EQ2Ext

[Erahain]

I'm currently working on a library modules, that eases up scripting;
these are the features (not all is implemented yet)

* lists with key/value pairs, it recycles old items =)
* events (OnMouseMove OnTimer, OnTick, etc..)
* for/while/foreach loops
* select (if's with multiple choices)
* if-statements (not only ? : )
* accurate timer measuring (not time of day though)
* arrays
* mouse position reading

What do you think?

* Worth to mention: This is written in XML, so this is not some kind of executable addon

[Erahain]

* more events (OnPlayerMove)
* utility functions
* snake sample game
* _somewhat_ dynamic listboxes and tables

[Landiin]

Sounds great, can't wait to see the code.

[Deathbane27]

Don't do anything that'll get you banned or glared at by SOE.

[Erahain]

I don't think that should be a problem =) All of the things I mention
here is simple to implement, and in my opinion there should already
be implemented by the UIBuilder engine itself =P

The only "questionable" thing here is the timer, which would make it
possible for people to make auto-macros. But if people wanted to cheat
they would implement this anyway; without the help from eq2ext.
Timers is something that some interface could use anyway =)
Besides, it can be de disabled; and it is used by the core engine of
eq2ext itself.

I came the the conclusion that it would be good to collect all general
functions to one library so UI modders wouldn't have to "re-invent the
wheel" each single time each time they want to write something advanced.

* Also who wouln't like to play a Snake game while waiting for all the raid
members to appear

If someone disapproves to this please post below

[Landiin]

If you are doing this all in XML as you said in the your first post then /bow. And like stated above I can't wait to see the code.

[Erahain]

First version, 0.1a is released for you all to look at :-p

If anyone want, I'd like you to try it out and see if there is
any slowdowns when it comes to UI or gameplay.

The core code is pretty much finished so this is how slow it should
be.. if slow at all that is. I can't notice any difference on my own
computer though.

The RTF is rich-text documentation =)

http://www.erahain.net/~erahain/eq2ext.rtf
http://www.erahain.net/~erahain/eq2ext.xml

[mother9987]

Ok, I've looked at it, and it sure looks interesting... so, what next?

It's certainly going to take a while for me to figure out anything with this. You are one smart guy. Maybe when there's some examples using it, I'll be able to think my way through them, but what you're doing is so far beyond anything I've considered that it's hard to wrap my head around.

[Tyric]

The links are broken. Can anyone point me to where I can download this library?

[MithasEQ2]

Are these files still available anywhere?

[Erahain]

I recently started working on it again as I returned to playing Everquest2 after some time doing other things. ;-)

The original files are still available, I'll upload them somewhere soon.

Current features:
(see first post)

Once they are uploaded, I'll probably need someone running it to see how laggy it is. EQ2Ext is processing a lot, and has to be optimized.

[Fyyre]

Links still don't work for eq2ext.xml ..