Hi

What is the normal way to handle consumable items like food? Ideally, I'd like to use clones and when the clone has been "eaten" destroy the clone, but I do not know how to destroy cloned items since they don't have a unique name.

So what I did was create a non-accessible room and put the consumables, like a piece of cheese, in there. When the player can get cheese, I move the cheese from the store room to the player's room, so he can pick it up. When the player eats it, I move it back to the non-accessible room. However, this means I can only ever one piece of cheese at any one time.

Any help appreciated

/Jason

Could you not use aliases to do this? i.e. if you want three pieces of cheese then create 3 items, call them cheese1, cheese2, cheese3, but give all of them the alias 'cheese' or 'piece of cheese'

Hi Jason I recently started a series of tutorials using the GUI Editor https://youtu.be/HD1Gj88KeQE
Basically I make a item, when pick up the clone I add made item to my inventory, remove 'this'(this will remove clone) add to item volume. Then if you already have said item just simply remove 'this' and add 1 to volume. In the tutorials I have part 2 is stacking items then part 3 is eating the item.

Hope it helps
Mike

Hi & thanks

@NecroDeath... yes, I considered that but I thought there might be a better way...

@onimike... great! This is what I was looking for.

/jason

Glad its helps :)

Mike

the one of best designs (if there's no un-fore-seen reasons that you need Clones):

make only a single Object (of each type of Object you need), and then reference that single Object, via using Object Attributes.

for an example (using equipment for this purpose):

<object name="global_data_object">
  <object name="global_equipment_data_object">
    <object name="global_weapon_data_object">
      <object name="global_sword_weapon_data_object">
        <object name="katana_sword_weapon_object">
          <attr name="damage_integer_attribute" type="int">50</attr>
        </object>
        <object name="claymore_sword_weapon_object">
          <attr name="damage_integer_attribute" type="int">40</attr>
        </object>
        <object name="short_sword_sword_weapon_object">
          <attr name="damage_integer_attribute" type="int">5</attr>
        </object>
      </object>
      <object name="global_unarmed_weapon_data_object">
        <object name="unarmed_unarmed_weapon_object">
          <attr name="damage_integer_attribute" type="int">1</attr>
        </object>
      <object>
      <object name="global_blunt_weapon_data_object">
        <object name="club_blunt_weapon_object">
          <attr name="damage_integer_attribute" type="int">10</attr>
        </object>
      <object>
    </object>
    <object name="global_armor_data_object">
    </object>
    <object name="global_clothing_data_object">
    </object>
  </object>
</object>

<object name="room">
</object>

<object name="player">
  <attr name="parent" type="object">room</attr>
  <attr name="right_hand_object_attribute" type="object">unarmed_unarmed_weapon_object</attr>
  <attr name="current_life_integer_attribute" type="int">100</attr>
</object>

<object name="HK">
  <attr name="parent" type="object">room</attr>
  <attr name="right_hand_object_attribute" type="object">katana_sword_weapon_object</attr>
  <attr name="current_life_integer_attribute" type="int">100</attr>
</object>

<object name="knight">
  <attr name="parent" type="object">room</attr>
  <attr name="right_hand_object_attribute" type="object">claymore_sword_weapon_object</attr>
  <attr name="current_life_integer_attribute" type="int">100</attr>
</object>

<object name="npc">
  <attr name="parent" type="object">room</attr>
  <attr name="right_hand_object_attribute" type="object">swort_sword_sword_weapon_object</attr>
  <attr name="current_life_integer_attribute" type="int">100</attr>
</object>

<object name="orc">
  <attr name="parent" type="object">room</attr>
  <attr name="right_hand_object_attribute" type="object">club_blunt_weapon_object</attr>
  <attr name="current_life_integer_attribute" type="int">100</attr>
</object>

<object name="player_2">
  <attr name="parent" type="object">room</attr>
  <attr name="right_hand_object_attribute" type="object">unarmed_unarmed_weapon_object</attr>
  <attr name="current_life_integer_attribute" type="int">100</attr>
</object>

<object name="player_3">
  <attr name="parent" type="object">room</attr>
  <attr name="right_hand_object_attribute" type="object">katana_sword_weapon_object</attr>
  <attr name="current_life_integer_attribute" type="int">100</attr>
</object>

// pretend we're doing a 'fight' scripting, just for examples-sake, this is what we'd get:

orc.current_life = orc.current_life - player.right_hand_object_attribute
// orc.current_life = 100 - 1 = 99

orc.current_life = orc.current_life - HK.right_hand_object_attribute
// orc.current_life = 100 - 50 = 50

orc.current_life = orc.current_life - knight.right_hand_object_attribute
// orc.current_life = 100 - 40 = 60

orc.current_life = orc.current_life - npc.right_hand_object_attribute
// orc.current_life = 100 - 5 = 95

player.current_life = player.current_life - orc.right_hand_object_attribute
// orc.current_life = 100 - 10 = 90

and, of course we can change the 'right_hand_object_attribute' too (in scripting example):

player.right_hand_object_attribute = katana_sword_weapon_object
player.right_hand_object_attribute = claymore_sword_weapon_object
player.right_hand_object_attribute = club_blunt_weapon_object
player.right_hand_object_attribute = short_sword_sword_weapon_object
player.right_hand_object_attribute = unarmed_unarmed_weapon_object

player.right_hand_object_attribute = unarmed_unarmed_weapon_object
player_2.right_hand_object_attribute = unarmed_unarmed_weapon_object
player_3.right_hand_object_attribute = unarmed_unarmed_weapon_object

player.right_hand_object_attribute = katana_sword_weapon_object
player_2.right_hand_object_attribute = katana_sword_weapon_object
player_3.right_hand_object_attribute = katana_sword_weapon_object

if you need/want to use Clones, then you can remove/delete the Clones via using the 'String Manipulation' Functions:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/functions/ (scroll down to the very bottom, to the 'String Functions' section/cateogry)

and in particular: ( http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/functions/string/startswith.html and also optionally: http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/functions/string/lengthof.html )

Master/Original Object: potion
Cloned Objects: potion1, potion2, potion3, etc etc etc

thus:

if (StartsWith (NAME_OF_CLONE.name, "potion") and NAME_OF_CLONE.name > LengthOf ("potion") { // will be a clone, the 'LengthOf' is what prevents your Master/Original Object from being removed/deleted
  delete (NAME_OF_CLONE)
}

or

if (StartsWith (NAME_OF_CLONE.name, "potion") and not EndsWith (NAME_OF_CLONE.name, "potion") { // will be a clone, the 'not EndsWith' is what prevents your Master/Original Object from being removed/deleted
  delete (NAME_OF_CLONE)
}

// I'm too tired (or am just unable/not-knowledge'able-enough) to tell which is more efficient, and/or any other issues involved

and then there's:

Contains ( http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/functions/contains.html )
and/or
ListContains ( http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/functions/listcontains.html )

using lists ( http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/guides/using_lists.html )
ListCount ( http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/functions/listcount.html )
Got
StringListItem
AllObjects
the various 'Scope' Functions

and etc Functions/Scripts...

see, if you can figure it out first, and if not, let me know and I'll help further.