Hi all, I currently use a self made database to store stuff like items .. ie image id and stats etc. What I would really like is a script engine so i can do something like OnEquip if player.class = mage then return true else player.hp = player.hp - 10 message "you feel a slight pain and drop the weapon" endif end can anyone point me in a direction ?? im guessing i will need to make a compiler which converts the script to a form of binary byte code (to save on space and speed of interpreting) and then the interpretor Thanks for any advice on this :-) -Tim

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What the hells!

Tim,

Basically what you are trying to do is create your own restricted natural language. There are heaps of books on this topic and stacks of web sites (google search on ''restricted natural language'' works wonders).

There are many different ways to do it, you can write your own compiler that translates the script into something else. You can use someone elses script and compiler that they have already written or you can set up the scripts as resources that you define macros for so you turn the bare script into proper executable code... of course, unless it''s in an external library, you will have to recompile your entire app if you change a script.... that is a quick way to have scripting though.



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CHROM

Thanks all...

I have had an idea...

I was working on a compiler for my language and was thinking back when i made a assembler for my a level project .. and i suddenly though..

Why make a script which makes byte code which is interpreted by a VM.. why not make machine code ?

Im not sure how you could dynamically load code into an executable piece of memory though ? anyone know if you can ? the benefit from this of cource would be V fast code ;-)

Thanks

Tim