// creates a hero according to specified parameters
public Thing createHero(boolean prompts) {
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
String race = null;
String profession = null;
if (!prompts) {
race = "human";
profession = "fighter";
Game.setDebug(true);
}
// get list of races
String[] raceherostrings = Hero.heroRaces();
String[] racedescriptions = Hero.heroRaceDescriptions();
if (race == null) {
DetailedListScreen ls =
new DetailedListScreen("What race are you?", raceherostrings, racedescriptions);
ls.setForeground(new Color(128, 128, 128));
ls.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0));
ls.bottomString = "Press a letter key to select your race";
switchScreen(ls);
while (true) {
race = (String) ls.getObject();
// Game.warn(race);
if ((race != null) || Game.isDebug()) break;
}
}
if (race == null) {
// Debug mode only
// have escaped, so choose randomly
race = raceherostrings[Rand.r(raceherostrings.length)];
String[] herostrings = Hero.heroProfessions(race);
profession = herostrings[Rand.r(herostrings.length)];
}
// get list of possible prfessions
String[] professionstrings = Hero.heroProfessions(race);
String[] professiondescriptions = Hero.heroProfessionDescriptions(race);
if (profession == null) {
DetailedListScreen ls =
new DetailedListScreen(
"What is your profession?", professionstrings, professiondescriptions);
ls.bottomString = "Press a letter key to select your profession";
ls.setForeground(new Color(128, 128, 128));
ls.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0));
switchScreen(ls);
while (profession == null) {
profession = (String) ls.getObject();
}
}
Thing h = Hero.createHero(prompts ? null : "QuickTester", race, profession);
// hero name and history display
String name = "QuickTester";
if (prompts) {
// setup screen to get name
Screen ss = new Screen(this);
ss.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0));
ss.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
{
InfoScreen ts = new InfoScreen(this, h.getString("HeroHistory"));
ts.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0));
ss.add("Center", ts);
}
MessagePanel mp = new MessagePanel(this);
Game.messagepanel = mp;
ss.add("South", mp);
switchScreen(ss);
name = getHeroName(true);
if (name == null) return null;
}
Hero.setHeroName(h, name);
System.out.println((System.currentTimeMillis() - start) + "ms to createHero");
return h;
}
