Own Scripts

[Stabatha]

Can I write and compile custom scripts like I do with Ascent? If so where do the dll files go? Like Ascent is /core/script_bin/ Also does Mangos support LUA? If so, same thing where do you put your LUA files. Like example /core/scripts. Lastly, is there anything like MoonScripts for Mangos?

[n4p]

mangos doesn't support LUA.

you can add custom scripts to scriptdev2 or ACID.

for ACID scripts are stored in the database (sd2 - eventai_scripts table, scriptname (creature_template) for ACID scripted mobs is mob_eventai.

Scriptdev2 scripts are written in C++ and are compiled with the complete SD2 pack into one dll.

[Wyk3d]

You could write the scripts in any language as long as you can create a DLL out of it that can be loaded. There was a project that used LUA in the past so it can be done but it was discontinued.

[TheLuda]

Luabind might be a good approach to develop LUA bindings for MaNGOS.

[Ntsc]

The DLL must be written in C / C++ and expose the functions / methods found in ScriptCalls.h. The DLL itself can be an interpreter or etc to run LUA (MangoScript did this).

[floop]

The biggest problem is, that LUA does not bring any really big advantage over C++ scripting, and it is really slow.

To seriously improve scripting while keeping the speed we'd need some targetted language I am afraid.