inventory that describes each item whenever you press open backpack

311 studios

you undo the strap on your backpack viweing the contents in you backpack <<< like that i want kinda like a if stamens that if you have a sword or an apple you see them in your backpack...? I'm running sugercube and know some css but not a master... :P also receiving items would be like you reach your hands into you pockets in your ragtag grimy lether pants. you feel around and feel a compass /*this is where you recive compass in invintory

Claretta

Don't you just want to write a passage with <<if>> macros and <<set>> $variables?

I recommend viewing the SugarCube documentation to review variable functions.

311 studios

sorry i don't understand can you use some example code?

Claretta

Writing an inventory system is complex so you need to understand the underlying functions.

http://www.motoslave.net/sugarcube/docs/macros.html

Everything you need, including some examples, is on that page.

Sage

If it helps, I was able to get a VERY BASIC Inventory system going from one of the threads I found in the forums.

It looks like this:

<<set $inv = ["Dagger", "Shield", "Potion"] >>
<<if $inv.length is 0>>You have nothing.
<<else>>
Your inventory contains:
<<print $inv.join("\n")>>
<<endif>>


You decide to [[drop your potion]]

―> (new room)

<<script>>
// Removes an element from an array.
// String value: the value to search and remove.
// return: an array with the removed element; false otherwise.
Array.prototype.remove = function(value) {
var idx = this.indexOf(value);
if (idx != -1) {
return this.splice(idx, 1); // The second parameter is the number of elements to remove.
}
return false;
}
<</script>>

It breaks on the ground and just in front of you, and you see....

<<set $inv.remove('Potion')>>
Your inventory now only contains:
<<print $inv.join("\n")>>

It isn't my original work... just one of the people on the forums. I did find it very helpful though.

―Sage