I am trying to work on a text adventure to help keep my interest while trying to learn the concepts and nuances of Python. I originally followed along to a YouTube tutorial (6 part series, part 1 link provided: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFW8DJ6qsak).
I created the player class as shown:
class Player:
def __init__(self):
self.name = ''
self.jobclass = ''
self.currenthp = 0
self.totalhp = 0
self.currentmp = 0
self.totalmp = 0
self.physical_damage = 0
self.physical_defense = 0
self.magic_attack = 0
self.magic_defense = 0
self.speed = 0
self.luck = 0
self.status_effect = []
self.location ='b2'
self.game_over = False
myPlayer = Player()
My current issue is trying to assign the player certain stats based on their chosen character job i.e.:
def setup_game():
...
player_jobclass = input("> ")
myPlayer.jobclass = player_jobclass
valid_jobs = ['warrior', 'mage', 'thief', 'cleric']
while player_jobclass.lower() not in valid_jobs:
print("Please choose a valid class")
player_jobclass = input("> ")
if player_jobclass.lower() in valid_jobs:
myPlayer.jobclass = player_jobclass
print("Ah, the " +player_jobclass.lower()+ ". Fine choice!\n")
#Class Starting Stats
if myPlayer.jobclass is 'warrior':
self.currenthp = 20
self.totalhp = 20
self.currentmp = 10
self.totalmp = 10
self.physical_damage = 10
self.physical_defense = 10
self.magic_attack = 2
self.magic_defense = 3
self.speed = 4
self.luck = 4
self.location = 'd1'
elif myPlayer.jobclass is 'mage':
self.currenthp = 10
self.totalhp = 10
self.currentmp = 20
self.totalmp = 20
self.physical_damage = 2
self.physical_defense = 3
self.magic_attack = 10
self.magic_defense = 7
self.speed = 7
self.luck = 3
self.location = 'a1'
...
main_game_loop()
Because after this all runs, I get into the game fine, and all my movements and little actions work fine, however if I try to print the player "stats" via something like:
def show_stats():
hpmpadarmPrint = ("" + str(myPlayer.currenthp) + "/" + str(myPlayer.totalhp) + " hp " + str(myPlayer.currentmp) + "/" + str(myPlayer.totalmp) + " mp " + str(myPlayer.physical_damage) + " ATK " + str(myPlayer.physical_defense) + " ARM \n")
mgclckspdPrint = ("" + str(myPlayer.magic_attack) + " AP " + str(myPlayer.magic_defense) + " MR " + str(myPlayer.speed) + " SPD " + str(myPlayer.luck) + " LCK \n")
All that prints is:
0/0 hp 0/0 mp 0 ATK 0 ARM
0 AP 0 MR 0 SPD 0 LCK
I can tell there is some larger concept that is eluding me as far as assigning the values as even the self.location = 'b2' MUST be there or the game won't run as myPlayer is not actually being assigned the values I believe it should. This also prevents my change_text_speed() function from working and also ... you get it.
Guess main question would be: how to keep the new values once assigned?
self and myPlayer are two different objects. There are two fixes you could make. First, replace self with myPlayer when setting the stats.
if myPlayer.jobclass is 'warrior':
myPlayer.currenthp = 20
myPlayer.totalhp = 20
myPlayer.currentmp = 10
...
The second and in my option, better approach is to set the stats in __init__. It would look something like this.
if self.jobclass is 'warrior':
self.currenthp = 20
self.totalhp = 20
self.currentmp = 10
...
To make the code even better, read about inheritance and make a class for each jobclass. You called it job class after all.