How good is the console really?

[Blµb]

Ever wondered what you can actually do with the console in nexuiz?
Some freaky scripting has been done with the DP console before, like loops, if-elses...
I've set up some small x86-instruction-like "api", and created an AOP (alias-oriented programming language )

And well, see for yourself what the 2.4 console can do:
http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0725517/nexuiz/bball.avi

When working on that, I even manged to find some bugs in the console, which of course can be avoided, and are already fixed in SVN =)

Sadly, while that ball is bouncing, you cannot do much, so I decided to enhance the console a bit, with just a single new command:

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defer <delay in seconds> <command>

No, this command does not exist either in 2.4 or in SVN, but who knows, maybe it gets in?
It DOES have some good uses, like

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defer 100 "play2 misc/armor2.wav; echo ^1QUAD IN 20 SECONDS!!!"

And beside that, here's what I did with it:
http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0725517/nexuiz/pong.avi
(NOTE: I play that bad on PURPOSE so you actually see that you can score too )

This is an example of what one can actually do with only a few resources. One can build on them.

Sources are available here:
http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0725517/nexuiz/x86/
(note: For 2.4 you need to remove the floor/ceil rpn calls, and you cannot use the push and pop functions, they're not used in pong/bball either)

[C.Brutail]

OMG ROFL 1337!

[Bundy]

I would own you in pong, but thats really impressive

I am not sure if I would like to see such a timer, but of course, its only an example ...

defer 100 "play2 misc/armor2.wav; echo ^1QUAD IN 20 SECONDS!!!"

[GreEn`mArine]

That's really, really interesting !

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Was this you?

[Blµb]

No but I did some fixes for that yesterday

[AceOfThumbs]

Pretty cool, Blµb. Is the cfg missing some binds though? I didn't see how you could move the paddles.

There are some interesting thoughts brewing among the config wizards. Mr. Bougo has been working on conditional statements too. I made some looping and conditional statements a while back and I recently got around to documenting them for others to use.

It's interesting to see the different approaches. I'll post mine too. you should check out how I use toggle for string comparisons. I think it's a little cleaner than creating aliases of each string.

http://forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?p=33951

[Blµb]

Pretty cool, Blµb. Is the cfg missing some binds though? I didn't see how you could move the paddles.

There are some interesting thoughts brewing among the config wizards. Mr. Bougo has been working on conditional statements too. I made some looping and conditional statements a while back and I recently got around to documenting them for others to use.

It's interesting to see the different approaches. I'll post mine too. you should check out how I use toggle for string comparisons. I think it's a little cleaner than creating aliases of each string.

http://forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?p=33951

I haven't added the movement binds, there are aliases to move though
In game I did

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bind F2 "pong_mov1 -1"
bind F3 "pong_mov1 1"
bind F5 "pong_mov2 1"
bind F6 "pong_mov2 -1"

[The mysterious Mr. 4m]

i bow to you, oh, mighty geek god, Blµb!


"Nextris" has already been in earlier versions, if i recall correctly, or am i confusing something? tZork? Div? Esteel?

[KadaverJack]

"Nextris" has already been in earlier versions, if i recall correctly, or am i confusing something? tZork? Div? Esteel?

The code has always been there (it's actually from a q1 mod), but it never worked.