Okay here's the scenario.
Say I have a pistol, it's maximum capacity is 10. My current ammunition is 6. So it's 6 / 10. So I have an extra 50 bullets in storage. What could I do so if it's 6/10 bullets, it will reload back to 10/10 and then 50 will subtract by 4. So it will appear like 10/10 - 46. This also applies to 4/10, 3/10, 8/10, etc.
Also how can I do this easier because I will have weapons that have like 100/200 bullets and 500 extra ammunition in storage.
The only way I can think of, if you don't want to store a value somewhere, is to do a fast loop.
For example do a fastloop 10-curAmmo times.
On fastloop, add 1 to ammo, subtract 1 from storage.
I'm sure you can figure out the conditionals to make sure you don't use up ammo you don't have.
-Eliyahu
Sorry mate, but that didn't work out so well. When I do the fast loop, it will exceed the ammo limit if I do that even.
You'll need 2-3 stored values, either alterable or global. I'll call them LoadedAmmo, StoredAmmo, and Capacity. Then on reload, subtract (Capacity - LoadedAmmo) from StoredAmmo and then set LoadedAmmo to Capacity. Hope that helps.
Personally, I'd use an array rather than global/alterable values. That makes it much easier to keep track of multiple weapons.
My shooting example includes a frame with ammo/reloading/etc:
http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=8261
Why not just do a fast loop? It'd probably look much cleaner in code. It definitely would work, it was probably just a mistake on your end. Shall I make an example?
I mean Jaffob's way would work, I just know I prefer not having all these temporary values.
This may be a stupid reply, but can you say it how MMF2 says it because I don't know if I'm doing this right.
E.g.
Upon pressing "R" >
Set LoadedAmmo to Capacity
etc.
Upon Pressing 'R'
~Run Fast Loop 'reload' maxCapacity-curAmmo times
On Fast Loop 'reload'
If storage <= 0
~Stop loop 'reload'
On Fast Loop 'reload'
~Add 1 to curAmmo
~Subtract 1 from storage
Ah, I see the problem with my code. You will need one more alterable value or whatever you decide to use, I'll call it ToReload. So Upon Pressing R, you would have to:
Set ToReload to Min(Capacity - LoadedAmmo, StoredAmmo)
Add ToReload to LoadedAmmo
Subtract ToReload from StoredAmmo
I just find that this method would be easier than multiple lines for fastloops. But Pixzel, you can use whichever method suits you.
Well it's all preference. When you're programming, you can do whatever you want ^_^ That's the fun part!
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