[DGD] Complex Inventory

[Felix A. Croes]

Lord Lerkista <lordlerkista at gmx.net> wrote:

>[...]
> and doing a query like:
>
> number = map_sizeof(inventory["Items_Nrm"][ob->query_short()];
> items = map_sizeof(inventory["Items_Nrm"];
>
> number will give me the number of ob same-type objects
> items will give me the number of the different objects i have, maybe a 
> inventory based on slots
> like many MMORPGs
>
> But in this example i use 3 nested mappings, and that may uses many 
> resources, well i don't know
> exactly because i haven't tested this, is just theory
>
> Any better method to do that in a 2.4.5 derived lib??

You're still keeping all those objects separate.  It may be better to
implement a "stack" of objects, so that when you pick up 100 arrows,
they will automatically merge with the stack of 400 arrows already
in your inventory, which is implemented with a single object.

All objects a player can carry would be of two distinct types, stackable
and non-stackable.  Non-stackable objects would always occupy a single
inventory slot, even if there are other objects of the same description.

Regards,
Dworkin