Re: Create Missile -- This won't work

[Bjørn Georg Ludvigsen <bjornlu>]

>>No, don't do that. The code should handle everything through archetypes 
>>and not hardcode things in the code. In some maps there might be special
>>bow and special arrows just for that bow, or someone can add a sling and 
>>wonder why a spell can't create sling bullets.
>   Well, I don't think there will be that many missiles.  BOW, CROSSBOW,
>SLING, what else?  And it's not that hard to track it down.  With the 
>structure being common across all things, it's kind of hard trying to
>figure out which fields are available.

The BoomTube of Zolga, fires comets and recharges like a rod.
Crossbows that fire lightning bolts (not your avg.  lightning bolt,
but crossbow bolts made of lightning/elec.).

The point is, there ARE uses, and one should never hardcode anything
like this.

That perhaps some generic code could be written that handles all
missile combat (wand/staff/rod/horn/bow/crossbow/sling/special) is
another matter.

- Bjoern

- Bjørn Ludvigsen