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| RaXaR | Date: Monday, 30.01.2012, 17:13 | Message # 1 |
 Observer
Group: Users
South Africa
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| Just a question, I saw in a post that there are plans for adding spacecraft etc.
I was wondering if Space Engine will eventually contain a scripting engine like LUA or Javascript (V8)?
This could be useful for controlling ship systems (wings/airbrakes) and radar dishes deploying etc.
Maybe even hook it up to the planet generation (convert script to glsl on the fly?)
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| SpaceEngineer | Date: Tuesday, 31.01.2012, 18:17 | Message # 2 |
 Author of Space Engine
Group: Administrators
Russian Federation
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| I don't know if scripts will be necessary. Currently, SE has only Celestia-style scripts for describing space bodies.
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| RaXaR | Date: Wednesday, 01.02.2012, 11:12 | Message # 3 |
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Observer
Group: Users
South Africa
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| I see, describing space bodies is cool but if you're on a spaceship/craft I think it would be really awesome to allow users to script elements of their ships.
As an example, if you create a mother ship with a smaller explorer vessel, then you'll want to script some lights and a hanger door to react to the vessel once it approaches or leaves the ship. Or if you walk to the bridge then doors will open if you get a certain distance from them.
Personally I haven't implemented a scripting engine into a game before, so I don't know how hard it is or what level of technical skill you'll need to be able do it. There is also the performance aspect to consider but I think it would be a really useful feature to implement at some point in the future.
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