Tower

Not the ones where Altair jumps

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###Overview Defines an instance of a player tower, with given [tower attributes](Tower Attributes),a player can build a tower if has enough coins, the tower will attack enemies. A tower is a child class of [game object](Game Object) and it will have a position and an active boolean value, tower will be drawn centered in the bottom of the given tile, a tower will spawn [attacks](Tower Attack). The player can also remove a tower, and will receive a percentage of the original cost.

Name	Version	Header	Implementation
Tower	0.7.6	tower.h	tower.cpp

Example of tower | CCLicense by nicubunu

Before reading this, make sure you have read the pages about [Game Object](Game Object),[Tower Attack Attributes](Tower Attack Attributes),[Tower Attack](Tower Attack) and [Tower Attributes](Tower Attributes)

###Variables Private

• tower_attributes *attributes [attributes](Tower Attributes) of instanced tower

• unsigned int atk_counter time to next attack (in frames)

• unsigned int atk_delay time between attack (in frames)

• const ALLEGRO_TIMER *timer timer used to update tower and instantiate [tower attacks](Tower Attack)

###Constructors

• tower() default constructor

• tower(const tower_attributes &attributes,double posx,double posy,const ALLEGRO_TIMER *timer) full constructor

###Destructor

• ~tower()

###Methods Public

• string get_name() const returns tower name

• unsigned int get_range() const returns tower range (in pixels)

• unsigned int get_damage()const returns tower attack damage

• unsigned int get_cost() const returns prize of the tower (in gold or bit-coins)

• atk_type get_attack_type() const returns attack type

• bool in_range(pair<double,double> target) const return true if position given is in range

• bool can_attack()const return true if tower can attack (counter reached 0)

• void update() update tower timers if active (call each frame)

• void draw() const draw tower

• tower_atk attack(const pair<double,double> target) spawn an attack with given position as target

• bool check() const check class is working properly, returns false if not

Private

• void set_delay() sets delay of attack

• void reset_counter() resets attack counter