Possible uses of NWNX?

[z0d]

Happy new year!

I've just found NWNX and I'm about to try it. Seems very cool. Great work!

Am I correct in that with NWNX one could write a gateway to e.g. Perl and control NWN from Perl. For example writing scripts in Perl (of course, one have to implement the necessary scripting functions for Perl). Or for example could one control the player (go to X, Y; pick up warhammer etc.) from Perl?

Thank you in advance.

Regards.

[virusman]

Yes, if you write a plugin, hook some internal functions and interface them to a Perl interpreter.
This has been done with Ruby in this plugin:
http://www.nwnx.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1114

[z0d]

[virusman]

[z0d]

One more thing I forgot to ask:

Can I hook into single player games as well, or it requires a server? So, could I control the player in a single player game with my NWNX add-on?

Again, thanks in advance.

[Zebranky]

It is only designed to work with the dedicated server. Some features might work with the client by coincidence, but there are no guarantees. virusman has posted screenshots of a client-side NWNX, but right now, there's only the server option.
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[Fireboar]

[Zebranky]

Ah, right, the launcher bit slipped my mind. You could try, though, with a few minor code changes (name of file to launch, etc.), assuming the function signatures that matter to you are the same in the client (which may or may not be true).

It's a terrible idea; wait for NWNCX.
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<Fluffy-Kooshy> NWNx plugin is to this as nuclear warheads are to getting rid of fire ants.

<ThriWork> whenever I hear nwn extender, I think what does NWN need a penis extender for?

[z0d]

[Fireboar]

Right as long as you don't plan to distribute. If you do, it'll be awfully clunky, asking your players to "configure it to run this module, then run NWNX - except you'll need a different one if you use Linux and it won't work on a Mac - then make sure that 'Post game to internet' is turned off or else put a password on the server, then go into multiplayer and choose 'Join LAN game' and choose the option that appears."

No. NWNX is for servers, not clients. It's not 100% straightforward but it is very powerful, which makes it ideal for servers and really bad for clients. As suggested, wait for NWNCX.

[virusman]

NWNCX is not just NWNX for the client. It's a completely different project. It extends the client itself.
NWNX Lite was a project to bring NWNX to single-player, but it was never started due to low demand.

[ShaDoOoW]

I think that it would be incredible, if there was NWNTX (toolset nwnx). I can imagine ability to pop new window and to set local ints on object when OK is pressed. That would allow much more variety and possibilities but mainly more "user-friendly-ness". What do you think?
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[virusman]

[Mikel of Avalon]

I remember you have an modificated version of the toolset (1.67 i think) with extended character input. Perhaps you can make this again for 1.69?
Is this also usable for other international translations of nwn?
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