MudEngine:

- Game now checks to see if there is a initial environment setup, if not an Abyss is created to store players in.
 - Game now compiles scripts prior to loading libary assemblies to ensure the latest assembly is loaded.
 - BaseCharacter now supports the Abyss room if no initial Game realm is set.
 - BaseCharacter will no longer load the player into a room that does not exist (was deleted or something), they are defaulted into the Abyss.
 - ScriptEngine checks for errors in the script prior to trying to reference the compiled assembly (was causing errors if scripts failed to compile; no assembly generated to reference)
 - Assembly libraries are now only loaded once.

MudServer:
 - Example MyGame.cs script now constructs a realm and sets default properties.
 - MyPlayer script added to show how to write your own player script.
 - Server loop restored and now working correctly.
 - Server now outputs additional info regarding startup.
 - Server now forces TCP protocol.

..svnbridge/Design Document.pdf

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
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-MudDesigner.suo
-Design Document.gdp
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..svnbridge/Mud Designer.pod

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
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-MudDesigner.suo
-Design Document.gdp
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MudEngine/Commands/CommandSave.cs

@@ -21,7 +21,18 @@ namespace MudEngine.Commands
             string path = player.ActiveGame.DataPaths.Players;
             string filename = Path.Combine(path, player.Filename);
 
-            player.Save(filename);
+            //Temporary hack
+            if (player.ActiveGame.PlayerCollection.Length != 0)
+            {
+                if (player.ActiveGame.PlayerCollection[0].GetType().Name != "BaseCharacter")
+                {
+                    Scripting.GameObject obj = player.ActiveGame.scriptEngine.GetObject(player.ActiveGame.PlayerCollection.GetType().Name);
+
+                    obj.InvokeMethod("Save", new object[] { player.Name });
+                }
+            }
+            else
+                player.Save(filename); //Should never  be called?
 
             return new CommandResults();
         }

MudEngine/GameManagement/Game.cs

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameManagement
         /// <summary>
         /// Collection of players currently running on the server.
         /// </summary>
-        internal BaseCharacter[] PlayerCollection;
+        public BaseCharacter[] PlayerCollection;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the current running Server object.
@@ -237,8 +237,12 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameManagement
         public bool Start()
         {
             Log.Write("Game Initializing...");
+            //First, compile and execute all of the script files.
+            scriptEngine.ScriptType = ScriptEngine.ScriptTypes.SourceFiles;
+            scriptEngine.Initialize();
             
-            //Setup the scripting engine and load our script library
+            //Next, load any pre-compiled libraries.
+            scriptEngine.ScriptType = ScriptEngine.ScriptTypes.Assembly;
             scriptEngine.Initialize();
 
             /*
@@ -274,7 +278,8 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameManagement
             if ((InitialRealm == null) || (InitialRealm.InitialZone == null) || (InitialRealm.InitialZone.InitialRoom == null))
             {
                 Log.Write("ERROR: No initial location defined. Game startup failed!");
-                return false;
+                Log.Write("Players will start in the Abyss. Each player will contain their own instance of this room.");
+                //return false;
             }
             else
                 Log.Write("Initial Location loaded-> " + InitialRealm.Name + "." + InitialRealm.InitialZone.Name + "." + InitialRealm.InitialZone.InitialRoom.Name);

MudEngine/GameObjects/Characters/BaseCharacter.cs

@@ -50,14 +50,21 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameObjects.Characters
         /// </summary>
         public CommandEngine CommandSystem { get; internal set; }
 
-        public BaseCharacter(Game game)// : base(game)
+        public BaseCharacter(Game game) : base(game)
         {
             ActiveGame = game;
             IsActive = false;
+
+            if ((game.InitialRealm == null) || (game.InitialRealm.InitialZone == null) || (game.InitialRealm.InitialZone.InitialRoom == null))
+            {
+                CurrentRoom = new Room(game);
+                CurrentRoom.Name = "Abyss";
+                CurrentRoom.Description = "You are currently in the abyss.";
+            }
+            else
                 CurrentRoom = game.InitialRealm.InitialZone.InitialRoom;
             Inventory = new Bag(game);
             CommandSystem = new CommandEngine();
-
         }
 
         public override void Load(string filename)
@@ -83,8 +90,27 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameObjects.Characters
 
             //Restore the users current Room.
             Realm realm= ActiveGame.GetRealm(FileManager.GetData(filename, "CurrentRealm"));
+            if (realm == null)
+            {
+                realm = new Realm(ActiveGame);
+                return;
+            }
+
             Zone zone = realm.GetZone(FileManager.GetData(filename, "CurrentZone"));
+            if (zone == null)
+            {
+                zone = new Zone(ActiveGame);
+                return;
+            }
+
             CurrentRoom = zone.GetRoom(FileManager.GetData(filename, "CurrentRoom"));
+            if (CurrentRoom == null)
+            {
+                CurrentRoom = new Room(ActiveGame);
+                CurrentRoom.Name = "Abyss";
+                CurrentRoom.Description = "You are in the Aybss. It is void of all life.";
+                return;
+            }
         }
 
         public override void Save(string filename)
@@ -177,6 +203,13 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameObjects.Characters
             ExecuteCommand("Login");
 
             //Set the players initial room
+            if ((ActiveGame.InitialRealm == null) || (ActiveGame.InitialRealm.InitialZone == null) || (ActiveGame.InitialRealm.InitialZone.InitialRoom == null))
+            {
+                CurrentRoom = new Room(ActiveGame);
+                CurrentRoom.Name = "Abyss";
+                CurrentRoom.Description = "You are in the Abyss. It is dark and void of life.";
+            }
+            else
                 CurrentRoom = ActiveGame.InitialRealm.InitialZone.InitialRoom;
         }
         internal void Receive(string data)

MudEngine/Scripting/ScriptEngine.cs

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
             }
         }
 
-        private ScriptTypes _ScriptTypes;
+        internal ScriptTypes ScriptType { get; set; }
         private Assembly _ScriptAssembly;
         private List<Assembly> _AssemblyCollection;
         private string[] _ErrorMessages;
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
         public ScriptEngine(Game game, ScriptTypes scriptTypes)
         {
             //Initialize our engine fields
-            _ScriptTypes = scriptTypes;
+            ScriptType = scriptTypes;
             ScriptExtension = ".cs";
 
             //Get our current install path
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
             Directory.CreateDirectory("temp");
 
             //Setup the additional sourcecode that's needed in the script.
-            string[] usingStatements = new string[] { "using System;", "using MudEngine.GameObjects;", "using MudEngine.GameObjects.Characters;", "using MudEngine.GameManagement;", "using MudEngine.FileSystem;" };
+            string[] usingStatements = new string[] { "using System;", "using MudEngine.GameObjects;", "using MudEngine.GameObjects.Characters;", "using MudEngine.GameObjects.Environment;", "using MudEngine.GameObjects.Items;", "using MudEngine.GameManagement;", "using MudEngine.FileSystem;", "using MudEngine.Scripting;" };
 
             foreach (string script in scripts)
             {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
             CompilerParameters param = new CompilerParameters(new string[] {"mscorlib.dll", "System.dll", "MudEngine.dll"});
             param.GenerateExecutable = false;
             param.GenerateInMemory = true;
-            param.OutputAssembly = "Scripts.dll";
+            param.OutputAssembly = Path.Combine(oldPath, "Scripts.dll");
             param.IncludeDebugInformation = false;
             param.TreatWarningsAsErrors = true;
 
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
             //Delete the temp folder
             //Directory.Delete("temp", true);
             ScriptPath = oldPath;
-            _ScriptAssembly = results.CompiledAssembly;
 
             //if we encountered errors we need to log them to our ErrorMessages property
             if (results.Errors.Count >= 1)
@@ -196,7 +195,10 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
                 return false;
             }
             else
+            {
+                _ScriptAssembly = results.CompiledAssembly;
                 return true;
+            }
 #endif
         }
 
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
         /// <param name="scriptAssembly"></param>
         public void Initialize()
         {
-            if (_ScriptTypes == ScriptTypes.Assembly)
+            if (ScriptType == ScriptTypes.Assembly)
             {
                 Log.Write("Loading Assembly based scripts...");
                 InitializeAssembly();
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
                     {
                         GameObject obj = new GameObject(Activator.CreateInstance(t, new object[] {_Game}), t.Name); 
                         GameObjects.Add(obj);
-                        obj.GetProperty().CurrentRoom = _Game.InitialRealm.InitialZone.InitialRoom;
+                        //obj.GetProperty().CurrentRoom = _Game.InitialRealm.InitialZone.InitialRoom;
                         Log.Write(t.Name + " script loaded.");
                         continue;
                     }
@@ -245,6 +247,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
                     }
                 }
             }
+            _AssemblyCollection.Clear();
         }
 
         private void InitializeAssembly()
@@ -264,6 +267,19 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
 
             foreach (string library in libraries)
             {
+                bool isOK = true;
+
+                foreach (Assembly assembly in _AssemblyCollection)
+                {
+                    if (assembly.ManifestModule.ScopeName == Path.GetFileName(library))
+                    {
+                        isOK = false;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!isOK)
+                    continue;
+
                 Log.Write("Found possible script libary: " + Path.GetFileName(library));
                 _AssemblyCollection.Add(Assembly.LoadFile(library));
             }
@@ -280,7 +296,15 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
                 return;
             }
 
-            CompileScripts();
+            if (!CompileScripts())
+            {
+                Log.Write("Error Compiling Scripts:");
+                foreach (string error in _ErrorMessages)
+                {
+                    Log.Write("Error: " + error);
+                }
+            }
+            else
                 _AssemblyCollection.Add(_ScriptAssembly);
         }
 

MudServer/Program.cs

@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@ namespace MudServer
             scriptEngine.Initialize();
 
             GameObject obj = scriptEngine.GetObjectOf("Game");
+            Log.Write(Log.GetMessages());
+            Log.FlushMessages();
 
             if (obj == null)
             {
+                Log.Write("Setting up the Engine Game Manager...");
                 game = new Game();
                 obj = new GameObject(game, "Game");
                 scriptEngine = new ScriptEngine((Game)obj.Instance, ScriptEngine.ScriptTypes.Assembly);
@@ -49,11 +52,23 @@ namespace MudServer
                 game = (Game)obj.Instance;
                 scriptEngine = new ScriptEngine(game, ScriptEngine.ScriptTypes.Assembly);
             }
+            scriptEngine.ScriptPath = FileManager.GetDataPath(SaveDataTypes.Root);
+            //Force TCP
+            game.ServerType = ProtocolType.Tcp;
 
-            scriptEngine.Initialize();
+            //Setup the scripting engine and load our script library
+            //MUST be called before game.Start()
+            //scriptEngine.Initialize();
+            //game.scriptEngine = scriptEngine; //Pass this script engine off to the game to use now.
 
-            Console.WriteLine(game.GameTitle);
-            Console.ReadKey();
+            game.Start();
+
+            while (game.IsRunning)
+            {
+                Console.Write(Log.GetMessages());
+                Log.FlushMessages();
+                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1);
+            }
                 
 
             /*

MudServer/bin/Debug/Scripts/MyGame.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,67 @@ public class MyGame : Game
 {
     public MyGame() :base()
     {
-        GameTitle = "Mud Designer Demo Game";
+        AutoSave = true;
+        BaseCurrencyName = "Copper";
+        BaseCurrencyAmount = 1;
+        CompanyName = "Mud Designer";
+        DayLength = 60 * 8;
+        GameTitle = "Test Mud Project";
+        HideRoomNames = false;
+        PreCacheObjects = true;
+        ProjectPath = FileManager.GetDataPath(SaveDataTypes.Root);
+        TimeOfDay = TimeOfDayOptions.Transition;
+        TimeOfDayTransition = 30;
+        Version = "0.1";
+        Website = "http://MudDesigner.Codeplex.com";
+        ServerPort = 555;
+        MaximumPlayers = 1000;
+
+        ConstructRealm();
+
+        PlayerCollection = new MyPlayer[MaximumPlayers];
+    }
+
+    void ConstructRealm()
+    {
+        //Instace our Realm
+        Realm realm = new Realm(this);
+
+        //Set it up.
+        realm.Name = "Zeroth";
+        realm.Description = "The land of " + realm.Name + " is fully of large forests and dangerous creatures.";
+        realm.IsInitialRealm = true;
+        
+        //Add it to the Base Games Realm Collection
+        this.AddRealm(realm);
+
+        //Build Zones
+        Zone zone = new Zone(this);
+        zone.Name = "Home";
+        zone.Description = "Your home is small and does not contain many items, but it's still your home and someplace you can relax after your battles.";
+        zone.IsSafe = true;
+        zone.StatDrain = false;
+        zone.IsInitialZone = true;
+        zone.Realm = realm.Name;
+        realm.AddZone(zone);
+
+        Room bedroom = new Room(this);
+        bedroom.Name = "Bedroom";
+        bedroom.DetailedDescription.Add("This is your bedroom, it's small but comfortable. You have a bed, a book shelf and a rug on the floor.");
+        bedroom.DetailedDescription.Add("You may walk to the WEST to find you Closet.");
+        bedroom.Zone = zone.Name;
+        bedroom.Realm = realm.Name;
+        bedroom.IsInitialRoom = true;
+        zone.AddRoom(bedroom);
+
+        Room closet = new Room(this);
+        closet.Name = "Closet";
+        closet.DetailedDescription.Add("Your closet contains clothing and some shoes.");
+        closet.DetailedDescription.Add("You may walk to your EAST to find your Room.");
+        closet.Zone = zone.Name;
+        closet.Realm = realm.Name;
+        zone.AddRoom(closet);
+
+        zone.LinkRooms(AvailableTravelDirections.West, closet, bedroom);
     }
 }

MudServer/bin/Debug/Scripts/MyPlayer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+public class MyPlayer : BaseCharacter
+{
+    //Example use of custom properties
+    public string GuildName { get; set; }
+
+    //Player constructor. Passes the game parameter off to the parent class BaseCharacter.
+    public MyPlayer(Game game) : base(game)
+    {
+        GuildName = "MUD Guild";
+    }
+
+
+    public override void Save(string filename)
+    {
+        Log.Write("Saving custom player...");
+        //Don't save if the file name doesn't exist!
+        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(filename))
+            return;
+
+        Log.Write("Saving base player...");
+        //Save all of the parent properties such as character name first.
+        base.Save(filename);
+
+        Log.Write("Saving custom content...");
+        //Write our GuildName out to the player save file.
+        FileManager.WriteLine(filename, GuildName, "GuildName");
+    }
+}