koobas.hobune.stream
Creating a script to randomize events.
I've just started my very basic game. The player must complete a task within a certain amount of days. Once your turn is up, the day increases. Here is the script.
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour {
//Scripts
public GameEvent GameEvent;
//Declaring Variables
public int CurrentDay = 1;
public int MaximumDays = 10;
void Update () {
while(CurrentDay < MaximumDays + 1) {
GameEvent.Day();
CurrentDay++;
}
}
}
You'll notice that I have imported a script called GameEvent. I call a function named "`Day`", which actually does nothing. It's blank. Then, the day increases and it goes through that loop until it hits the MaximumDays. Each day I just want something to happen. Let's say for now that some GUI will pop up with some information about that day. What if each day I wanted to randomize an event. Or in other words, make the GUI say something different based on a random number. At my level, I would probably make a random number, then create an insanely long if, if else, and else function depending on the number. Like this.
if (RandomNumber == 1) {
//Make the GUI say this.
} else if (RandomNumber == 2) {
//Make the GUI say something else.
} else if (RandomNumber == 3) {
//Make the GUI say something different.
}
//...
There must be a much sexier way of doing this. Well, obviously. I just need some help. :)
1) How to randomise a number : use Random.Range, more specifically
Random.Range(firsEventNumber, lastEventNumber + 1)
2) How to handle multiple values for a same variable : this is what the switch statement is for. In your case
switch(RandomNumber) {
case 1 :
//Make the GUI say this.
break;
case 2 :
//Make the GUI say something else.
break;
case 3 :
//Make the GUI say something different.
break;
default :
break;
}
3) In the Update method, your while loop will run all the days in a single frame. Rather than doing this, you should control whether the day is over using a boolean member, or use Coroutines instead. Good luck !
