Re: [GD-General] Re: Scripting

[Javier A. <ja...@py...>]

brian hook <bri...@py...> wrote:

>> SetPlatformDestination( 'BigFloatingRock', GetMarkerPos
>> ( 'CenterMarker01' ), 1.0 );

For what is worth, in Praetorians we rolled our own scripting language, and
it has been a great productivity tool for our designers. The language is
designed around the use we wanted for it, doesn't contain loops, functions
or high-level types (arrays, structs). Scripts are pretty much a series of
calls to engine-published functions, with condition checking and variable
assignments here and there.

It Just Works.

One of our designers was hired about a year ago. He had never touched a
computer. He has had no trouble writing scripts, and has been able to tailor
the flow of his missions without much problems. Whenever he needed some kind
of higher-level functionality he would request the programmers to add it,
but the task of the script was to sequence and parameterize the mission
flow.

  Javier Arevalo
  Pyro Studios