Running Scripts from Text Files
 

I was thinking, is there a way to run a script from a text file? Like having the script in a text file, then loading the text file into a class then joining the class?

Or something similar to that?

As far as I know, the classes are text files.

I mean like uploading:

blahscript.txt

The create a weapon, "-Test".

Then using loadlines and it will read everything in the text file and run it in the "-Test" NPC.

Would need eval().

all weapons/Classes/DB are .txt files

Not what I mean,


I mean having a text file, like,

"test.txt" in levels.

Then in a script named: "-TestScript"

Load the text from the .txt file and run everything in the text file as a script in the "-TestScript" weapon.

Isn't putnpc's 2nd param the name of a text file which contains the script for that NPC?

Though it will only work for level NPCs.

And you could use a TStaticVar to create a static reference to the object, but it would be a lot of hassle.

Yeah, but I mean as far as a Databased and everything, it would be nice to have them all aptly named text files, like:

"Pointandclick.txt" containing a script for the movement system.

Then open a weapon named, "-Movement".

As a command name, something like, "runtextasscript("textfilename")".

It would read all the contents of the text file and run the contents as script using the "-Movement" Weapon NPC.

Question answered in future improvements. Nevermind. :p

If you're not using the default Graal Q Menu then don't name your weapons with anything but letter characters and numbers in them. That way you can reference the object name without funky stuff.

Dangit, Inver. Avatar had me confused for a good 2 seconds or so.

I don't really see the point of that though. It's basically replacing text files with more text files. -Movement will work just fine containing the script for the movement system. Plus, if you don't like seeing weapon scripts getting too big, you can always use classes.

Hotrian made a GUI Window editor, in which when you save a Gui Control, it saves as a weapon text file. I still don't know how he made that Gui editor x.x

Invern >:O Thought you were Yen XD Oh wait are you trying to save a file then load it later?

Probably a damn big script >_<. Stefan released a gui maker as well as did Novo.

I think I posted an improved version of Stefan's GUI editor a while ago.

GS2 GUIs have got to be the easiest to handle. If people need a GUI Editor for GS2 GUIs, I can just imagine how they managed in GS1, when they had to make everything custom x-x

A new improved version of the Gui Editor is in the making, will be added to the scripted RC once done.

add that to your list stefan for stuff in production

I thought I was Yen when I first posted with this. Did the double-take and everything.