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You could create an abstract class(Unit) and some derived classes like 'archer' and so on..

ProfessionInfo Archer = new ProfessionInfo();// Set name, other dataUnit Joe = new Unit();Joe.Profession = Archer;//// *** Advanced ***//// And eventually you'll have the professions in a container so that you//  don't need to create one every time. Just specify a key and get//  the pre-built definition.//

Quote: Original post by alvarofrank
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Is the workshop dead? Well i have some questions to bring it to live :P.

How can i create a class, so that i can have 1 main class as basis for other classes so that this works:
Unit
Specific Type of unit with initialized variables
Second specific type of unit.
etc.
?
If i crate 3 different units of the same type must i do this?:
unit Unit1 = new unit()
unit Unit2 = new unit()
unit Unit3 = new unit()
unit UnitX = new unit()
right?

How can i avoid pre-programing this so that the names Unit1-x of the new instances get set automatically depending on how many units i want?

What if i want to create a specific unit instead of a base unit?
unit.archer Archer1 = new unit.archer()
unit.soldier Soldier1 = new unit.soldier()
Would this work?

I also notice that when i use console.WriteLine("My name"); i keep fulling the screen with text. Is there a way to clean the console of text without loosing any work, variables, classes etc?

Using enum looks easy, but when it comes to getting the data out of the enum list and storing it, i am confused.
If i use this:

public enum Who
{
Me,
You,
Us
}

And then i later want to use "Us" form the enum, get the value "Us" assigned to the variable Who? Or should i create a new variable to store "Us"?

class Unit{    public virtual void Move()    {        // generic movement stuff here    }}class Archer : Unit{    public void Attack()    {        // attack stuff here    }    public override void Move()    {        // archer specific movement here    }}

List<Unit> units = new List<Unit>();units.Add( new Unit() );units.Add( new Unit() );

List<Unit> units = new List<Unit>();units.Add( new Soldier() );units.Add( new Archer() );units.Add( new Catapult() );

enum Terrain{    Grass,    Water,    Hills,    Mountains}class Map{    public Terrain terrainType;}

Map map = new Map();map.terrainType = Terrain.Grass;

Quote: Unit[] squad;

public method buildSquad(int numElem){
for(int i=0 ; i<numElem ; i++){
squad = new Archer("Archer"+i);
}
}
}
I mean to use a Constructor whose parameter is a name for the instance..

Quote: Original post by alvarofrank
Thanks Guys it has been of great help. The console command also helps a lot. I have read About inheritance and other topics as well but its sometimes to put it t practice. Deriving unit types from a major unit type sounds usefully and this too:

Quote: Unit[] squad;

public method buildSquad(int numElem){
for(int i=0 ; i<numElem ; i++){
squad = new Archer("Archer"+i);
}
}
}
I mean to use a Constructor whose parameter is a name for the instance..

class Unit{    // NOTE: You should wrap these in properties, I am just using fields to    // simplify things    public string Name;    public int AttackPoints;    public int DefensePoints;    public int Speed;    public Unit(string name, int attackPoints, int defensePoints)    {        // blah blah blah    }    public void Attack( Unit enemy )    {        // blah blah blah    }    public void Move( Terrain currentTerrain )    {        // blah blah blah    }}

public object this[int index] {		get {			return items[index];		}		set {			items[index] = value;			OnListChange();		}	}

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I'd like to know when exatcly is a static constructor executed?
According to my understanding so far I know that a instance constructor is executed whenever you create a new instance of that class, but what about with static constructors??? does it start only one time, when the first class is instanciated, is that it???? Or is it executed like in compile-time?

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So if I need to get the values from the array, I would need to cast the type? as its beeing stored in a object array?

class MyListOfStuff<T>{  T[] objects = new T[100];  public T this[int index]  {    get { return objects[index]; }    set { objects[index] = value; }  }}

Quote: Original post by BrasiLokau
Its really hard to keep up with all the threads looking for info, questions and stuff + the enourmous amount of pages we have to read.. I can say for myself that read the forum about 4 times :P

So, I would like to ask some questions:

I'd like to know when exatcly is a static constructor executed?
According to my understanding so far I know that a instance constructor is executed whenever you create a new instance of that class, but what about with static constructors??? does it start only one time, when the first class is instanciated, is that it???? Or is it executed like in compile-time?

Algo how can I create a user define type that has one-dimensional or two-dimensional array?
Can I just store them all in a local object array and then get the itens as in the following example from the book? is that valid?

public object this[int index] {		get {			return items[index];		}		set {			items[index] = value;			OnListChange();		}	}

So if I need to get the values from the array, I would need to cast the type? as its beeing stored in a object array?

Thanks in advance