Named scripts

[Nash]

I imagine the GZDoom version will take a while though... there hasn't been any GZDoom updates in a while (no offense to Gez; I'm sure it's not as easy as Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V!)...

[Xaser]

I almost posted a thread about this, but never did for some reason I can't fathom.

Either way, Kudos, Randy! One of the coolest and most useful feature additions I've seen in a long while.

[Graf Zahl]

I'm sure it's not as easy as Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V!)...

Actually, it's a lot easier. SVN's merge feature will do most of the work fully automated.

[NeuralStunner]

Gez has already said he's waiting on a couple patches before he does the porting.

[Nash]

How do I use this in UDMF? Doom Builder 2 doesn't let you use strings when you add the named execute specials on the linedef...

[Gez]

The "Named" versions of functions are for ACS and DECORATE only. For UDMF, keep using the old specials. Go to the Custom tab, and add a new "arg0string" property to the linedef. Type the name of the script there. The script number will be ignored.

[Nash]

Got it, thanks!

[Ryan Cordell]

ACS_NamedExecuteWithResult is still missing at the moment. Hopefully it'll be in soon enough.

[Nash]

Yup, it doesn't work as expected (yet):

http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32037

[randi]

add a new "arg0string" property to the linedef

That's "arg0str", actually.

[MartinHowe]

Oh, scripts are named that way? I thought they're supposed to look like identifiers.

Nope. People already use #define to give scripts symbolic names, so they have to be strings, or all the people who had #defined names for their scripts will have their scripts break if they compile them with the new ACC.

Well that's a real bummer. It's like getting the beautiful woman back to the hotel and finding she's a ladyboy
So basically, we'll still need #defines anyway: e.g.,

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#define MyScriptName "MyScriptName"
script MyScriptName(...)

Sure it's easy enough, just needs a bit of discipline; but that sort of boilerplate is what computers are supposed to be used for. Pity there can't be a #pragma keyword and an option to automatically do a define like that for each script whose identifier is not a number, for folks who have always used #defines with clean naming anyway. I guess the parser would be a bitch.

[randi]

You honestly can't have two quote marks in the script definition? I completely fail to see what the big deal is.

Anyway, your example won't work. By the time the #definition has been made, the string has already been turned into a number. (If it even works; I've not checked.)

[Blzut3]

Wait for ACC++?

[Nash]

What's the big deal? It's just a couple of ""'s. We have all been dealing with quote marks in programming since ever (well, unless you're a weirdo who never ever touches strings).

[randi]

Also, it's perfectly reasonable to use spaces inside script names.