Feature - Implemented familiar_name()

[Fluxxdog]

This might seem more cute than anything, but I was wondering about a function to report the given name of a familiar

string familiar_name(familiar check_me)

Returns the name of the given familiar. If you don't have that familiar, returns "".

Yeah, backburner project, but had to ask

 

[slyz]

I don't think Mafia stores your familiars' names anywhere, so there would be quite a bit of work to scrape familiar names from familiar.php, store them, and retrieve them for the familiar_name() function.

I think you would be better off doing it in ASH and saving the names in a data file.

 

[Fluxxdog]

Didn't think it'd be that much work. I know when you first log in it goes through your familiars to determine what you have, but I thought it'd be a simple add to save the name of the familiar as well. Then again, I don't have experience coding in Java, so... chalk it up to naivete?

 

[lostcalpolydude]

Save the names in 150 (and growing) preferences? Or maybe a single giant strange-character delimited (because commas can be in the name, right?) preference? Both seem like ugly implementations.

 

[Theraze]

I'd probably suggest only saving it as a proxy value for that login session, since it doesn't really matter and it's in the scrape page anyways. But still... minimal benefit, easily scripted.

 

[Bale]

There may be one or two people who will ever find a use for the familiar_name() function. It's basically just a curiosity. Do you actually have a use for this? If so, then I am curious to hear what it is.

Anyway, you can write a script to scrape your terrarium and report on the names of your familiars if you actually have a use for it. Get the page with visit_url() and then use these functions to extract the names.

I'm marking this "Rejected."

 

[Veracity]

We already scrape familiar names when we visit the terrarium and save them in the FamiliarData associated the appropriate familiar.
Revision 9705 adds a proxy field to familiars:

$familiar[mosquito].name -> "your name here"
$familiar[emo roe].name -> "" (unless you are very lucky and the object of my envy and resentment. )

 

[slyz]

I don't think Mafia stores your familiars' names anywhere

I guess I should check the code before making this sort of statement

 

[Fluxxdog]

I don't think there's a smiley to indicate the level of jaw dropping that just occurred.

 

[Bale]

I agree with Fluxxdog.