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Posted: 22nd Feb 2006 04:08
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Just a question, for a game I want to make I want the user to be able to code in darkbasic while playing the game as this is part of the game. I won't go explaining the whole game right now but is this possible?Can I have the user coding in darkbasic while playing what I have made in darkbasic?

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Posted: 22nd Feb 2006 04:52 Edited at: 22nd Feb 2006 04:54
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yes, but its extremely hard... you have to essencilly re-write the DarkBASIC compiler.

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Jack
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2006 12:58
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I dont think it is so hard and you dont have to re-write the
compiler.
You can write some code you want, then save this as a .dba and
add:
function input()

rem code here
endfunction

and use #include "name.dba"

and call the function:
input()

I think the hardest thing will be the "console"
try to use "input" but it has some bugs

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Posted: 23rd Feb 2006 21:45
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Yeah, have the code write to a .dba file, then open and read it when you need to, use the #include command. Then when your done, delete it.

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nope, when one include option is made and an .exe is built it will read all the dba files that are (included) and write them ALL INTO ONE .EXE file , by that tgc is protecting from someone to make the same Dark Basic in a few secs with Dark basic.

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Posted: 23rd Feb 2006 23:40
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Dodic's right on this one...

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Posted: 24th Feb 2006 03:31
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yep, i was right, you have to re-write the compiler.

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Posted: 24th Feb 2006 13:00
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Witch might not be legall to do in DB..Perhabs yes, maby not...

Anyways it would be a heck of a job to do...Thats what i was working on in "Shark Basic", and well, i stopped..there is a point where you cant progess more, and by that make a working interpreter. (the problem was in making do/loops work...if i had..i would make the same DB in a few weeks time...)

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Posted: 24th Feb 2006 21:38
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Quote: "Just a question, for a game I want to make I want the user to be able to code in darkbasic while playing the game as this is part of the game."


There are (last time I checked when I was online, a month ago or so) there were numerous scripting languages available in some of the PA & WIP boards. I recommend you get a particurlaly DBC-friendly one and just make sure the language syntax is familiar to DarkBASIC's own. That's the best thing about some of the interpreter languages; you can tweak them how you like.

A simple interpreter should do the trick, although you'll have to fake it a bit if the user (in the game) runs arbitary code to modify your game. Fake it basically. ^_^

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Posted: 25th Feb 2006 20:14
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dodic, makimng a compiler...hard? lol i redid my compiler about 15 times and i'm almost done with the final piece of it. its not hard, just time consuming.

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