[RunUO 2.0 SVN] Extension Scripts

[Jeff]

Hi guys, It's been along time since I've released anything here, and I hadn't planned on releasing anything else. But, since I needed to use RunUO to grade the competition entries and was getting sick of waiting for the scripts to compile, I wrote this enhancement to help me.

Description
The Extensions Scripts modification allows you to specify seperate folders to put scripts in within the root of the RunUO directory. Each specified folder will be compiled and cached within its own directory just as RunUO does with the Scripts directory.

Pros:

• If the Scripts in Scripts\ are not changed and cached, compile time is greatly increased
• You can add an Unlimited number of extensions.(Best to make 1 extension per system, if the system doesnt require any modification to the distro)

Cons:

• Core mod, Need to have Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of C# to install.
• Once an extension is added, it may only be removed it the scripts inside the extension do not use Serialization and no other extension references it. If they do and you remove it you WILL corrupt your world save or the server will no longer compile.

Installation
Copy and overwrite ScriptCompiler.cs and Main.cs into your RunUO Core Project and compile the Core. Create a file in /Data/ called extensions.cfg. Add the name of each directory you wish to compile seperately into extensions.cfg.

Extensions.cfg Example
My RunUO Directory has 4 folders in it. Data, Scripts, ScriptExtensions, and ScriptCompetitions directories. My extensions.cfg file looks like the following

ScriptExtensions
ScriptCompetitions

This is what the Console will say if it successfully compiles each Extension Folder

RunUO - [www.runuo.com] Version 2.0, Build 3159.19932
Core: Running on .NET Framework Version 2.0.50727
Core: Optimizing for 2 64-bit processors
Scripts: Compiling C# scripts (Scripts)...done (cached)
Scripts: Skipping VB.NET Scripts...done (use -vb to enable)
Scripts: Compiling C# scripts (ScriptExtensions)...done (0 errors, 0 warnings)
Scripts: Skipping VB.NET Scripts...done (use -vb to enable)
Scripts: Compiling C# scripts (ScriptCompetitions)...done (cached)
Scripts: Skipping VB.NET Scripts...done (use -vb to enable)
Scripts: Verifying...done (2120 items, 500 mobiles)
Regions: Loading...done
World: Loading...done (22 items, 1 mobiles) (0.62 seconds)
ServerList: Auto-detecting public IP address...done (69.17.103.204)
Restricting client version to 6.0.9.2. Action to be taken: LenientKick

Additional Notes
If you have several different extension folders and one of the folders references objects in another, the folder with the referenced items needs to be before the other in the extensions.cfg.

Example:
ExtensionsA has object NewItem.
ExtensionsB has an object NewerItem and is inhereted from NewItem.

When specifying these folders in the extensions.cfg you need to add ExtensionsA, then ExtensionsB

Disclaimer
I am currently using this to test scripts that are submitted for Scripting Competitions. I will provide any and all fixes that I find in my testing, or and big issues that are found from you the user. Unless I'm in a fairly decent mood, you won't see much support for installing this. This is a Core Mod and RunUO's official policy is no support for Core Mods...If you do not have the know-how to install this yourself, learn to use C# outside of RunUO and it should make sense later. Additionally there is no Support for VB scripts with this Mod and since I do not need it, I will not be introducing it.

Updates

• 1.02 Fixed a bug that caused the Extensions to not load properly.
• 1.01 Fixed a bug that allowed you to specify folders not in the root of the RunUO directory.
• 1.00 Initial Release

[Suil Ban]

That's pretty handy.

[Jeff]

Updated 1.01

[Jeff]

Updated 1.02

[Joeku]

Has anyone ever told you that you're amazing?

And have I ever told you that I love you?

[Asmir3]

Nice job Jeff but I have one error when compiling the core

Error1: 'Server.ScriptCompiler' does not contain a definition for 'VerifyingAndLoad'C:\Documents and Settings\Asmir\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\RunUO\RunUO\Main.cs

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by Asmir3

Nice job Jeff but I have one error when compiling the core

Error1: 'Server.ScriptCompiler' does not contain a definition for 'VerifyingAndLoad'C:\Documents and Settings\Asmir\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\RunUO\RunUO\Main.cs

Ya sorry, I changed the name and forgot to include the new Main.cs

you can either change that line that says VerifyingAndLoad to VerifyAndLoad or redownload it, I've fixed it in the zip.

[greywolf79]

Looks cool. Thanks. I will check it out when I get home and have a chance...

GreyWolf.

[Joeku]

Idk if this is good...

RunUO - [www.runuo.com] Version 2.0, Build 3162.967
Core: Running on .NET Framework Version 2.0.50727
Core: Optimizing for 2 processors
Scripts: Compiling C# scripts (Scripts)...done (cached)
Scripts: Skipping VB.NET Scripts...done (use -vb to enable)
Scripts: Compiling C# scripts (Custom Scripts)...done (cached)
Scripts: Skipping VB.NET Scripts...done (use -vb to enable)
Scripts: Verifying...done (2124 items, 500 mobiles)
Regions: Loading...done
World: Loading...done (3 items, 1 mobiles) (0.35 seconds)
ServerList: Auto-detecting public IP address...done (24.224.67.106)
Restricting client version to 6.0.9.2. Action to be taken: LenientKick
Listening: 127.0.0.1:2593
Listening: 192.168.100.103:2593

It's there twice...

Another thing is, if the custom folder doesn't contain any files, it throws an error.

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by Joeku

Idk if this is good...

It's there twice...

Another thing is, if the custom folder doesn't contain any files, it throws an error.

Its there 2 times, because it trys to compile for each "Scripts" and "Extensions" it would be there a 3rd time if u had a 2nd Extension, It just says Scripts because I didnt change anything in the VB side, i thought I mentioned that above . Ya, i figured no one was dumb enough to leave the folder empty....my mistake.

[Joeku]

Found a bug...

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by Joeku

Found a bug...

Hmm, ill look at this when im done with CUO.

[SiENcE]

The concept is taken from SunUO. SunUO has this for years now.

It's in deed very handy but i prefer a more advanced system like in SunUO. I don't understand why the core team don't include this very good modification from max (sunuo).

An XML config to enable/disable the "extension scripts" like in SunUO is very handy and also a legacy overlay system for required "script folder" modifications. Via XML config you can also handle dependencys from extension scripts.

You should take a look at ;-).