@ Suetan: it really depends what you call 'stealing', there are some great algorithms out there that exist in or out of code, implementing a given algorithm isn't 'stealing' it, unless it's patented, or otherwise legally restricted; linking against a library of 'great algorithms' is something that many programmers do once or twice an hour. Everytime you use multiplication, you're kinda 'stealing' the algorithm for fast floating-point multiplication in binary.. unless, you do infact rewrite that yourself... that's a silly example, of course, and I guess, it depends on the complexity of what you're doing - but personally, I'll happily at the very least study prior work before jumping in with the long guns.. Everyone ( and thus every programmer ) has their own strong area(s), and you can certainly get more work done if you allow other people to help you in those weaker areas, via algorithms and code examples.

With regard to actually copy-pasting the ( e.g. C++ ) code for a given algorithm.. hey, it certainly takes 'effort' and knowledge to integrate that with an existing codebase, sometimes more effort and knowledge than reading a non-code formal description of the same algorithm and implementing it from scratch. IMHO, you can't make a good ( non-trivial ) program by 'glueing' bits of other people's unrelated programs together, unless you really know what you're doing in the first place.

You bring up a good point. People do use code that's already written to learn. I can understand that fully.

It's like me using phpBB to learn how to do PHP scripting. I'm not saying that it's bad to go and use code to learn. However; if you already know the language, have experience working with it, and you still take code from others and implement it into your code, that part is still not your creation.

You can use it as an example and base your work off of it, but don't go and take what someone else did and put it in your work and take the credit.

That's all I'm saying. It's morals, pure and simple.

Perhaps the word "stealing" shouldn't be used so loosely.

>Perhaps the word "stealing" shouldn't be used so loosely.
Perhaps you should chill out a bit. That tongue-in-cheek quote hardly means what you seem to have gotten out of it.

PHP itself is a classic example - everytime you write a PHP 'program', you're relying on many developers prior effort to create that big, unsightly ( but admitadly useful ) bag-of-functions that is PHP. Way off topic for the games forum anyway.

Nearly every commercial game these days uses a mega library / engine for all but the highest level areas of code.. As a more appropriate e.g.: very few people try to pass off the OpenGL library as their own work ( except the developers of a given implementation of OpenGL ), but that doesn't mean you can't write a program that uses OpenGL and call that program 'your own', and using OpenGL doesn't make a program, or a programmer less 'good'. At least I hope it doesn't, because personally, I'm glad that I don't have to write a renderer everytime I need to do some 3D work.

Still.. I guess it's subjective.. but in this case, I don't even get the impression that technogeek_42 wants to rip off anyone's code as his/her own. If people are willing to offer technogeek_42 some libraries and/or code, that's their prerogative, if technogeek_42 then goes off and makes 'the best game ever' with what he/she is given - good for him/her.

Agreed. Now let's get back on topic. I'm not going to follow up on the stealing code thing any more. If it helps you out, it helps you out.

i think ur wrong here i have isuggestiong why don't diz attack power will be magic power coz man is for woman and dog is for dog and magic attack is for magic defense

If you look at the code example, the part that you quoted is for a standard attack.

If then Else statements help for determining what type of attack you're doing. A more notable method might be to do a switch statement. I just came up with something quick and simple.

ur wrong my suggestion is ryt

>ur wrong my suggestion is ryt
That's nice. Prove it.

hehehe just kidding
f (ATTACK_TYPE != ATTACK)
{
if (ATTACK_TYPE == MAGIC)
{
M + SBP = ATTACK_POWER;
magic_POWER - MAGIC_DEFENSE = DAMAGE;
echo (DAMAGE);
return();
}
else if (ATTACK_TYPE == SKILL)
{
S + SKBP = ATTACK_POWER;
ATTACK_POWER - DEFENSE = DAMAGE;
echo(DAMAGE);
return();
}
else if (ATTACK_TYPE == ITEM)
{
IDMG - RESISTANCE = DAMAGE;
echo(DAMAGE);
return();
}
}
else
{
if (ACCURACY > TARGET_EVADE)
{
S + WBP = ATTACK_POWER;
ATTACK_POWER - DEFENSE = DAMAGE;
echo(DAMAGE);
return();
}
else
{
echo('Miss');
return();
}
}