Question about Dictionary's and Config

Hey I have a noob question about using dictionary's/config's hopefully someone can help me with

This is in relation to my GunGame plugin and was hoping to get this done before I release it. The plugin works fine but I want to have each ranks weapons changeable in the config file. At the moment giving players items according to there ranks looks like this

Code:

if (playerLevel == 2)
            {
                GiveItem(player, "smg.thompson", 1, player.inventory.containerBelt);
                GiveItem(player, "ammo.pistol", 300, player.inventory.containerMain);
                SendReply(player, "You are now Rank 2");
            }

To make it configurable and easy for others to use I thought I could put the items in a dictionary and then what its set to in the config is what the player will get. So I have all the various levels in my config and have written out all the dictionarys for each level which look like this;
Config

Code:

static string KitLVL2 = "Thompson";

Dictionary

Code:

var Thompson = new Dictionary<string, object>();
            Thompson.Add("smg.thompson", 1);
            Thompson.Add("ammo.pistol", 200);

and then I would give the player the items using something like this

Code:

var Lvl2 = (Dictionary<string, object>) KitLVL2;
foreach (var item in Lvl2)
                {
                    GiveItem(player, item.Key, (int)item.Value, player.inventory.containerBelt);
                }
                SendReply(player, "You are Rank 2");

So I am sure you can see the error there I am unsure how to use the string from the config to call upon the dictionary with the same name.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

You are using your dictionary as a list pretty much, that's not really how they are meant to be used. The point of a dictionary is to provide access to items based on keys, but you are basically just using it to create a two-variable association and looping through them.

Something like that:

Code:

        class GunGameConfig
        {
            public List<GunGameLevel> levels = new List<GunGameLevel>();
        }        class KitEntry
        {
            public string shortname;
            public int amount;
        }        class GunKit
        {
            public string kitname;
            public List<KitEntry> items = new List<KitEntry>();
        }        class GunGameLevel
        {
            public int level;
            public GunKit kit;
            // + whatever else might relate to the level
        }        GunGameConfig g_config = new GunGameConfig();        public void SetupDefaultLevelsAndKits()
        {
            // LEVEL 1
            g_config.levels.Add(new GunGameLevel
            {
                level = 1,
                kit = new GunKit
                {
                    kitname = "bow and arrow",
                    items = {
                                                new KitEntry { shortname = "bow", amount = 1 },
                                                new KitEntry { shortname = "arrow", amount = 20 }
                                            }
                }
            });
           
            // LEVEL 2
            g_config.levels.Add(new GunGameLevel
            {
                level = 2,
                kit = new GunKit
                {
                    kitname = "revolver",
                    items = {
                                                new KitEntry { shortname = "revolver", amount = 1 },
                                                new KitEntry { shortname = "ammo.9mm", amount = 20 }
                                            }
                }
            });            // ETC
            Config.WriteConfig(g_config);
        }

 

Thanks, I was using dictionary's because I saw something similar in another plugin, I'm learning as I go and everyone else's plugins are examples for me Making the plugin was easy, making everything adjustable is a pain in the ass haha

 

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