0001792: Overriding Hardcoded Functions

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ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0001792	SphereServer	new feature request	public	08-08-10 16:16	23-08-10 21:37

Reporter	xantier
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Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Platform		OS		OS Version
Product Version	0.56c Nightly
Target Version		Fixed in Version
Nightly Version	Not Available
Experimental Flags	None
Option Flags	None
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Summary	0001792: Overriding Hardcoded Functions
Description	I think this suggestion will solve most of common problems. As RunUO (c#) coding has overriding ability, coders can customize the server freely.. Why not also in SphereServer ? Main idea is to override hardcoded functions so that we can customize everything hardcoded. How ? See the example : Most known problem is Highlight color of characters. This is controlled by NotoGetFlag function. You will have to rewrite complete NotoGetFlag. It will require a bit professional scripting knowledge. We want player 1 to see player 2 as orange : [override function NotoGetFlag] ref1=<argv[0]> // viewer serial if (<ref1.uid>==Player1Uid) && (<uid>==Player2Uid) return NOTO_ORANGE // or NOTO_ENEMY ? endif ... overrided notogetflag code ... ... .. You can ask "you can already do this by creating your of noto function". But this is override. So this will affect everything related with hardcoded Notogetflag. So you will see player 2 as orange and you will be able to attack him freely. If you had created your own noto function, this wouldn't affect anything hardcoded, it was just going to be your own check. Example 2 , you want to rewrite your own Canseelos function : [override function Canseelos] ///argv[0] or args will be uid or location to see if (xxx) return 1 // in sight, you can see else return 0 // not in line of sight endif [override function CanseelosFlag] ///argv[1,2,3] will be uid or location to see ///argv[0] flag if (xxx) return 1 // in sight, you can see else return 0 // not in line of sight endif I hope you understood main idea. These are two functions i have just remembered. One more example : [override function resurrect] MENU m_are_you_sure Overriding hardcoded functions will surely be a difficult thing for sphere scripters. Because there would be lots of checks we can miss. But this feature will make sphereserver more customizable.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
08-08-10 16:16	xantier	New Issue
08-08-10 16:16	xantier	Nightly Version	=> Not Available
08-08-10 16:16	xantier	Experimental Flags	=> None
08-08-10 16:16	xantier	Option Flags	=> None
08-08-10 16:36	Mirravin	Note Added: 0000543
23-08-10 21:37	MrSugarCube	Status	new => closed
23-08-10 21:37	MrSugarCube	Note Added: 0000589
23-08-10 21:37	MrSugarCube	Resolution	open => won't fix

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