used, cause some of them are might needed twice.
My solution kinda goes like this:
each potion and ingredient is a global variable with a specific number value, say:
1stPotion = 5; 1stIng = 2; 4thIng = 3
So when you add values of ingredients needed, you get the value of potion wanted. I just have to try and avoid the possibility of making same sums with wrong input, by using numbers of very different value.
Is this possible to do? ( Yes
/ Nooooooooooooooooooooo ) So, finally, how do I make alchemist to order some random potion, and then open a menu with ingredients after which the engine knows which potion is needed to be made?
