Boo, I suck with C++ D:

[ddm999]

Gah.

How do I access something inside a table inside a table?

Table:

static struct classstats { int speed, weapon1, weapon2, class_maxhealth; const char *name; } classstats[]=
{
    { 1.3, 6, 0, 70, "Scout" },
    { 1, 4, 0, 80, "Sniper" },
    { 0.7, 3, 1, 120, "Soldier" },
    { 0.9, 5, 6, 90, "Demoman" },
    { 1.1, 1, 6, 90, "Medic" },
    { 0.65, 2, 1, 140, "Heavy Weapons" },
    { 1, 1, 6, 100, "Pyro" },
    { 1, 6, 0, 80, "Spy" },
    { 1, 1, 6, 80, "Engineer" },
    { 0.65, 0, 0, 70, "Civilian" }
};

Code accessing table (which doesn't work):

if(m_fortress)
{
    int wep1 = classstats[classnum[weapon1]];
    int wep2 = classstats[classnum[weapon2]];
    ammo[wep1] = (itemstats[wep1[add]]*2);
    ammo[wep2] = (itemstats[wep2[add]]*2);
    armour = 0;
    maxhealth = classstats[classnum[class_maxhealth]];
    health = maxhealth;
}

I realise I've probably thought 'hey its like lua' and it won't be, at all. Ever. Darn C++.

L:

When attempting to compile, I get:

c:\cube 2\sauerbraten - collect edition\cube 2 fortress\src\fpsgame\game.h|456|error C2065: 'weapon1' : undeclared identifier
c:\cube 2\sauerbraten - collect edition\cube 2 fortress\src\fpsgame\game.h|457|error C2065: 'weapon2' : undeclared identifier
c:\cube 2\sauerbraten - collect edition\cube 2 fortress\src\fpsgame\game.h|458|error C2065: 'add' : undeclared identifier
c:\cube 2\sauerbraten - collect edition\cube 2 fortress\src\fpsgame\game.h|461|error C2065: 'class_maxhealth' : undeclared identifier
=== Build finished: 4 errors, 0 warnings (0 minutes, 0 seconds) ===

Still, managed to (sort of) fix my first problem, which involved me trying to use something that's defined in a file which is ran after the current file :P

I just replaced the definitions with their values.
Hence the 0-6's in the 'weapon1' and 'weapon2' slots.

Yeah, if you haven't noticed yet (you probably have), I've been trying to make a Fortress mod for Cube 2.

While teaching myself how to use C++ with it's source code.

Also, I assume this should go in the 'tech' thread, 'cause there's no other place for it :L

Damn, this post keeps getting longer.
I used the values of health and speed in FF, if you were wondering, and changed them using various formulae to be more suitable for Cube 2. L:

[Dexter]

int wep1 = classstats[classnum[weapon1]];
int wep2 = classstats[classnum[weapon2]];
ammo[wep1] = (itemstats[wep1[add]]*2);
ammo[wep2] = (itemstats[wep2[add]]*2);
armour = 0;
maxhealth = classstats[classnum[class_maxhealth]];
health = maxhealth;


things in bold don't exist, its expecting something that evaluates to integer index which i assume classnum contains,not the name of the struct field. its very confusing tho, are you trying something like this?

int classThatKilledMe = 0;
classstats[classThatKilledMe ].weapon1 -> evaluates to 6 (scout weapon1)

[squeek.]

The syntax here is actually the same as it would be in Lua.

The corresponding table in Lua would look like:

classstats = {
  {
    speed = 1.3,
    weapon1 = 6,
    weapon2 = 0,
    class_maxhealth = 70,
    name = "Scout"
  },
  {
    speed = 1,
    weapon1 = 4,
    weapon2 = 0,
    class_maxhealth = 80,
    name = "Sniper"
  },
  ...
}

You'd access it like so:

wep1 = classstats[ classnum ].weapon1
...
maxhealth = classstats[ classnum ].class_maxhealth
...

The only difference here is that the starting index in Lua tables is 1 while the starting index for arrays in C++ is 0.

[ddm999]

:L

I never remember when to use [] or . anyway :L

Just guess and randomly pick till it works. Never thought to use a[b].c tho, I just kept trying a[b.c] :P

I used it and it works, but now somehow I've broken the entire program and get errors in the main files of the game. Whoops.

I'll try what I'm doing again, but in a different way, and see whether it works.

TY for helping me out though.

[squeek.]

[] and . aren't very distinct in Lua, because tables are so flexible (they are used for what would be both arrays and structs in C++). For example, in Lua, table["key"] is the same as table.key. The only reason to use one over the other is if you use a variable that holds the key.

-- I know the name of the property
local val1 = table.property

-- The name of the property is stored in a variable
local propertyname = "property"
local val2 = table[ propertyname ]

In C++, there is a major difference, because arrays and structs are distinct. Arrays can only have numerical indexes; array["key"] is invalid. Conversely, structs can not use []. To access any properties of structs or classes, you use struct.propertyname (or -> if using a pointer); struct["propertyname"] is invalid.

classstats is an array of structs, so you index into the array using [] and then access the properties of the struct at that index using .

Another way to think about how to access what you want is evaluate things piece by piece. Things inside a [] will get evaluated first and then the result will be used as the index.

• classstats[ classnum ].propertyname = get the property "propertyname" of the struct at index classnum in the array classstats
• classstats[ classnum.propertyname ] = get the property "propertyname" of the struct/class classnum (not a struct/class; will generate a compile error), then use that property as the index to get the struct in the array classstats
• classstats[ classnum[propertyname] ] = get the variable at the index propertyname of the array classnum (not an array; will generate a compile error), then use that variable as the index to get the struct in the array classstats