Thread: Help with FINAL assignment

You were missing a closing bracket at the end of your for loop. Just count them. I commented it so you can see.

Code:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <time.h>

int main()
{
int health, counter=0, choice, scorpian, terminator, katana, movenum;

{
cout<<"Welcome to Fight Arena!"<<endl<<endl;
cout<<"Please choose a fighter you wish to use"<<endl<<endl<<endl;

cout<<"Scorpian (Press 1 to choose)"<<endl;

cout<<"Strength ***"<<endl;
cout<<"Speed ***"<<endl;
cout<<"Special move *****"<<endl<<endl<<endl;

cout<<"Terminator (Press 2 to choose)"<<endl;

cout<<"Strength *****"<<endl;
cout<<"Speed **"<<endl;
cout<<"Special move ****"<<endl<<endl<<endl;

cout<<"Katana (Press 3 to choose)"<<endl;

cout<<"Strength ***"<<endl;
cout<<"Speed *****"<<endl;
cout<<"Special move ***"<<endl<<endl<<endl;
}

cin>>choice;

if (choice==1)
{
cout<<"You chose Scorpian!"<<endl;
}

if (choice==2)
{
cout<<"You chose Terminator!"<<endl;
}

if (choice==3)
{
cout<<"You chose Katana!"<<endl;
}

cout<<"1 is kick, 2 is punch, 3 is special move (when meter is full)"<<endl;

cout<<"Opponent 1, Scarface"<<endl<<endl;
cout<<"Begin!"<<endl;

for(int x=0; x<4; x++);
{
cout<<"Kick(1), or punch(2) ?"<<endl;
cin>>movenum;
} // I ADDED THIS ONE
return 0;
}

Also your for loops is messed up. It only asks you once to fight. Maybe you should use a while loop instead. If you need help ask for help on the loop to cuz im not sure what you need help on.

Originally posted by ray
sorry my Question was unclear, but hw can i incorporate

For loops
Arrays
Structs
functions
?
i just started on this and have no idea how to incorporate them

thx in advance, all ideas welcome.

Personally, I'd create a class called fighter that would contain member functions like punch() and kick(), but I'm guessing that you're not quite there yet; so, you can make the fighters structs that would contain their health, special meter, etc. Your functions would then be fight() and punch(), and you could have a function battle() that would have as an argument the enemy. As for arrays, hmmm, that one's a bit tougher to incorporate . . . . Oooh! I got it!

Code:

figther opponents[num_of_opponents];	// declare an array full of all of your opponents
for(int i = 0; i < num_of_opponents; ++i)
	battle(opponent[i]);

Wow, I'm pretty happy that I came up with that. Now, I kind of wish I could code out the rest. Oh well, I hope that helped. Oh, one more thing—what gamer4life said was correct, you shouldn't use a for loop the way you did. The battle should go on while(player.health > 0) or something like that.

I hoped that helps you with your assignment and puts you well on your way. If you have any more questions or need help implementing that, just let us know. Have fun!

I suggest you make a Fighter struct containing all the attributes, and then initializing all your fighters like so:

Code:

struct FIGHTER
{
     int strength;
     int speed;
     int special;
};

int main() { FIGHTER Scorpion, Terminator, Katana; }

You have obnoxiously redundant braces around your output...Perhaps you would want to create a menu() function if a statement block is what you fancy.

What a lot of newbies complain about is that when a user inputs something other than an int, their program crashes. So, provide something more dynamic like so:

Code:

char choice[100];

/* Display choices*/

gets(choice);

switch(choice[0])
{
case '1':
     // .... break;
case '2':
     // .... break;
case '3':
     // .... break;
default:
     cout << "ENTER AN INT YOU FOOL\n";
     break;
}

This program can be done very simply...
You create a class player, like joshdick said, and give it some attributes( variables ) like stength, speed whatever, and health, and have some functions like kick or punch, etc... each of them decreases the health, untill you reach a state where health is 0, so the player is killed or defeated...
You creat two objects of that class, and make them fight, now try writting the class, and post what you have and I will be happy to help you with it...
In fact it's very easy, and I hope you enjoy it...

::Waiting your code::

Yep, what I think happens is; In MSVC++ which most schools use, the system is really annoying, they say you have to make a project, whereas in DEV-C++ (which I use) you just use the simple source code and compile it. I have found that some files in MSVC++ aren't in DEV-C++ under the same filename. Though most are, so check you have defined your include directory in options correctly.

Does this code compile.. I think you have many errors, for example, the definition of the structure FIGHTER, and many more... Just check it out one more time, and try fixing some errors, and post the results here, and I'll help you out...

I wrote that program template for you, try completing it, and post what do you get...

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;
struct fighter{
	int strength;
	int speed;
	int special;
};

int main()
{
	int choice;
	fighter player;
	cout<<"Welcome to Fight Arena!"<<endl<<endl;
	cout<<"Please choose a fighter you wish to use"<<endl<<endl<<endl;

	cout<<"Scorpian (Press 1 to choose)"<<endl;

	cout<<"Strength ***"<<endl;
	cout<<"Speed ***"<<endl;
	cout<<"Special move *****"<<endl<<endl<<endl;

	cout<<"Terminator (Press 2 to choose)"<<endl;

	cout<<"Strength *****"<<endl;
	cout<<"Speed **"<<endl;
	cout<<"Special move ****"<<endl<<endl<<endl;

	cout<<"Katana (Press 3 to choose)"<<endl;

	cout<<"Strength ***"<<endl;
	cout<<"Speed *****"<<endl;
	cout<<"Special move ***"<<endl<<endl<<endl;

	cin >> choice;
	switch ( choice )
	{
	case 1:
		player.special= 5;
		player.speed=3;
		player.strength=3;
		break;
	case 2:
		//continue as above
	case 3:
		//continue as above
	default :
		break;
		//you can choose either to creat a default player of display the options again
	}
	//The you creat the computer player
	fighter computer;
	//so select a random character to be the computer player
	//then you start the battle
	//you make the user choose a move and you choose a random move for the computer
	cout<<"1 is kick, 2 is punch, 3 is special move (when meter is full)"<<endl;

	cout<<"Opponent 1, Scarface"<<endl<<endl;
	cout<<"Begin!"<<endl;
	cin>>choice;
	//use a switch statement to chech the user input
	switch ( choice ){
	case 1:
		//decrease the health of the computer;
		//continue with all the cases
		break;
	}

	return 0;
}

Good luck...

Originally posted by DAIALOS
That is for a game?

You can read the first post in this thread, read the text below the code, and you'll find the answer...

i dont want to seem like a party pooper, but i strongly advise against this sort of programming. its better to learn the basics of programming with simpler projects, and gradually build up a strong knowledge base, and a good idea of how to structure programs efficiently. ray, maybe you should do something else for your assignment, and continue this project when you're a little more familiar with c++.

but if you're still intent on doing this project now, ammar's example isn't bad as a base. a good loop structure and some formulas for determining damage taken is all it needs. good luck.