public static void SetAdventureName()
{
// This function asks the player for an "adventure name". This is the
// name of the directory in which his/her save files will be stored.
while (true)
{
// Certain OSes don't allow certain characters, so this removes those characters
// and replaces them with whitespace. The player is then asked if this is okay.
string adventure = CMethods.MultiCharInput("Finally, what do you want to name this adventure? ");
// This line removes all characters that are not alphanumeric, spaces, dashes, or underscores
// We also remove repeated spaces like "Hello world" => "Hello world"
// Finally we .Trim() to remove leading or ending whitespace like " Hello world " => "Hello world"
adventure = Regex.Replace(Regex.Replace(adventure, @"[^\w\s\-]*", ""), @"\s+", " ").Trim();
// Make sure the adventure name isn't blank
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(adventure))
{
continue;
}
// You also can't use "temp", because this is reserved for other features
else if (adventure == "temp")
{
Console.WriteLine("Please choose a different name, that one definitely won't do!");
CMethods.PressAnyKeyToContinue();
continue;
}
// Make sure that the folder doesn't already exist
else if (Directory.Exists(adventure))
{
Console.WriteLine("I've already read about adventures with that name; be original!");
CMethods.PressAnyKeyToContinue();
continue;
}
// Max adventure name length is 35
else if (adventure.Length > 35)
{
Console.WriteLine("That adventure name is far too long, it would never catch on!");
CMethods.PressAnyKeyToContinue();
continue;
}
while (true)
{
string yes_no = CMethods.SingleCharInput($"You want your adventure to be remembered as '{adventure}'? | [Y]es or [N]o: ").ToLower();
if (CMethods.IsYesString(yes_no))
{
adventure_name = adventure;
return;
}
else if (CMethods.IsNoString(yes_no))
{
CMethods.PrintDivider();
break;
}
}
}
}
