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Search data only when needed Harlowe RPG
At least I made my inventory system, but there is a serious issue.
Example: this is a weapon created on a passage "weapons":
Any idea? If you need more details just ask, thank you.
Example: this is a weapon created on a passage "weapons":
(set: $iron_knife to (datamap:
"Name","Iron Knife",
"Description","an iron knife",
"slot","rh",<!-- right hand -->
<!-- many other data here -->
))
After obtained ingame, and stored inside an array...(set: $weapons to (a:))...the player can visit the "inventory" passage to equip the character, delete the item, check its functions, etc. But how can I initiate an item stored only "on demand"? I mean, if I have hundreds of weapons and items, it will cause some impact over my inventory system.
Any idea? If you need more details just ask, thank you.
Comments
But of course, the knife must exist — or better saying, its datamap needs to be loaded. But I suppose is not good idea to startup all weapons when the game is loaded, but only when one of them is required (collected from the link-reveal).
So if I have a "weapons" passage with startup tag holding all weapons of the game (let's say I'm talking of dozen, maybe hundreds), it's not really good. My idea is if there is a way to load the item datamap ONLY if the link-reveal is used.
To be honest, seems like a dead-end in the way I wrote the code. Or maybe I'm tired and not thinking rationally...