First of all, here's a question to Alex. Does the time function work when there is a menu present? I want to be able to use a fight menu, but you have to choose your action quick before your opponent attacks you, so the time function would have to be working with a menu. Also, I want to see if I can slap on an invisible counter that tells you how long it took to beat your opponent at the end of the fight, and you are awarded points for how fast you beat your opponent.

Anyway, I want ALL OF YOU to reply so I know what your board names are to add to the game. I'm using your board names, not any real names. So my character would be, of course, Tyrant, and Alex's would be Alex... which is probably his real name anyway. I'm adding lots of features such as the ability to win points in a fight, and use those points to upgrade your character with better weapons, etc. It's almost like an RPG, but instead you go directly to a harder fight up the ranks.

Anyway, that length of battle thing:
You could use a numeric variable, where you set a veriable to 0 when you start a battle procedure. You then start a timer to shoot off every second and put up the variable by 1 each time. Once the battle is over, Quest runs another procedure that stops the timer, and reads the variable to the player..... then it would say: "Computer Whizz.... You beat Alex in 120 seconds" ;P
Or you could fool around and put it in minutes!

I wouldn't make the characters go DIRECTLY into the next battle though! Instead I'd use a menu, that gave you different options:

Armoury Shop>>>>>>>So that you can buy weapons ect.. like you said!

Fruit Shop>>>>>>>>>So that the players can restore health (unless it's done automatically... This would be a good feature since you can compete to see how long a player can last without using health stuff :))

Go To Resting Room>This would let people discuss all about their fights, and just chat and relax..... maybe even challenge online people to fights.

Challenge someone>>This would send the relevant person a message saying "Do you want to dual #person#" yes/no AFTER their current battle. The person who challenged him/her would then HAVE to wait in the resting room until that time!

Next Battle>>>>>>>>This would randomise the next person for the battle, or put them into a queue for the next person to fight.... dunno how ou'd program that for Quest.

End Battles>>>>>>>>This might bring up a list of battles and times. This IMO is quite easy to program, using Arrays and procedures, along with numeric variables and Strings. I'll post a little example if you want....... but it won't be ASL code, I'll just write it as best I can :)

Anyone else wants to put any idea's onto this?....DAMN!!! Someone else got the 700th post :(
*I* was trying to get that!!!
ahhh well!

Here are the names I got so far. If your name is not listed here and you want to be a playable character in the game, please reply.

Tyrant
Alex
Computer Whizz
Wizard
MaDbRiT
Carlii
Luridii

define variable <#string name[number]#>
type string
value <Alex>
end define

.....exactly 9 times! Why won't the array's work in Quest 3.0.93??

set <current_enemy; #fighter[next fighter]#>

My own test file I just knocked up worked perfectly:

define game <array test>
asl-version <285>
start <room>
startscript {
set string <thing[1]; potato>
set string <thing[2]; cabbage>
set string <thing[3]; sausage>
set string <thing[4]; cheese>
}
end define

define text <intro>
TEST (1 to 4) to test
end define

thankyou, I just had it down the bottom of the file!

If you put the set <> command for an array or other variable "below the define text blocks or anywhere else" were they just floating on their ownsome and not in a procedure or other block? If they were -how do they ever get called to be actioned?

Surely the fact to remember is that EVERYTHING script-wise (except an !Include) MUST be written inside a define block of some sort to work!

Al

I *did* try them in the define game block, but not "in" anything like startscript. Where else can it go then (apart from procedures.)?