"Jonah Fishel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was asking: > Could I make a Room class that has functions based on different > variables and then make a separate class for each room like > AnthroTavern(Room) so I could base it on the rom class and use the > functions for the room class?
I had a manager once, his motto was "this is software, we can do anything". So, the answer to "Could I make a class..." is "yes". A good next question would be "would I want to?", and in this case I think the answer is "no". You certainly could make a Tavern Room subclass of the Room class, but it probably makes more sense to make a generic Location class, and then use data (loaded from text files like I think you're already doing, or loading from a database, or... any number of other data-driven solutions) to give it the specific characteristics that you want (Dark Room, Tavern, Cave, In Front of House, Flood Control Gate #8). Writing code for each specific location is a lot more work, and probably going to give you redundant code, and more errors. This is just one page discussing data driven programming: http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch09s01.html -Dave LeCompte
