help with my game

50GPHP

so i have decided how im gunna make my level parser i just need your superior skillz on wtfzor i dozor to make this simpler than a really long code, can you tell me the easiest way to make this work, theres gunna be a "Level Parser" in the header of the main game file (wco.php) and i want it to literally check the exp and change there level accordingly IF it needs changing along with there attack/defense! (maybe i shud make level table in mysql) but anyway heres the deal so far :

Code:

<?php
// Level Parser 1.0
// v1.0 Max Level: 20
// included in wco.php in header
$currentlevel=$_SESSION['level'];
$currentexperience=$_SESSION['experience'];
// increase increment by 20 each level
// attack increment increases +1 each time and defense +1
// attack/defense
1=0 // + 40 5/2
2=40 // + 50 6/3
3=90 // + 70 8/5
4=160 // + 90 11/8
5=250 // + 110 15/12
6=360 // + 130 20/17
7=490 // + 150 26/23
8=640 // + 170 33/30
9=810 // + 190 41/38
10=1000 // + 210 50/47
11=1210 // + 230 60/57
12=1440 // + 250 71/68
13=1690 // + 270 83/80
14=1960 // + 290 96/93
15=2250 // + 310 110/107
16=2560 // + 330 125/122
17=2890 // + 350 141/138
18=3240 // + 370 158/155
19=3610 // + 390 176/173
20=4000 // 195/192

// update level in db here
// re-register session variable here

// ignore this bit unless you wanna be super gosu
// decay = level 15-20 - 300 a day
// level 10-15 - 200 a day
// level 5-10 - 100 a day
// level 1-5 dont decay
?>

as you can see there isnt actually any php this is just me joting notes down cuz i dunno where to start,

thanx
50G

bpat1434

You should probably do this in a database (or XML file, or something structured). You could do it by hand, it'd just be long.

Using a database, you could specify something like this:

 ID_LVL |  MinExp  |  MaxExp  |  Attack  |  Defense  |
    1   |    0     |    39    |     5    |     2     |
    2   |    40    |    89    |     6    |     3     |
    3   |    90    |    159   |     7    |     4     |
   ...  |   ...    |   ....   |    ...   |    ...    |

Then just query the database with something like:

SELECT * 
FROM `levels` 
WHERE MinExp <= '$currentexperience' 
    AND MaxExp >= '$currentexperience'

50GPHP

yeh guessed i'd have to do table 😛 thanx anyway 😃

bpat1434

You don't have to do a table. You could use a huge array. The only thing is when using an array, you'd have to search it for the level. With a DB table, it's indexed (or should be) which makes searching faster. That, and you can add more information as needed to the database (like level names / nicknames, add special abilities, etc.) and it won't make it any more difficult to get that information (just add it to the query.