this is possible. but my experience tells me it’s better not to sort the actors list as you might want to use it in other places for other purposes.
you can do this.
treat each index in that array as an “id”. (which means don’t move the actor in the actor list, and if you do, consider your ids invalid).
then when iterating just use an list of the order.
for example. you have 5 actors
actors = { a ,b,c,d,e}
then you have a list of their initiatives, use their ids as values
init = {0,1,2,3,4}
that’s the default order. you do your math to come up with the correct order, like
init = {4,3,2,1,0}
then when you need to iterate them, you use it through the initiatives list
num_inits = init.Num() (or size, this size should be the same as actors)
for i in 0..num_inits:
id = init[i]
act = actors[id]
do whatever you need here
that way your sort will be faster since it doesn’t copy large objects (though actors are probably pointers so it would be fast).
but also allows you to iterate the actors by initiative and also by regular order.
so you can still process them in the ui correctly. for example .
(it’s been quite a while since i had the pleasure to play d&d i hope i got it right)