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Has anybody managed to use the name functions for variables and switches in DynRPG v0.30+? I've gotten code to compile with them, but when it runs, I get memory access violations. Here's what I think it should look like:


It's a little weird, but the name function for the Variables class is a regular object function, while for the Switches class it's a static function, hence the different syntax. The bizarre thing is, I could almost swear that second one with the switches actually did work once after I figured out I needed to use s_str(), but on subsequent tries I got access violations again.

For reference:

Variables class
Switches class

EDIT: And just to eliminate a potential stumbling block, yes, this code is called after the game is up and running and there are variable and switch values populated, confirmed by checking RPG::system->variables.size and RPG::system->switches.size.

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I just realized that I chose the wrong engine to associate the DynDataAccess plugin with. It should be RPG Tsukuru 2003, not RPG Maker 2003. I don't see a way to change it myself, so could I get an admin to fix that detail?

I'm probably putting my foot in my mouth as somebody with just enough knowledge about roleplaying systems to be dangerous, but here goes. I'm curious whether there are any notably popular roleplaying systems out there which employ a high degree of variance in their rolls (or similar outcome-deciding mechanics). I'm mainly interested in "tabletop"-style systems where the players are actually acting out roles and getting most of their fun from the social interaction as opposed to being focused on the gameplay mechanics, although it doesn't have to be strictly physical.

To explain a little more what I mean by high-variance, let me contrast it with what's typical (as far as I know). Lots of roleplaying systems, if I'm not mistaken, involve rolling multiple dice at once for a lot of outcome decisions. Multiple dice yields a bell-shaped probability distribution, making middle-of-the-road outcomes much more likely and extremely low or high outcomes vanishingly rare. That can be good if you want your outcomes to be largely predictable with just an occasional WOOHOO I LUCKED OUT or OH SHOOT THAT'S REALLY BAD moment.

What if you don't want that, though? Are there any systems out there anybody could name that embrace a much flatter probability distribution, where the chance of getting a really high or really low outcome is about the same (maybe even exactly the same) as any given outcome near the middle? If so, how do they harness the resulting unpredictability to be fun for all players involved?

Tangentially, does anybody know of any systems where players are given partial knowledge of the outcome before they have to decide what action they'll attempt? Say, you roll one die to see how well you start out, then decide what you'll do based on that and roll whatever else is needed to finish determining the outcome?

I'm having trouble trying to implement a plugin involving multiple classes spread across multiple source files. The problem is, when I try to compile, I get the error message and 49 other very similar errors. It would appear this is happening because several different header files have in them, but I would have thought that the compiler directive in DynRPG.h would protect it from being redefined. Trying to only use the #include "DynRPG/DynRPG.h" directive in one file doesn't seem to work very well either, as I get in any files for which I try to use DynRPG stuff without having the #include. Has anybody else run into this before and figured out how to fix or work around it?