Hi Lazarus list,
I am updating some working code by rewriting some of the constant declarations. It is for a game called Awful Mint Things from Outer Space which is a free clone of Awful Green Things from Outer Space, and will be released under GNU GPL 3, around January or February.
Note that I am having trouble reading my Pascal text books as I have misplaced my reading glasses :-( !!!
I currently have 2 issues:
1) How do I define fragments_to_eggs_subrange which is an enumerated portion of green_types.
2) How do I define a constant array of strings //
string_stunned_the_green_message, etc
The constant array of string is needed for converting messages in my Lazarus application for cross language translation e.g. French, Spanish, Italian, Esperanto, etc.
I intend to use http://www.langtolang.com for the translations.
I think that I will modify my code to read an inifile then use TStringLists or similar and the LoadFromFile method. Will this work?!? I believe that I cannot use plain strings as these language use special symbols over the characters ?emluts? etc. How are these represented as strings or AnsiStrings?
unit test1;
{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
interface
uses
Classes, SysUtils, FileUtil, Forms, Controls, Graphics, Dialogs;
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
private
{ private declarations }
public
{ public declarations }
end;
type
green_types = ( Fragments, Babies, Adults, Eggs, Group_of_Green_things );
// line 21
fragments_to_eggs_subrange = (Fragments..Eggs) : green_types;
// ^^^^^^^^^
//test1.pas(21,42) Error: Duplicate identifier "Fragments"
//test1.pas(21,42) Hint: Identifier already defined in test1.pas at line 19
//test1.pas(21,42) Fatal: Syntax error, ")" expected but ".." foundunit
test1.pasHint: Start of reading config file /etc/fpc.cfg
Hint: End of reading config file /etc/fpc.cfg
Free Pascal Compiler version 2.4.0-2 [2010/03/06] for i386 Copyright (c) 1993-2009 by Florian Klaempfl
Target OS: Linux for i386
Compiling testproject1.lpr
Compiling test1.pas
test1.pas(21,42) Error: Duplicate identifier "Fragments" test1.pas(21,42) Hint: Identifier already defined in test1.pas at line 19 test1.pas(21,42) Fatal: Syntax error, ")" expected but ".." foundunit test1.pas
babies_to_eggs_subrange = (Babies..Eggs) : green_types;green_things_type = record
present_count = array[
fragments_to_eggs_subrange ] of
integer;
stunned_count = array[fragments_to_eggs_subrange ] of
integer;
new_count = array[ babies_to_eggs_subrange ] of
integer;
end;var
green_things : array[ room_subrange ] of green_things_type;
procedure do_kill_stun( lower, upper : byte;
trying_to_stun : boolean;
j : integer );
type
array_of_green_types_strings
= array[ green_types ] : string;
string_stunned_the_green_message
= array_of_green_types_strings;
string_killed_the_green_message
= array_of_green_types_strings;
string_no_longer_here_the_green_message
= array_of_green_types_strings;
string_survived_message
= array_of_green_types_strings;const
string_stunned_the_green_message
[ Fragments ] =
' stunned the Fragment';
string_stunned_the_green_message
[ Babies ] =
' stunned the Baby';
string_stunned_the_green_message
[ Adults ] =
' stunned the Adult';
string_stunned_the_green_message
[ Eggs ] =
' stunned the Egg';
string_stunned_the_green_message
[ Group_of_Green_Things ] =
' stunned the Group of Green Things';[snip]
var
green,
green_jj : green_types;
k, count : byte;
temp_green_count : array[ fragments_to_eggs_subrange ] of integer;
begin
roll := random_in_range( lower, upper );
if attacking_what = 'an Egg' then
green_jj := Eggs
else
if attacking_what = 'a Baby' then
green_jj := Babies
else
if attacking_what = 'a fragment' then
green_jj := Fragments
else
if attacking_what = 'an Adult' then
green_jj := Adults
else { attacking a group }
green_jj := Group_of_Green_things;
end;
info_form.SynMemo1.lines.add( 'The Egg''s constitution is: ' +
inttostr( green_stats[ eggs ].constitution ) );
info_form.SynMemo1.lines.add( 'He rolled a ' + inttostr( roll ) );
temp_green_count[ green_jj ] := crew_data[ j
].green_data.present_count[ green_jj ];
case green_jj of
Fragments..Eggs :
begin
if roll >= green_stats[ green_jj ].constitution then
begin
if green_things[ attack_room_no ].present_count[ green_jj ]0 then
begin
dec( green_things[ attack_room_no ].present_count[
green_jj ] );
if trying_to_stun then
begin
inc( green_things[ attack_room_no ].stunned_count[
green_jj ] );
info_form.SynMemo1.lines.add( name + ' stunned the
Egg.');
end
else
info_form.SynMemo1.lines.add( name + ' killed the Egg.');
end
else
info_form.SynMemo1.lines.add( 'There is no longer an Egg
here to attack.');
end
else
info_form.SynMemo1.lines.add( 'The Egg survived the attack.');
end;
[...]Regards,
pew