Re: Question on combat procedures

[Eric McDonald <mcdonald at phy dot cmich dot edu>]

Christopher Wood wrote:

> I am trying to figure out how these combat module works in the 
> xconq source code. I have looked over combat.c and I have seen
> how it switches depending on the model through the g_combat_model
> call. However what I would like is to know what is calling the 
> functions in combat and how the order is being done. The combat.c
> file is quite confusing and I can't quite figure out how it works
> together with the rest of the program since I have no idea where
> these functions are being called from. 

You need to account for the user interfaces. They are in separate 
directories; 'tcltk' houses the Tcl/Tk interface, for example. Also, the 
user interfaces make use of 'ui.h' and 'ui.c'. You should also look at 
'task.c' and 'plan.c'; 'task.c' contains the 'hit-unit' task code. The 
kernel run code in 'run.c' and 'action.c' is what actually schedules 
things to happen (i.e., running prepped actions).

Remember, grep is your friend:
$ grep 'prep_attack' *.c
combat.c:prep_attack_action(Unit *unit, Unit *unit2, Unit *defender, int n)
task.c:             prep_attack_action(unit, unit, unit2, 100);
task.c:                 prep_attack_action(unit, unit, unit2, 100);
task.c:                 prep_attack_action(unit, unit, unit2, 100);
task.c:             prep_attack_action(unit, unit, unit2, 100);
task.c:             prep_attack_action(unit, unit, unit2, 100);
tp.c:net_prep_attack_action(Unit *unit, Unit *unit2, Unit *defender, int n)
tp.c:   rslt = prep_attack_action(unit, unit2, defender, n);
ui.c:               net_prep_attack_action(unit, unit, other, 100);
ui.c:               net_prep_attack_action(unit, unit, other, 100);
$ grep 'do_attack' *.c
actions.c:      rslt = do_attack_action(unit, unit2, aunits[0], a[1]);
combat.c:do_attack_action(Unit *unit, Unit *unit2, Unit *defender, int n)