[CountNoobula]

Hi all.
I have been working on an FPS game for a while now. I have reached the point where I need to consider the modding community.
I have no experience in providing a API so need some assistance please. What sort of functions would modders be wanting? I can imagine event hooks and display hooks. Other than that I am not too sure.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated please.

[danharibo]

As long as you cover the basics, like rendering & event hooks, a way to pass messages from client to server and perhaps a sandboxed data storage I'm sure that will cover everything anyone would need to modify your game.

[CountNoobula]

Thanks. I will get to implementing that shortly.

[bootv2]

CountNoobula posted:

Hi all.
I have been working on a multiplayer fps game for a while now. I have gotten to teh point where I need to consider the modding community.

I have no xp in providing a modding api so need some assistance please. What sort of functions would modders be wanting? I can imagine event hooks and display hooks, but uh, ye. I'm not too sure.

Please use correct grammar in your posts, it gives people a more professional impression.

[AaRoNg11]

You should consider giving them access to everything except your engine. You should definitely expose everything to do with the game rules (creation of new weapons, NPCs, entities and gamemodes etc), but also some engine functionality such as creation of GUI elements.

[AtomiCasd]

bootv2 posted:

Please use correct grammar in your posts, it gives people a more professional impression.

big deal

[CountNoobula]

Thanks for the help. I have made several grammar corrections to my posts.

[bootv2]

CountNoobula posted:

Thanks for the help. I have made several grammar corrections to my posts.

good, and for the modding part, it depends on what your standpoint is of partially or making your engine fully open source. and what language is it written in?

[CountNoobula]

I will not make the engine fully open-source. It is written in C++. 'Partially' - To have only a part of exposed.

[bootv2]

CountNoobula posted:

I will not make the engine fully open-source. It is written in C++. 'Partially' - To have only a part of exposed.

I think it's best to create a modding api that has access to every game-mechanic related function, and a possibility to access the graphical system, so one could create and use his own shaders.

[Quark:]

Can we see your game?

[MrTwicks]

Quark: posted:

Can we see your game?

[CountNoobula]

I will release full details on it once I have finished adding mod support. I hate releasing an unfinished product.

[Eudoxia]

Maybe, rather than releasing part of it, you could write a little scripting language that runs inside the game, and gives indirect access to the functions?

EDIT: Also Lua.

[Quark:]

Could we maybe just get screenshots? :o

[CountNoobula]

Eudoxia posted:

Maybe, rather than releasing part of it, you could write a little scripting language that runs inside the game, and gives indirect access to the functions?

EDIT: Also Lua.

LUA vs Python :?

Quark: posted:

Could we maybe just get screenshots? :o

No, I like to let the anticipation build ;)

[awfa3]

CountNoobula posted:

LUA vs Python :?



No, I like to let the anticipation build ;)

Lua. Also Lua isn't suppose to be in all caps.

[Fox-Face]

CountNoobula posted:

No, I like to let the anticipation build ;)

Letting people in the dark without any information what so ever about a project is not a good way to build anticipation, just sayin'

[Eudoxia]

Get this book OP.

http://www.amazon.com/Scripting-Mast.../dp/1931841578

It's glorious.

[Mr. Smartass]

CountNoobula posted:

LUA vs Python :?



No, I like to let the anticipation build ;)

Show us some screenshots/a video, that'll be the only way that anticipation will build.

Edited:

If you don't give us anything, there'll be nothing to look forward TO.

[Quark:]

If you wanted to build anticipation correctly, you would post a link to a full download

[plazzydan]

Fox-Face posted:

Letting people in the dark without any information what so ever about a project is not a good way to build anticipation, just sayin'

tell it to valve

[Zally13]

plazzydan posted:

tell it to valve

Difference is we know Valve makes good stuff, whereas this guy we don't know what to expect!