Gun system

I was bored so i made this gun generator here.
http://willhostforfood.com/?Action=download&fileid=94088

It's okay but I'm not sure if it will be usefull... Anyways, thanks

Hegemege wrote:

It's okay but I'm not sure if it will be usefull... Anyways, thanks

Its better than making 5000 guns by hand...
PS, press space to randomize the components.

We might be able to use to make enemies have random weapons (with different parameters for different enemies, of course). It owuld add variety to the game and it would be very easy to incorporate this into the game.

Commander~DEST wrote:

We might be able to use to make enemies have random weapons (with different parameters for different enemies, of course). It owuld add variety to the game and it would be very easy to incorporate this into the game.

Having the game run on mostly random generations allows us to add more into the game. Enemies can also drop there randomly generated items, Shops can also provide randomly generated weapons too.

Did you use choose(x) or floor(random(x))?

Anyways, we have to limit the enemies weapons in a way, the first enemies cant have bazookas and ultra snipers... But the idea is good! We can modify it to randomize enemies, but we have to somehow organize, what enemies come at a given time. However totally randomized enemies can be used in the other game modes.

Just an idea... The weapons that spawn are only good due to the components, which good components are really hard to find at lower levels, that means most enemies are going to have sucky weapons... And not just the components are rare, the chance that the enemy will even have a bazooka is small. The weapon creation is also going to involve component levels and all that so you don't have any overpowered level 1s and all.

Good, I can help you with the probabilities if you want.

I was thinking that, programmers here at DP have nothing good to do right now. So i was thinking to get the programmers to help with this random gun engine thing.

You can use a switch statement. to make a part of the gun more common, add more cases and remember to increase the number of barrels/bodies. To make the random function produce more powerful weapons, make a new function, just replace the common and sucky weapons. Example:

//random_pistol()

n1 = number_of_barrels //here: 3
gun_barrel = floor(random(n1))

switch(gun_barrel) {
case 0: { gun_barrel_type="Basic Pistol Barrel"} break;
case 1: { gun_barrel_type="Silenced Pistol Barrel"} break;
case 2: { gun_barrel_type="Accurate Pistol Barrel"} break;
default: { gun_barrel_type="Basic Pistol Barrel"} break;
}

n2 = number_of_bodies //here: 3
gun_body = floor(random(n2))

switch(gun_body) {
case 0: { gun_body_type="Basic Pistol Body"} break;
case 1: { gun_body_type="Hardened Pistol Body"} break;
case 2: { gun_body_type="Rusty Pistol Body"} break;
default: { gun_body_type="Basic Pistol Body"} break;
}

and the same thing for other components. You should copy a blank template when you include these functions into the game so you need to type less and there less errors too.

:O... Im lost, im not that big on programming anymore.

I haven't used GM for a month or so...

Your aslo a freakin genious.

well thank you

Everything I've read here is great. We really do need to get what programmers we have on this job.

BTW: Hegemege, nice script. I never even knew about the switch statement.

Switch is like a crap load of compairing and all.

Switch can replace many if-statements. And switch is also faster.

Switch is very faster if your including probability, but if not, its something to be wary of.

So I'm somewhat confused as to what this actually is? So does it just randomly generate weapons for enemies with specific add-ons and stats like scopes and stuff or is it a way of taking random gun parts together and making them into one gun like frankenstein?

Its randomly putting together random components. The problem now is that it can randomly add a component to any gun... A level 1 enemy could have a super awesome level 30 gun because theres no limits right now.

Yep thats a problem, why not use unlinear equations, maybe something equal to a semicircle?

Im thinking off assigning each of the parts a few variable... Rarity,level, that stuff. So a gun can never be overpowered or underpowered.

Again, that would be a perfect example of using arrays.

Indeed. Or just make many functions which output something like:

Level 1-3 Pistols
Level 11-16 Machine Guns
Level 7-10 Any Weapon

Your going about it all wrong, you need to make a x and y relationship with ONE equation.
I personally would need to graph this before I was sure about it.