How to change/add to Character()

[somein96]

Sorry if the title is a bit confusing -- i don't know how to properly word my question. But basically, I want to know how to add attributes to the Character() function. For example, if I wanted to add a weapons class to each character, I would be able to add a weapons class argument to the Character() function that could be for set for each character.

So yeah, any idea how would I go about doing that?

(Also sorry if this seems a little scatterbrained or dumb.)

[Ocelot]

Character is not a function, but a class (notice capital letter - in properly written code it is a good indicator of a class). A class not intended to be extended.

So you cannot do what you ask, however, you can do thing the other way: create your own class to store all info needed and add a Character to it.


Example (written from memory without testing or consulting documentation, might not work. I will get around to checking it in about 8 hours.)

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class MyCharacter:
    def __init__(self, name, kind=adv, **kwargs):
        my_properties = ['weapon', 'armor']
        my_args = {key: kwargs,get(key, None) for key in my_properties}
        for key in my_properties:
            kwargs.pop(key , None)

        self.weapon = my_args['weapon']
        self.armor = my_args['armor']
        self.char = Character(name, kind, **kwargs)

    def __call__(self, what, **kwargs):
        self.char(what, **kwargs)

# Usage:

default warrior = MyCharacter('Conan', weapon='axe', text_xpos=100)

label start:
    $ weapon = warrion.weapon
    warrion 'And my [weapon]!'

[Remix]

On an aside, (also untested) you can pass non clashing variables into Character classes and access them through:

char_var_name.who_args[var_name]

Probably frowned upon as you MUST avoid certain var names.

e.g.

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m = Character("Mootant", myvars_weapon="Moo Hooves")
label start:
    $ m_weapon = m.who_args['myvars_weapon']
    m "I am [m.name] and I use [m_weapon]"

Probably frowned upon as I say... maybe better to extend Character as previously suggested