Have you considered using Python? It depends on your target platform, but Python is an open source scripting language that is easily interfaced with C and C++. It is an extremely powerful language way beyond UnrealScript but obviously with the overhead that comes with such an expressive power.
www.python.org

Can anyone point me in the direction of some information on the subject of using scripting in a game engine (source code, concepts, how to start implementing)? I've done some work writing a compiler that compiles C-style code into a severely limited form of objects, states, and scripts. Of course, I'm trying to write something bigger and better. You'll probably laugh if I said I wanted to create something like UnrealScript (only on a much much much much much smaller scale), but now you have the idea of the kind of info I'm looking for. Thanks.

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thx guys. wow, more message icons than i remember last time!! happy holidays.

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