#!/usr/bin/rubyrequire 'rexml/document'# Class CreatureXML# Provides an interface with the creatures.xml file, desgined for the exact setup and naming used with the default one# TODO: Add description support, once more creatures have it# TODO: Add images for each of the creaturesclass CreatureXML # initialize: Starts the ReXML parser, and sets a few ground variables def initialize(xml_file = "creatures.xml") xml = REXML::Document.new(File.new(xml_file.to_s)) @root = xml.root @creatures = @root.elements @number_of_creatures = @creatures.size @creature_names = get_all_creatures end # returns a list of all the creatures in the XML file. Used many times within the class def get_all_creatures creatures = {} i = 1 while i <= @number_of_creatures creatures[@creatures[i].attributes['name']] = i i += 1 end creatures end # returns true or false if the creature name is a real one or not def is_a_creature?(creature) @creature_names.include? creature end # returns the creature's name from the index in @creature_names def get_creature(creature_id) @creature_names[creature_id] end # quickie, for convience. Returns the number of creatures loaded. (Duhh...) def number_of_creatures @number_of_creatures end # Development function, used to return the root element in ReXML format # Possible modularity is achived through this function def get_xml @root end # The BIG KAHUNA! Returns the stats of a creature, through it's name def get_creature_stats(name) atk = @creatures[@creature_names[name]].elements[2].elements[1].attributes[1] de_f = @creatures[@creature_names[name]].elements[2].elements[2].attributes[1] hp = @creatures[@creature_names[name]].elements[2].elements[3].attributes[1] speed = @creatures[@creature_names[name]].elements[2].elements[4].attributes[1] xp = @creatures[@creature_names[name]].elements[5].attributes[1] lvl = @creatures[@creature_names[name]].elements[3].attributes[1] [hp,atk,de_f,speed,xp,lvl] end # same as get_creature_stats, but you use the index, which is dynamicly made in get_creature_stats, as the parameter def get_creature_id_stats(id) atk = @creatures[id].elements[2].elements[1].attributes[1] de_f = @creatures[id].elements[2].elements[2].attributes[1] hp = @creatures[id].elements[2].elements[3].attributes[1] speed = @creatures[id].elements[2].elements[4].attributes[1] xp = @creatures[id].elements[5].attributes[1] lvl = @creatures[id].elements[3].attributes[1] {:hp => hp, :atk => atk, :def => de_f, :speed => speed, :xp => xp, :level => lvl} end # get a monsters drops (anything that is in it's corpse, at death) def get_drops(name) drops = @creatures[@creature_names[name]].elements[6] hash = {} for i in drops.size hash[drops[i].attributes[1]] = {:quantity => drops[i].attributes[1], :probability => drops[i].attributes[1]} end hash end # again, another id-instead-of-name function def get_drops_id(id) drops = @creatures[id].elements[6] hash = {} for i in drops.size hash[drops[i].attributes[1]] = {:quantity => drops[i].attributes[1], :probability => drops[i].attributes[1]} end hash end # sometimes, when you battle, the creature will make a sound of some sort # this gets that sound, returns nil on non-existence def get_creature_noise(name) ai_tag = @creatures[@creature_names[name]].elements[@creatures[@creature_names[name]].elements.size - 1] says = ai_tag.elements[1] if ai_tag.has_elements? unless says.has_attributes? noise = says.elements[1].attributes[1] end nil unless noise end # another id-instead-of-name function def get_creature_id_noise(id) ai_tag = @creatures[id].elements[@creatures[id].elements.size - 1] says = ai_tag.elements[1] if ai_tag.has_elements? unless says.has_attributes? noise = says.elements[1].attributes[1] end nil unless noise endend