Is anyone out there who could tell me if this book is to be recommended? What kind of Scripting System is explained? How is it (generally) implemented?

I created one based on functions and events. It had the generic required main function and then the user had to registered custom function names based on the game's events. The scripting itself actually looked similar to a combination of VB and C++..

[EDIT] I had the program load the text file containing the script into an array, parsed it so that it could understand what the user was talking about, and then called the events and functions as the game was in motion.


Rob Loach
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[edited by - Rob Loach on May 24, 2003 7:20:12 PM]

Sorry, I can''t quite follow...
are you talking about the book or about a scripting engine you did on your own?

Basically, the book goes over different free scripting engines, like python and Lua...

Then they create a compiled scripting language..

basically, they break their scripting language into pseudo-asm, and then their scripting engine interprets that.

It''s one way to tackle the scripting engine problem, and since .net and java handle it that way, its prolly a good system to use...

I''d recommend it if you are going to code your own scripting language. If you just want to use an existing language, its better to just look at tutorials online, gamedev.net covers Lua...