ATTACK!
by Hazed
There’s a new command in the game this weekend: ‘ATTACK’. This is part of the fighting code and it’s the way you initiate a fight with another player.
Right now, it won’t actually launch any missiles at your opponent, but it will let you see how setting up a fight will work.
Before you attack somebody you need to have set them as a target using ‘TARGET playername’. Then you can attack. The game will run through a series of checks – have you set a target, are you in space, are you in the same location as your target, is the location a fighting location … and provided the answer to all those questions is positive, then you will be all set to initiate the fight.
You can try the command now, although nothing will happen.
After that, you continue the fight by firing missiles, or closing up so you can use your lasers. Or running away if all you wanted to do was take a pot-shot at them!
Now the attack command is in the game, Alan will turn his attention to making the missile actually fire – both when you ‘ATTACK’ and with the ‘FIRE’ command.
We’re getting there!
