Scripting

**Ano2** · 09-12-2005, 11:52

I have read that EB will be using a lot of scripting to imporve the game which is a superb idea in my opinion. However will the player be required to do anything to activate these scripts?

**Epistolary Richard** · 09-12-2005, 12:01

EB will be using a single background script to do all it's scripting goodness. This will be activated automatically at the beginning of the campaign, but will need to be activated manually after reloading a game. While players new to using scripts may find this a bit unusual at first, for our beta testers at least it quickly became second nature. It was a big decision to include a background script, but the team - and hopefully the fans will also - consider that the benefits far outweigh the small inconvenience. We've also done as much as we can to make it obvious to the player that he has to restart the script after a reload, so - again hopefully - it'll be a short learning curve for everyone.

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 09-12-2005, 14:12

It's going to be very easy to activate them Ano2, I wasn't thrilled about it at first, but the system they've got makes it very evident that the script hasn't been run yet, and very easy to quickly get it going and out of the way. It will cause no problems whatsoever.

**Steppe Merc** · 09-12-2005, 18:19

The script was already installed in the last version? Hmm, this explains why I had such difficulty in playing a campaign...

**Epistolary Richard** · 09-12-2005, 18:32

An early version of the script was installed in the last internal build, however certain measures to make activating the script more user-friendly weren't included as they were still being developed. Nevertheless, at that stage only a few scripting features were installed and so I fear we must look for another reason to explain your difficulty in playing campaigns