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AGS Support => Advanced Technical Forum => Topic started by: Akumayo on Thu 15/04/2004 00:46:53

Title: Creating Plugins???
Post by: Akumayo on Thu 15/04/2004 00:46:53
This may be a stupid question but, is there a plugin-making engine? Or do you build it from AGS.  Whaterver the answer, is there a manual as well???
Title: Re:Creating Plugins???
Post by: Hollister Man on Thu 15/04/2004 01:38:46
No offence, but it *is* a stupid question.  :o  ;)

Plugins are programmed (I think) in any one of a variety of languages, and compiled into a DLL (dynamic link library).  I THINK this is in the manual at some point, but oh well.  There's no specific engine that I know of, but AGS will definitely not work for the task.  Try Visual C++ if you're really serious.
Title: Re:Creating Plugins???
Post by: on Thu 15/04/2004 02:56:16
here is a link .
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/acplugin.htm
No such thing as stupid question only  stupid answer  .

:)
Title: Re:Creating Plugins???
Post by: Gilbert on Thu 15/04/2004 04:06:39
All I could say is that, if it can be made with AGS, we don't need the plugin.

So basically plugins are needed only if you want to do something not currently possible (or very difficult) with AGS. If everything you want can be done with the AGS engine, you don't need to use/write any plugins for it.

Title: Re:Creating Plugins???
Post by: Hollister Man on Thu 15/04/2004 05:00:06
Ah, cool.  I guess I always had that wrong.  I learned it, "There are no stupid questions, only stupid people."

My bad. :D

I was kidding, I didn't mean to sound so sarcastic, but like Gilbot said, if you can do it in AGS, why have a plugin?

(BTW: John, why not register and get a permanent login?)
Title: Re:Creating Plugins???
Post by: Akumayo on Fri 16/04/2004 00:01:02
Okay, I understand.  But the thing I wish to do is to create something very difficult to do with AGS.  A better version of the computer AI plugin...  I could do it with AGS I suppose, but it would involve much scripting and so much easier with plugins......