Community Scripting Project

[excaliber7388]

Remember when I was working on the DR Computer? It was able to send in game email, chat, had some web browser functions, games, and more? Well, I was thinking, what if we made something like that?
It wouldn't need graphics, or to be called a computer though. Just a bunch of utilities you could get to from Graal, via a keyboard shortcut.

Press some button, and up pops this assistant. No need to open another program. It could have minigames, chat, a calculator, text editor, maybe even integrate scripting and staff tools into it. Instead of pressing F7 for the playerlist, F6 for the RC, F5 for the level, and F4 for the editor, why not have all those be part of this assistant, and accessible from one button? People would be able to assign keyboard shortcuts for the functions they use the most.

We'd all design a few functions, and one main one. It would be integrated into the graal client eventually (if we do it well enough).
What do you think? Want to start claiming functions and classes to make?

[LoneAngelIbesu]

Sounds interesting. I'd claim something if I knew what you're looking to include.

[excaliber7388]

Calculators, player image changers (setbody, save slots, etc).
Basically, all the utilities you find on servers, in one place. As well as some utilities you'd find on a computer, like a notepad, calculator, etc.

[LoneAngelIbesu]

Valikorlia has a notepad. It could be touched up to allow users more than one file... with Inverness' permission, of course.

I have a music playlist that I've been wanting to completely redo.

[Inverness]

Hmm, interesting.

[Loriel]

If anything the community should focus on something that is actually useful to most playerworlds or people wanting to create playerworlds, or on just documentation/learning material.

[LoneAngelIbesu]

We could document the entire project and release the scripts as open-source.

[Loriel]

How does that help someone who wants to make a playerworld? Playerworlds need quests and ****, not an ad hoc informally-specified bug-ridden slow implementation of half of a desktop environment.

[Rufus]

I agree with Loriel, try replicating the defaults that Stefan wont release so playerworlds have that rather than the generally untouchable, or some decent baddies.

[LoneAngelIbesu]

Originally Posted by Loriel

How does that help someone who wants to make a playerworld? Playerworlds need quests and ****, not an ad hoc informally-specified bug-ridden slow implementation of half of a desktop environment.

That's rather insulting. Nobody is going to script an open-source server, either. That's just deterrent to your entire point. A project like this can show new scripters how to use certain functions, tricks, and the like.

[xXziroXx]

Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

Nobody is going to script an open-source server, either..

I wanted to do that with Mythic, I even had a thread with all scripts in it. But, I killed that idea when graal.net crashed and took them all with it. I might see myself doing it again in the future, undecided at this point.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

That's rather insulting. Nobody is going to script an open-source server, either. That's just deterrent to your entire point. A project like this can show new scripters how to use certain functions, tricks, and the like.

I am not sure what you are going on about, but I am tempted all the time to demand in the Future Improvements forum that everybody can view every server's scripts and save their levels. There is really no downside.

[Inverness]

I want a baddy script so I don't have to try to make it myself.

[LoneAngelIbesu]

^ The exact reason why entire servers shouldn't be made open-source.

[TheStan]

Originally Posted by Inverness

I want a baddy script so I don't have to try to make it myself.

Agreed.