[Add-On] Lives System

Well, this is one of my first releases, and I realize this could be done a lot better, but it works, enough for me.

The whole idea of this system is to create a lives system, kinda like how in Super Mario Bros., you started out with
5 lives and lost them whenever you died, and gained lives by doing certain things. May seem useless, but in the
right mind, you can do many things with this. Although, I'm not about to reveal all of my ideas so do with it what you will.

In your MapleCharacter.java

Near the top with all the other private bytes & ints

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    private int totalLives; 


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Under playerDead add:

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     if (gmLevel == 0) {
         totalLives--;
     }
     if (totalLives < 1) {
         client.disconnect();
         client.deleteCharacter(id);
     } 


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then add these methods

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     public int getLives() {
         return totalLives;
     }
     
     public void resetLives() {
         if (totalLives < 5) {
             this.totalLives = 5;
         }
     }
     
     public void addLife() {
         if (totalLives < 15) {
             totalLives++;
         }
     }
     
     public void setLives(int amount) {
         this.totalLives = amount;
     } 


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If you know how to make sure it save and load the database you don't need this portion

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Now under your to make sure it saves to the database and all that fun

In getDefault:

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        ret.totalLives = 5; 


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In loadCharFromDB:

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            ret.totalLives = rs.getInt("totalLives"); 


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and lastly, in saveToDB:

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            ps.setInt(69, totalLives); 


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Don't forget to add totalLives to the statements in saveToDB too!!

Now the best part, adding it to the MySQL!

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ALTER TABLE characters ADD COLUMN totalLives INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT '0'; 


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And there you have it. If you want to change the default amount of lives you start off with,
just modify the amount in resetLives and the statement that goes under getDefault

Also as a sidenote, if you think deleting the character may seem a bit too harsh, but would rather
turn the character's stats back to how when he first started, just change what goes under

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if (totalLives < 1) { 


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and create your own method for resetting the character or whatever other harsh punishment you'd like for them to do since apparently they like dying :P

Credits:
Nintendo for Super Mario Bros. :D
iCris for the Perma-Death System
I guess me for everything else lol?

This is actually useless 'ret.totalLives = 5;'
You can simply make the DEFAULT '5' and then remove it from the 'INSERT INTO' PreparedStatement in saveToDB.

Also, it won't be ps.setInt(69, totalLives); for most people, so keep in mind it differs for each source.

The first piece of advice, I didn't know that was even possible so thank you.

As for the second one, I already know, although I guess it'd be helpful for other players that don't.

Would be cooler if you 'lock' the character on perm death and then reenable it after doing some kind of payment (refering to votes, not money..).

IMO, the char deletion would only attract a very small group of players since most people are for the lvl's and high stat items. Giving them a chance to 'reborn' their character would increase the players interest and make it useful for real use in a pserver.

Also, it would be better to change this:

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    if (gmLevel == 0) {
        totalLives--;
    }
    if (totalLives < 1) {
        client.disconnect();
        client.deleteCharacter(id);
    }

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to

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    if (gmLevel == 0) {
        totalLives--;
        if (totalLives < 1) {
            client.disconnect();
            client.deleteCharacter(id);
        } 
    }

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Because it will never go under 1 if gmLevel > 0

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Originally Posted by kevintjuh93

Also, it would be better to change this:

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    if (gmLevel == 0) {
        totalLives--;
    }
    if (totalLives < 1) {
        client.disconnect();
        client.deleteCharacter(id);
    }

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to

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    if (gmLevel == 0) {
        totalLives--;
        if (totalLives < 1) {
            client.disconnect();
            client.deleteCharacter(id);
        } 
    }

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Because it will never go under 1 if gmLevel > 0

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Well, I made it so GM's wouldn't be able to lose lives. And in yours, GM's still wouldn't lose lives, it would have to be...

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     totalLives--; 
     if (totalLives < 1) { 
         client.disconnect(); 
         client.deleteCharacter(id); 
     } 


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Originally Posted by Nmb1Gamer

Well, I made it so GM's wouldn't be able to lose lives. And in yours, GM's still wouldn't lose lives, it would have to be...

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     totalLives--; 
     if (totalLives < 1) { 
         client.disconnect(); 
         client.deleteCharacter(id); 
     } 


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No, you missed his point.

This:

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 if (gmLevel == 0) { 
         totalLives--; 
     } 
     if (totalLives < 1) { 
         client.disconnect(); 
         client.deleteCharacter(id); 
     } 


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Would first check the GM level, if it's 0 it will decrease totalLives. Then, it will check if totalLives is smaller than 1, and if so it will DC and delete the Char.

In this example:

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if (gmLevel == 0) { 
         totalLives--; 
         if (totalLives < 1) { 
             client.disconnect(); 
             client.deleteCharacter(id); 
         }  
     } 


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It checks for the gmLevel, if it's 0 it will decrease totalLives by 1. It will also check if totalLives is smaller than 1 and DC and delete the Char.

However, if the gmLevel is not 0, it will skip all of it. Including the part that checks if totalLives is smaller than 1.

Why would you do this? It's more efficient lol. It saves you 3 extra lines of code to be executed for every character.

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Originally Posted by Lapje

No, you missed his point.

This:

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 if (gmLevel == 0) { 
         totalLives--; 
     } 
     if (totalLives < 1) { 
         client.disconnect(); 
         client.deleteCharacter(id); 
     } 


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Would first check the GM level, if it's 0 it will decrease totalLives. Then, it will check if totalLives is smaller than 1, and if so it will DC and delete the Char.

In this example:

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if (gmLevel == 0) { 
         totalLives--; 
         if (totalLives < 1) { 
             client.disconnect(); 
             client.deleteCharacter(id); 
         }  
     } 


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It checks for the gmLevel, if it's 0 it will decrease totalLives by 1. It will also check if totalLives is smaller than 1 and DC and delete the Char.

However, if the gmLevel is not 0, it will skip all of it. Including the part that checks if totalLives is smaller than 1.

Why would you do this? It's more efficient lol. It saves you 3 extra lines of code to be executed for every character.

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Ah I see. Thanks for clarifying that lol.

*cough like button cough*

Any plans on expanding this?

I might expand on it later on, although I already have in the source that I'm working on. I pretty much gave everyone the basic layout for it so they can build off of it lol.

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private int totalLives; 


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Y U NO

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private int lives; 


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