Rocks'n'Diamonds

It would be cool to have a small script thing for the mail envelopes, so they show some things in the text.
Like some codes as #timeleft (shows current time/steps left) or #dynamite (shows current dynamites).
Of course, the # can be replaced with something else if you want.
I don't really know how hard it should be to code...
Anyways, some of the things I thougt of:

#score (Shows current score)
#dynamite (Shows current dynamite)
#timeleft (Shows current time/steps left)
#level (Shows current levelnumber)
#cevalueX (Shows CE Value of Custom Element X)
#player (Shows the "name" that can be changed in the main menu)

Many things could be done, but of course it needs documentation...

#playerXon (the player X will play?)

Ah, beautiful idea, Rockford4ever!
However, I think it would be easier to use #cescoreX instead of #cevaluex, since CE Score is for the CE type, while CE value is individual for all CEs. But of course, maybe both could be used

asiekierka wrote:#playerXon (the player X will play?)

Well, that's more like a CE action thing. What I'm trying to say is things that can be outputted as text, like the ones I said. New ideas:
#playern, (show number of in-game player that is played.)

And something cool: # followed by a levelscketch code brings out that item (small one, else it is to big for text! )

Interesting idea -- but as most of these information is available from the game control panel or otherwise obvious, I don't think that it's really worth the effort...

You're right, but we could add some operators like for example;

A CE "guard" with a CE value that changes when player collects an emerald, an changes to emplty space when its CE value is zero.

When you don't have enough, he'll say:
"Stop, you still need #cevalue emeralds to pass here!"

Ain't that a nice idea?

Holger wrote:Interesting idea -- but as most of these information is available from the game control panel or otherwise obvious, I don't think that it's really worth the effort...

Well, why don't you write it on the bottom of your TODO list? Then it will be integrated in 2015 maybe...

I truly agree with Rockford4ever, although maybe not all "commands" would be neccessary, #cevalue, #cescore and #player would be truly nice.
For example,
"Sorry #player, but you're not done yet. You have #cescore1 missions remaining".

> When you don't have enough, he'll say:
> "Stop, you still need #cevalue emeralds to pass here!"
>
> Ain't that a nice idea?

That's indeed a good idea!

Wouldn't be too hard to add, in fact...

It seems to me that we're returning to the problem of "max 4 envelopes" again... that was already discussed in its own thread however.

Ain't that a nice idea?

Too right it is!

I've already thought of a few nice ideas that could use it...

See Holger? Everyone likes it!
Maybe you could include it in version 3.2.0rc7 or so. Maybe rc8. I'm already happy when it gets added in V3.2.1!
You do have a point with the sidebar stuff, but you could add it, can you?
BTW, here is another idea: (just a joke, or maybe for RND 6.5.9... )
That's probably way to hard to understand/code...Now it's getting a programming language!

BASIC yeah?
Better will be, and no that chunks!

example 2:
I don't know BASIC but its easy

10 IF "player1" has "ce5" collected then goto 20 else goto 40
20 print "Sorry man, this is a die key!"
30 goto 60
40 print "Thanks for the God..."
50 goto 70
60 load "player1\die"
70 delay 100

line 6 (60) will be good joke but needed
but 1 line (10) is cool!

The idea is totally crazy, but if you're really going to do it, I recommend Lua as an embedded language:
http://www.lua.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua_programming_language
It's powerful, lightweight, robust, flexible and programmed in C. I consider it much better than some wierd BASIC clone, but of course, it's your choice...

I agree with Tomi, this idea starts to get a little bit too crazy.
I doubt that Holger will implement any kind of Script System into RND in the near future. So please, until then: Don't post any more "This would be cool with scripts"-ideas.