Valyria - Calador - Redwatch - (Pending Approval)
The official plan is to offer a graphical programming interface so that players don't have to learn to code in the official scripting language. The language is the same language that is used for scripting NPCs, and is used generally for interfacing with the game engine(s).
This is going to happen anyway the moment that players need to start using scripts. The real question will be who provides the best information and premade scripts. They are going to get a lot of traffic.
The prologue will probably be a good script testing bed.
They plan on providing a graphical interface for non-scripters that have most common actions. For those who want to delve into the scripting side of things, the plan at this point is to use TypeScript, which I understand to be a fairly user-friendly way to code Javascript.
From what we were last told the OPC Scripting is fairly high level. You won't be scripting a super detailed AI player replacement, it's more about giving your character some directions/goals when you're offline than dictating exactly what their going to do minute to minute. While the actions may be complex that doesn't mean the node structure and options will be that complex.
Just saying best to temper the expectations until we hear or see otherwise. This is a pretty unique and non-trivial system (especially due to possible repercussions/resource costs).
anyone know if there will be some way to check the effect of a script? if it is for when i am ofline i wont b on to see it right? some one who knows better than i please enliten me.
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We've been told we can test scripts on The Prologue module, which will be released prior to launch.
It could be a lot of fun to have a scripting interface, but it could also be a time sink for developers.
If SBS decides to focus on basic gameplay and postpone this feature til after launch, then I will fully support it.
Posted By Halvgrim at 08:28 AM - Thu Mar 29 2018
It could be a lot of fun to have a scripting interface, but it could also be a time sink for developers.
If SBS decides to focus on basic gameplay and postpone this feature til after launch, then I will fully support it.
They can't leave it till after launch, it's an integral part of the game. Without it opc suddenly become a lot more of a problem.
Posted By grandad1982 at 12:37 PM - Thu Mar 29 2018
They can't leave it till after launch, it's an integral part of the game. Without it opc suddenly become a lot more of a problem.
Just for the reference, Halvgrim didn't suggest delaying the OPC feature, but the UI for that feature. And that is actually being taken into consideration by SBS (which I'm very glad about, because that is a part the community could shine at and I'd rather have a great, working game).
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Logain: If you don't mind the question, have you decided on how you're going to limit OPC scripts yet @Caspian ? Something like CPU time and memory have to be taken into consideration, but I'm not sure how that could work on an event based model.
Caspian: Hi Logain, it depends on what is first exposed to the players. Ideally, we want to provide players a visual programming language that works by connecting nodes together. These nodes can have complex behaviors, but the connection of nodes is a directed graph, so there's no need for limiting them. There's no looping.
Logain: Oh, I thought you had finally decided to use TypeScript
Caspian: If we can't provide the DAG-based node language by launch, then yes, we'll likely provide straight TypeScript with CPU limiters. We use TypeScript to write the nodes. But ideally we don't expose that to players.'
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