Scripting...

[Orakio]

I'm pretty good at programming so I don't need too much help, but I'm wonderring is there a reference for .bos with TA anywhere? Not a guide but a REFERENCE such as list of functions, events, options, parameters, etc. I know there are some examples, lots of mods leave them in, but I would find it useful to see the bos scripts for AA or XTA which are not left in. Is it possible to get any of these?

[KDR_11k]

The TA Design Guide you can download from a Wiki link is the closest thing I've found. It lists some superfluous functions that are really just user defined but you'll be able to figuere out which ones those are.

[Argh]

In addition, I'm about to release a bunch of heavily-commented sourcecode that's well-optimized for use with Spring, and new Includes that are GPL'd, with the next release of NanoBlobs.

[bobthedinosaur]

GPL'd? whats that?

[Argh]

Gnu Public License. IOW, it will be free for anybody anywhere to use, for any purpose, so long as they include the original source code in their mod.

[KDR_11k]

I +1 everything that means more mods will include their BOS files for easier inspection.

[Guessmyname]

I would probably be a good idea to release source stuff like that seperately though, or the filesizes will start going through roofs

[KDR_11k]

BOS files are tiny, they don't add much to the filesize. They compress roughly 3:1 in an sdz and even the longest ones aren't more than a few kB unpacked.

[Argh]

^^ What he said. And, of course, most mods will not go to the trouble of releasing under GPL rules.

I am making an exception with NanoBlobs- normally, I protect my copyrights, and I would not normally provide uncompiled BOS files to people.

However, NanoBlobs has always been an experimental design intended to be, in part, a teaching tool, and I am not only including the BOS files, but they'll be heavily commented for easy use, unlike previous versions. I think that Spring really needs something like this, so that everybody can learn in a way that isn't quite as haphazard as previous materials. I did the same thing with Freelancer modding, but that was a very complex project that, quite honestly, became too unwieldy for me to maintain properly. This has been kept very small, so that I can keep it clean. I will be adding more example code, though- things like a unit with multiple guns with restricted arcs, multi-barrel weapons examples, etc. I just haven't gotten to the point where it's time to add the units in.