I’ve gradually been changing more pieces of code from C to C++. As each piece goes from being a random function dangling somewhere to a piece of a coherent class the code begins to make a little more sense.

So many bits and pieces are going to benefit from being private data members. In a lot of cases there were hoops that had to be jumped through to handle values properly. Race, for instance. If a character was polymorphed into another race, some of the functions in the game would react to the new race and others would react as if nothing had happened, so a troll turned into a lizard might still lumber into the room.

With the ability to make some data members private, we can make it so that nobody can look at player->race, but instead have to call player->GetRace() which will be smart enough to check for polymorph. The same can be said for checking or adjusting ability scores, hitpoints, and all sorts of things that can be modified by spells.

It’s a phenomenally massive undertaking, but with the proper amounts of time and insanity it can be done right.