Re: Olympia: no ifs, ands, or buts

From: hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck)

Date: Fri, 01 May 1992 20:04:55 +0000

In article <1992May1.182620.8027@cbfsb.cb.att.com> skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta) writes:
>hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck) writes:
>> Also, both the wait and the if command should be able to test the amount of
>> gold the player has (WAIT ITEM doesn't seem to do this).
>
>Eh?  Since when has "wait item gold n" not worked?
>
>It doesn't occur to many players to try this, maybe I should
>just provide a redundant "wait gold" anyway.

I think the problem is that this doesn't seem to be in the rules, and since
gold is not treated like an item (ie. you "pay" someone gold, nbot "give" them
it).  If you put this into the rules in the WAIT section, that would probably
be sufficient, though a "WAIT GOLD" might be okay as well.

While we're on the subject, it might be nice to be able to WAIT ITEM for
you to have less than or equal to a certain amount, perhaps by giving the
number as a negative value?  One example of why this might be nice:

SET 0 IDLE "Study combat"
WAIT ITEM GOLD -50 # Need 50 gold to pay this unit
WORK 7
WAIT ITEM GOLD -50
WORK 7

In this way, the unit works it's way through training.

Scott Hauck
hauck@cs.washington.edu

References

Olympia: no ifs, ands, or buts
hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck)
Fri, 01 May 1992 08:02:12 +0000
Re: Olympia: no ifs, ands, or buts
skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta)
Fri, 01 May 1992 18:26:20 +0000

Referenced By

Olympia: no ifs, ands, or buts
hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck)
Fri, 01 May 1992 08:02:12 +0000
Re: Olympia: no ifs, ands, or buts
skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta)
Fri, 01 May 1992 18:26:20 +0000