Equipment List Problem

[neko]

OK, I've run into a small problem...

At one point in my book, the player finds a revolver and six bullets. I add these items to the variable $items with the following:

<EVENT event="&addtolist $items, 'Colt Cobra', 6, 'Bullets'"></EVENT>

Now, when the player uses the gun, I obviously deduct one of the bullets. To achieve this I'm using,

<EVENT event="&removefromlist $items, 1, 'Bullets'"></EVENT>

Now, my problem is when I try to show this change on the player's equipment list, which I have on the character sheet. I'm using,

<SCRIPT script="&display_compact_list('\n',$items)"></SCRIPT>

to display the contents of $items on the character sheet.

I want the number of bullets to change on this equipment list; for example, from 6 to 5. However, what happens after I use,

<EVENT event="&removefromlist $items, 1, 'Bullets'"></EVENT>

is that the number "6" remains visible and the word "Bullets" disappears altogether!

Have I missed something obvious here? How can I get the value that's displayed on the character sheet to change without having the word "Bullets" disappear?

Hope that my question is clear!

Thanks!

Neko.

[Zaphod Beeblbrox]

I'm afraid to say that this is because &addtolist is not as friendly in this respect as &removefromlist - there is no counter to add items repeatedly to a list - so what's happening with your statement:


<EVENT event="&addtolist $items, 'Colt Cobra', 6, 'Bullets'"></EVENT>

...is you are adding 3 entries to $items, 'Colt Cobra', the number 6, and 'Bullets'.

To add 6 'Bullets' to the list at the present time you have to simply say &addtolist($items,'Bullets','Bullets','Bullets','Bullets','Bullets','Bullets');

It's a heck of a mouthful I know. I hadn't considered this eventuality - so thank you for raising this issue. I will see if I can get round to making a second version of &addtolist to make this sort of thing easier in the next few days.

Hope that's some help

Jason

[neko]

OK, will just write it out in duplicate...no problem!

Cheers.