(08-29-2013, 02:27 PM)TheShyGuy Wrote: It seems like a good path right now. What did you need help with right now? If you have any issues with how to pull off concepts, I can try to help. But I can't help out with the implementation because, well, I've never used E02 before sorry.

(08-31-2013, 04:13 PM)TheShyGuy Wrote: That's alot to read lol. I'm gonna reply to the last paragraph now before I reply to your overall post.

I just started using Lua(Interface) with c#. It's very easy to embed into c# and I've heard into any other language(C++). Both Lua and python are quite easy to understand and learn so that shouldn't affect your decision. However, I realized that I don't need scripting abilities just yet for the small game I'm working on. I plan to only allow scripting as a way for the end user to mod the game characters through a very simple and limited interface. Just go with what your comfortable with and make sure you actually need it.

(08-31-2013, 03:46 PM)Phaze Wrote: Well, since Ridge's project is called off for now, I reckon I should try to make headway on other things since I really need to start being useful again...

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Heh you're not the only one. I'm still working on that editor and guess what. I found a sweet visual studio-like docking tool.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dockpanelsuite/
(more up to date) https://github.com/dockpanelsuite

I've decided to remove the "shared" and "resources" idea too. That was a headache to implement.

Quote:say, I had some Bowser card variation that summoned weak minions for stat boosts and stuff, or a Yux that [summons a] Mini-Yux to defend itself; I'd need to make a generic Effect like SummonMinions that I could apply arguments to in order to add that functionality to Mask.

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(Sorry, This is just brainstorming. I'm aware it's a bit redundant. If I didn't come back to edit this.........oops )
So some (example) functionality you need is an effect to summon minions. You also need an effect that boosts stats. It seems that a Mini-Yux defending is up to Mini-Yux, not the effect. So that shouldn't be an issue for effect.

Creating an effect that summons minions seems like a good solution. It's similar to how I was going to implement character movesets. The compiled game provides methods (more like Behavior tree nodes since they're very easy to dynamically program flow and whatnot without hardcoding) and the scripts just add them to a list that gets executed in order. I would provide anything and everything that's required to execute a move.

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(Think in the context of an MnL battle)



-Mario Hammer Attack Script:
-PlayAnimation("Hammer")
-Asynchronous(X)
-GenerateAttack(ID,x,y,z, damage)
-if(AttackConnected(ID))
--PlaySoundEffect("Hooray!")
--GenerateGFX("Stars",xyz)
-end

The animation will play, and at frame X, an attack will be generated. If it connects (which is up to some higher up system, or the opponent), then a sound effect is played and a gfx shows. The beauty of behavior trees is that this is similar to how it would actually look and be built. The interface I allowed the scripts to use would only be the behavior tree nodes. They each get executed in order and the functionality of a node is very simple. If you wanted to add another "node type", either hardcode the functionality or script it. For "script" nodes, you could simply make a node take in a script file name and execute it when it needs to update. Look up Behavior trees for a better understanding of what I'm trying to get at.

I altered your quot Wrote:I was originally thinking of making a Handler interface with a method or two to handle and respond to effects and attacks(like when a card is damaged by an attack; might want to block it if the damaged has a spiked ability and the attacker has no spike shield badge)

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The quote above seems like a good (high level) solution to the issue. The attacker should simply "attempt" to attack. The receiver, or some higher up responder, should be the one to decide on whether the receiver actually gets hit.

If the attacker uses a spike ability, but the receiver is wearing a spike shield badge, then the receiver or responder should decide the result damage (reduced, none, or critical). This is how I would approach the issue at a high level. I'd be glad to hear if you or anyone has a better solution.

Quote: to research or implement the ability to detect if a script has implemented or overridden a specific function for responding to events.

(09-01-2013, 12:03 PM)TheShyGuy Wrote: shouldn't be a string

(09-01-2013, 10:00 PM)TheShyGuy Wrote: Heh lol. I was using strings as an identifier a while back and didn't think it was that big of a deal.....At one point during development, I noticed the game lagging for no good reason and tons of memory being created.. After a bit of searching, I found that the issue was well the use of strings to identify some objects =/.