darozak
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6 months ago I've been working quite a bit on restructuring the hardware mechanic to make it more flexible. I've settled on a technique which should do the trick and have been working to implement it in the code. The basic strategy as follows:
- Each robot has a collection of attributes which affect how well it performs different tasks.
- These attributes are affected by the complete set of items that a robot has equipped.
- Each item requires a certain type of slot and the robot only has a limited number of different slot types depending on its design.
- Slots are filled first with those items at the top of the list. So, the robot can equip an item by simply moving it to the top of the list.
- Each item can affect multiple attributes but will only use power when it is triggered by an event that says the item is actively being used.
- Equipped items can also be deactivated so that they won't contribute to the robot's attributes and drain power, even if equipped.
I've been able to set up the structures required to create unique items, add them to the robot's inventory, and equip them into a limited number of slots by moving them to the top of the inventory list (https://github.com/darozak/Advolition/commit/f5e163b16d6a4612e722c197f5ba21aa044b3129).
Next, I need to allow the robot to invoke the equip command from within its code and apply a delay that relates to the size of the slot being equipped.
I need a more flexible hardware mechanic that allows me to create a diverse collection of equipment that impacts robot abilities in different ways.