i was leaning toward vectors too. thanks for the advice, it helps alot. :)

thanks, that really shed some light on what i can do. :cheesy:
as far as how the cargo system works in my program...what i want to do is as follows..
say you have cargo space of 10
you buy 2...

Thanks for the reply..
the maxCargo wasnt really an issue...
maybe if i explain it alittle better...
maxCargo is in the base class
when inherited, tinyShip will get maxCargo of lets say 10...

Hi, just have a question regarding classes/inheritance and a variable.
ive been trying to work out the best way to do it, but would like some outside input. ok..here goes:
i have a base class Ship....

right... i understand all of that.. thats the problem that i am having...
but how would you go about doing the division then....

hi... ive tried alot of things already...and i know what the problem is, just not sure how to fix it.
ive isolated it to this part of the code thats giving me problems... and i think that its...