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How can I implement a database into my text-rpg game?
I want all the rooms to be in the database, and have the program access certain ones when i want to.
Can anyone help me get started? I tried using the fstream stuff, but doesn't seem too friendly.
I'm hoping to use Microsoft Acess for the db creator -- is this possible??
Or do you think it would be easier and better to create a room class, and just make a bunch of room objects for each of the rooms? Same with the monsters?
Thanks for helping =))
Do the latter.
aye, i was thinking that would be easier.
i am, however, planning to create a couple hundred rooms and about 50 different monsters. will this make the file 39,325 mb big? and use up half my RAM ?
So then get a bigger harddrive and more RAM.:DQuote:
i am, however, planning to create a couple hundred rooms and about 50 different monsters. will this make the file 39,325 mb big? and use up half my RAM ?
Well, it's up to you which is more important: size, speed
Although I'm not sure what speed differences there'll be.
thankyou, classes it is.
by the way, i want my code to be semi-readable by other people, so is there a way to hook-up (not the right term) and access class members across different translation-units?
like have a source code in the project deticated only for declaring and initializing class objects?
something tells me this isn't going to be easy, because of the limitations of the public: thingymagig
any help with this would be great =))
>> like have a source code in the project deticated only for declaring and initializing class objects?
When you create a class, you write a constructor for the class which would initialize all instances declared.
true, but i am going to have alot of class variable initializers (i probably got my vocabulary wrong)
what i mean is, i am going to have alot of these:
roomClass(1, "The Big Room", 0, 1, 1, 0, monster3);
i think it would be best to put all of those, and the class declaration, in its own source-file. i am wondering how to access these roomClass objects from a different source-file.
i don't explain things very well, but i hope you get what i mean *shrug*
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>> i don't explain things very well, but i hope you get what i mean
I understand now.
Try declaring the objects as extern in the seperate source file. Then see if they are accessible in the main file.
i'll play around with that extern keyword, thankyou
Thankyou all. I got the 'database' working by using a bunch of Room objects (classes).
If any of you are wondering how to do this, check out my projects (its not even close to done).
Don't let the .exe file fool you, it does alot more than what it seems. open the project file (USES DEV-C++)