A type of programming, often meant to be easier to learn than more "traditional" programming. Scripting is often used when performance is less important than ease of use. Examples of scripting languages are: Javascript, Lua, Perl, Python, and PHP. Scripting languages are often interpreted instead of ...
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Bejeweled clicking code [closed]
So im still making bejeweled. But its like my version of bejeweled. Instead of swapping gems and matching 3 gems in a row.. I am going to have it so the player clicks 3 of the same gems (they dont ...
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How to handle scripted events in a 2d java game?
I'm in the planning phases of a 2D java game. The game is a tile-based platformer with some action-y parts to it, like a Metroidvania formula game.
The static portion of each stage is expressed as an ...
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when to implement a script language [closed]
How much of you engine do you recomend should be hard coded ? Obviusly you want the time consuming this like writing out the graphics and stuff to be hard coded, but is there more that would be ...
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Implementing a wait function in a game script
I have been implementing behavior for enemies in my game and so far I have been doing it sort of like below:
public void update()
{
if (frame > 60 && frame % 30 == 0)
{
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Help making a bejeweled game in AS3 [duplicate]
So i am making bejeweled in AS3 right now and it is not going well at all. So far i placed the gem randomly by using a array but it doesnt check for a 3 in a row and if there is a 3 in a row, the 3 ...
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Detecting if “Wall” To The Left or Right Of Player Unity3D
I am working on a 3D Platformer in Unity3D and I need to prevent the player from going through walls. The movement for my player works like this:
(A bird-eye-view representation)The areas the ...
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Game Development AI, NPC & Entities Definition using Scripting Languages
i am developing a Multiplayer(actually MMORPG) architecture for learning purpose.
I do have some game developement background, but all my engines were very rigid and completly developed for the game ...
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What to pass to scripting
I am using Java and libgdx to create a game and have decided to go a data driven approaching with Jython for this refactoring (just picked up Jython, have used Java for a while). The game is a ...
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Building DarkBasic/Blitz Basic/GLBasic [closed]
I've used systems like DarkBasic in the past to build small games quickly. Often times I run into issues though where something I need isn't easy to add since I can't access the core system directly. ...
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How do I make someone walk in Skyrim?
I'm coding a mod for Skyrim with Papyrus and the Creation Kit. I can't seem to get an Actor to move from point A to point B. I know there's a function to teleport an actor, but how can I make them ...
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Playing different particle effects in Unity on the same ParticleSystem
The question really sums it up: What is the best way to use one particle system for playing different particle effects?
The scenario: GameObject is picked up and it starts playing a simple indicator ...
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Adavanced AI with waypoint system [closed]
I'm just asking for an AI script. What I pretty much need it to do is to allow the enemy to patrol an area, and once the player hits its aggro bar, it will chase him/her until the player runs away; ...
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InputManager in Unity
I´m having a rough time trying to figure out a proper way of dealing with key mapping and key bindings in unity.
The built-in unity input manager is useless to me since it doesnt support key mapping ...
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generating animations in runtime
i am creating my 3d game engine using Opengl.
this question might sound stupid to you but i am still in the process of learning, i have a 3d animated girl that slaps guys of different talls on the ...
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Batch mesh simplification
I need a script for simplifying meshes, to run on a server in headless (no GUI) mode. Are there open source (or at least gratis) tools out there I could use for this? Or, how would I script Blender to ...
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How does Unity use C# as a scripting language?
To my knowledge, thus far, I have thought that C# is and has always been a compiled language. I have recently started studying Unity3d and noticed that they give C# as an option for scripting and ...
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How to change Vectors due to change in it's dependent Base Vector?
PLOT :
I have been developing a game where the player falls down on Y axis and the camera is a Top-Down view camera. The camera, player (main character in the game) movements etc. have all been ...
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How do I change the window position in Unrealscript?
So when I start my game it starts out in the middle of my screen at 1024x768 resolution, but then when i change the resolution via a consolecommand("SETRES ..."); it resets the window position to the ...
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Does it make sense to use Lua scripting in a game developed in Python?
Well for C++ written games using Lua scripts for easy changing ai, quets etc is very reasonable and it's common. However now I'm going to write a game in pure python and I don't know if I should use ...
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How might I script the creation of CLR objects?
I am looking for a method to script the creation of entities (arrays of components) for delivery through my entity factory, i.e scripted creation of .net objects.
I have looked into Lua but it seems ...
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Are any scripting languages designed to be reloaded at runtime?
I'm currently working on my first game engine. So far, I have a cross-platform rendering framework and support for numerous file types, but game development is still a hard slog when I'm having to ...
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How do I create an actor class in UDK that will spawn a specific particle system?
I'm trying to write a new class that I can drag from actor classes window into the scene and it will spawn a specific particle effect. Its going to be a 'prop' that later will also contain a static ...
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Why released games usually contain their scripts sources?
AFAIK people like scripting because it's easier, and it makes development cycle faster. But what about when games are shipped. No one expects shipped binaries to be changed, unless there is an update ...
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A good approach on working on player controller for movable platforms?
I have got my player controlling working out decent enough, except with mediocre animation controller for the player, but oh well. All I have done so far is basic input: move, run, jump, multi-jump. ...
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Is there a logic game engine to be used in OS game?
Ludocore is a paper where a research on a logic game engine is presented.
For game I cooperate on -- Opendungeons -- it would seem fine to have separate abstract layer of code which would deal only ...
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How to dump the dom in Qt Script?
Good afternoon,
I’ve connected the Qt (4.8) script engine up within my application.
I’m still learning how to make my application accessible from scripts.
I’d like to debug it by enumerating ...
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Trying to optimize a plane in Unity [closed]
So unity provides gameobject creation of a plane which contains a lot of triangles Unity calculates which is really unneeded for a simple plane. I was following a tutorial on how to do this, but I am ...
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How can I instantiate my variables in Boo?
I have a Player Attributes class:
import UnityEngine
class Stat ():
public current as int
public max as int
class PlayerAttributes ( MonoBehaviour ):
public Name as ...
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Torque2D default t2dTileMap object
When I start a blank project I have noticed that I get one t2dSceneGraph and one t2dTileMap (under the project tab). I selected the t2dTileMap and gave it a name 'tilemap'.
In my game.cs function ...
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Torque2D createTileLayer
The script reference "manual" is not much of a help. When I look up createTileLayer(tileCountX/tileCountY/tileSizeX/tileSizeY) it doesn't say more than it creates a new TileLayer.
But, in what unit ...
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c# scripting execution with xna (actions take more than 1 frame)
I'm trying to figure out how to implement c# scripting into my game (XNA with C#). I will be using C# as the scripting language.
My question is, how to call functions that take more than 1 frame to ...
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Scripting for a C#, multiplayer game
I have a multiplayer game written in C# and we've recently been creating a lot of content but have been looking for a way to give our entities customization logic that the designers can hook into. I ...
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Markup format or script for data files? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to choose how to store data?
The game I'm designing will be mainly written in a high level scripting language (leaning towards either Lua or Squirrel) with a C++ ...
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Simpler alternative to AngelScript
I want to give players the ability to create and share bullet patterns for a shoot'em up.
The pattern scripts should have all the common programming stuff like loops, if/else, variables, and so on.
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Importance of scripting engine at Cocos2d Game Engine
Each Game Engine is different and solves different problems in different ways, so the engine design does vary greatly from engine to engine (even though a lot of principles are shared from engine to ...
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Torque2D, Class vs Datablock
I'm scripting my first game with Torque2D and have not fully understood the difference between "Class" and Datablock.
To me it seems like Datablock is similar to a struct in C/C++ or a Record in ...
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Python library for scripting (C++ integration)
Please advise me good wrapper/library for python. I need to implement simple scripting in c++ app; Under "good" I mean pretty understandable, well documented, no memory leaking, fast. For creating ...
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Lua or C# beneficial over C++ for small, single person project? [closed]
I plan to do a fairly small game development project as a single programmer. I have read that alternatives to C++ such as C# or integrating Lua scripts is more time and effort efficient in ...
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How can I customize an FPS game?
I want to create a customized (modded) fps game where I can change the look and feel of the game to match my intended theme.
Some of the things I would like to do:
Create a custom map (terrain).
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Scene graph in Unity3D
I was wondering if any scene graph-like mechanism is implemented into Unity3D? For example if I have a GameObject, can I add child cubes to it so when I rotate the parent GameObject, the siblings will ...
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Where to attach global scripts in Unity?
As far as Iknow in Unity, every script must be attached to an object. But what is the case with global scripts? For example in a tetris-like game to which object should I attach the element spawner ...
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Should NPC dialog be stored in XML or in a script?
I'm developing an action RPG with some friends. I would like to know the differences and pros/cons of making NPC's dialogue using a file in XMLformat instead of using a script.
I see that script ...
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How smartly implement scripting in game
I'm developing a game engine. It is supposed to be an entity/components based one.
For developing my game itself (using my engine of course) i though to use some scripting language to actually create ...
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Unity gizmos vs. referenced game objects
I'm designing a Unity script that I intend to be highly reusable and as easy as possible to setup within the editor. To this end, a number of properties of this script really need some kind of visual ...
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The point of using a scripting language [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do we use scripts in development?
Im wondering, why do people use scripting languages like Lua or Python in game engines when we can use CLI/C++ or C# interpreters?
...
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How do I make game server for UDK game?
I'm new in UDK and I'm starting to develop online multiplayer games.
There is a one problem, I couldn't find any tutorials about how to make a game server using udk. I suppose, that it uses unreal ...
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Syncing properties across a game server
I'm beginning to implement a simple scripting system into my networked server, and I've hit a snag. Before, I've been wrapping my calls into functions on objects that manipulate objects, but lately ...
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Any recommended books/resources on component-based design? [closed]
I come from a background with heavy use of the classical object-oriented paradigm for software development.
The company I am a part of switched to Unity not too long ago, and we're all very excited ...
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How can I save state from script in a multithreaded engine?
We are building a multithreaded game engine and we've encountered some problems as described below.
The engine have 3 threads in total: script, render, and audio. Each frame, we update these 3 ...
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Scripting: Loading all scripts at runtime vs loading scripts when needed
I'm using Boo as a scripting language in my C#/.NET game via the in memory compiler with it and I really love it, however I'm having trouble deciding when I should load my scripts.
This is my first ...
