RE: [GD-Consoles] question: Embedded scripting language on console

[Mark W. <Mwa...@to...>]

Mick,

At what level do access your game objects/classes? Can a script perform
something like rendering a mesh or is it completely game object centric?

Cheers,
Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mick West [mailto:mi...@ne...]
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 February 2003 5:15 AM
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: RE: [GD-Consoles] question: Embedded scripting language on
> console
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> We (Neversoft) discussed this at some length when starting our first
> game for the PS2.  There was some movement towards using a=20
> pre-existing
> script language (Java was mentioned).  However I decided we=20
> should roll
> our own, as we'd need control over what it was doing.
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> I'm now insanely glad we did this.  The fine control we get over
> debugging, memory usage and  performance is invaluable.  Those kind of
> things may be less of a consideration on the PC, where you have memory
> and CPU cycles to spare.  But on the PS2, I feel that if we'd used a
> pre-existing language, then we would have had a lot more=20
> trouble than we
> did.
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> It does not take that long either.  We shipped THPS3 less than a year
> after we started programming our scripting language.
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> Of course, YMMV, it depends on what you use the script=20
> language for.  We
> have over 4MB of script, and a lot of the game's high level logic is
> running in script, and a lot of the high level data is held in script
> data structures.
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> Anyway, the original questioner intends to generate their scripts from
> UML diagrams.  This approach is inherently doomed, so the=20
> actual choice
> of script language is irrelevant.
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> Mick
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gam...@li...=20
> > [mailto:gam...@li...] On=20
> > Behalf Of Ron Hay
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 7:04 AM
> > To: gam...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [GD-Consoles] question: Embedded scripting=20
> > language on console
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> > Has anyone on the list actually thought deeply about which=20
> scripting=20
> > language they choose?  If
> > so, care to share your thoughts?  We're in the middle of=20
> choosing the=20
> > language, and Lua seems
> > to be our current top pick.  The team member that is in charge of=20
> > scripting is the type of person
> > that just likes to pick and go, so I'm worried that there may be a=20
> > better alternative out there...
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> >   Ron
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