I already have a reasonable idea how the program should work.
When run, it will ask the user the number of dice required. (Value A)
Having established that value, the next INPUT shall be to determine the
type of dice in play. (Value B)
With those two values, I will either use the randomiser to roll the dice or
if I can be a little fancy (as someone mentioned the randomiser isn't very
random). I might have the computer wait for the user to tap the SPACEBAR or
RETURN key twice. And use the time gap between the two as a value to use in
the equation. (Value C)
I'm utter rubbish at math, so I might have to trouble someone for a little
help.
An additional option would be to roll multiple dice of different types. So
after inputting the value for one dice. The program asks the user if they'd
like to add another.
On Tue, 7 Jan 2020, 12:20 pm Charles Hudson, <clh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On January 6th James Zeun wrote:
> "It would be even cooler on a TRS80 M100." I apologize for my ignorance
> in that I know nothing about the D&D game, never having played it, but I
> applaud your willingness to undertake the task. Programming breaks down
> into two (usually sequential, but don't ever let yourself get dragged into
> the argument) tasks: strategy and implementation. The strategy, known as
> the "algorithm", is just the logical path ("steps") to accomplish the
> desired end. Implementation is using a language's syntax ("commands") to
> describe each step in sufficient detail such that the computer can carry
> them out. If you're going to do this on the Model 100 the you probably will
> want to use the built-in BASIC programming language. Hopefully you have the
> Model 100 manual, which has all of the syntax detailed, including the RND
> function, which will be essential to your implementation. Your strategy
> will be to determine /declare the number of dice in play and the number of
> sides (range of values, if D&D dice differ from the familiar 6-sided,
> dotted cube) on any given die, and then to create a random value for each
> die in play that is within the domain of legal possibilities for the game.
> Later you can expand the program to display these values, but generating
> them is the first task. I know I've seen this algorithm in one of my
> books - I like books, too - but when I find it I'll post it.
>
> -CH-
>
