Overriding member functions in plugins?

[HeirOfNorton]

Couple questions regarding the plugin interface. It gives instructions for overriding the built-in functions, but can this be used to override the member functions of AGS classes? They would have to be declared, I assume, like:

Code: ags

int MyChar_AddInventory(AGSCharacter *cha, InventoryItem *item, int addAtIndex);

RegisterScriptFunction("Character::AddInventory^2", MyChar_AddInventory);

But would that actually work?

If so, how would we declare the objects passed as the first parameter? Are the AGSCharacter and AGSObject classes the right ones for those cases, or are they different? What about the other objects that are not exposed in the plugin header?

I'm working on a plugin that would require the (very careful) replacement of some very basic functions. If I have to, I'll make do with separate functions and just tell the user to use mine instead of the regular ones, but it would make things much easier for other folks using it if I could just ... alter the original functions themselves. Very carefully.

HoN

[Pumaman]

Yes, the sample code you have posted is correct for overriding object functions.

However, the types that you receive vary.

For the Character functions, you do indeed get a AGSCharacter* pointer.

For everything else (objects, inventory, etc) you don't and currently the only way to use them is to use GetScriptFunctionAddress to call Object::get_ID (or InventoryItem::get_ID, or whatever), passing in the pointer and it will return the ID number of the object/item.

[HeirOfNorton]

Hmmm. Complicated, but workable. Neat, time to experiment!

HoN