operator problems??

You could try a lazy debugging method

Put a ''cout'' statement before the ''if'' and display the creature1.mlife - from your little description, I''m betting that when the execution gets to the ''if'' statement, creature1.mlife has a value less than or equal to 0.

Then shift the cout statement earlier and earlier in the execution path until you find where its going screwy.

Yes - lazy debug method. I should be ashamed for recommending it first



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GeniX

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sorry, i should hae been more clear i ment i mean when i shoot it it klls it no matter what.
string cmd;
cout << ": ";
cin >> cmd;
if (cmd == "shoot")
{
cout << "you shot the monster!" << endl;
(creature1.mlife - charicter.total_dam);
if(creature1.mlife <= 0) { cout << "he''s dead!"; cmd2();}
else
{cmd1();}

For starters, where you subtract your creatures life, is wrong...
you want something like:

creature1.mlife = (creature1.mlife - charicter.total_dam);

or

creature1.mlife -= charicter.total_dam;

--

Once more, make very sure that your creature1.mlife is initialised to a suitable value prior to your shooting code, and also that your charicter.total_dam is likewise initialised to a suitable value prior to your shooting code.

Im assuming that mlife and total_dam are basic numeric types like ints, floats or such, and not pointers?



regards,

GeniX

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