MudEngine:

- CommandLogin no longer invokes the Look Command
 - Fixed CommandWalk no longer telling the player an invalid direction message when trying to walk to someplace that does not exist.
 - Moved PlayerCollection array referencing from Game.Start() to the Game's constructor so that scripts may change the player class during its startup.
 - BaseCharacter now invokes the Look command after Login command is completed.
 - ScriptEngine no longer sets the output path for a compiled script if the script is designated as compile to memory.
 - Fixed custom players not being able to access their own Methods and Properties during runtime.

MudServer:
 - Additional Console Log Messages added.

MudEngine/Commands/CommandLogin.cs

@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ namespace MudEngine.Commands
                 player.Load(savedFile);
                 player.Send("Welcome back " + player.Name + "!");
             }
-            player.CommandSystem.ExecuteCommand("Look", player);
+
+            //player.CommandSystem.ExecuteCommand("Look", player); //Handled in BaseCharacter.Initialize() now.
             return new CommandResults();
         }
     }

MudEngine/Commands/CommandWalk.cs

@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ namespace MudEngine.Commands
                     }
                 }
             }
-            return new CommandResults("Unable to travel in that direction.");
+            player.Send("Unable to travel in that direction.");
+
+            return null;
         }
     }
 }

MudEngine/GameManagement/Game.cs

@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameManagement
             ServerType = ProtocolType.Tcp;
             ServerPort = 555;
             MaximumPlayers = 1000;
+
+            //Setup the player arrays
+            //used to be in Start
+            PlayerCollection = new BaseCharacter[MaximumPlayers];
+            for (int i = 0; i < MaximumPlayers; i++)
+                PlayerCollection[i] = new BaseCharacter(this);
         }
         #endregion
 
@@ -237,6 +243,9 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameManagement
         public bool Start()
         {
             Log.Write("Game Initializing...");
+            if (!Directory.Exists(DataPaths.Players))
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(DataPaths.Players);
+
             //First, compile and execute all of the script files.
             scriptEngine.ScriptType = ScriptEngine.ScriptTypes.SourceFiles;
             scriptEngine.Initialize();
@@ -365,11 +374,6 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameManagement
         /// </summary>
         private void StartServer()
         {
-            //This is handled by the Game() Constructor
-            //PlayerCollection = new List<BaseCharacter>(MaximumPlayers);
-            PlayerCollection = new BaseCharacter[MaximumPlayers];
-            for (int i = 0; i < MaximumPlayers; i++)
-                PlayerCollection[i] = new BaseCharacter(this);
             Server = new Networking.Server();
             Server.Initialize(ServerPort, ref PlayerCollection);
             Server.Start();

MudEngine/GameObjects/Characters/BaseCharacter.cs

@@ -200,8 +200,6 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameObjects.Characters
                 }
             }
 
-            ExecuteCommand("Login");
-
             //Set the players initial room
             if ((ActiveGame.InitialRealm == null) || (ActiveGame.InitialRealm.InitialZone == null) || (ActiveGame.InitialRealm.InitialZone.InitialRoom == null))
             {
@@ -211,6 +209,9 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameObjects.Characters
             }
             else
                 CurrentRoom = ActiveGame.InitialRealm.InitialZone.InitialRoom;
+
+            ExecuteCommand("Login");
+            ExecuteCommand("Look"); //MUST happen after Room setup is completed, otherwise the player default Abyss Room is printed.
         }
         internal void Receive(string data)
         {

MudEngine/Scripting/ScriptEngine.cs

@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
             CompilerParameters param = new CompilerParameters(new string[] {"mscorlib.dll", "System.dll", "MudEngine.dll"});
             param.GenerateExecutable = false;
             param.GenerateInMemory = true;
+            if (!param.GenerateInMemory)
                 param.OutputAssembly = Path.Combine(oldPath, "Scripts.dll");
+
             param.IncludeDebugInformation = false;
             param.TreatWarningsAsErrors = true;
 
@@ -288,6 +290,9 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
 
         private void InitializeSourceFiles()
         {
+            if (!Directory.Exists(ScriptPath))
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(ScriptPath);
+
             string[] scripts = Directory.GetFiles(ScriptPath, "*.cs", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
 
             if (scripts.Length == 0)

MudServer/Program.cs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace MudServer
     {
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
+            Log.Write("Launching...");
             ScriptEngine scriptEngine;
             Game game;
 
@@ -26,29 +27,32 @@ namespace MudServer
                 Log.Write("Settings.ini missing!");
                 FileManager.WriteLine("Settings.ini", "Scripts", "ScriptPath");
                 FileManager.WriteLine("Settings.ini", ".cs", "ScriptExtension");
+                Log.Write("Settings.ini re-created with default values");
             }
 
+            Log.Write("Loading settings...");
             scriptEngine = new ScriptEngine(new Game(), ScriptEngine.ScriptTypes.SourceFiles);
             scriptEngine.ScriptPath = FileManager.GetData("Settings.ini", "ScriptPath");
             scriptEngine.ScriptExtension = FileManager.GetData("Settings.ini", "ScriptExtension");
 
             //scriptEngine.CompileScripts();
-
+            Log.Write("Initializing Script Engine for Script Compilation...");
             scriptEngine.Initialize();
 
             GameObject obj = scriptEngine.GetObjectOf("Game");
-            Log.Write(Log.GetMessages());
+            Console.WriteLine(Log.GetMessages());
             Log.FlushMessages();
 
             if (obj == null)
             {
-                Log.Write("Setting up the Engine Game Manager...");
+                Log.Write("Setting up the Default Engine Game Manager...");
                 game = new Game();
                 obj = new GameObject(game, "Game");
                 scriptEngine = new ScriptEngine((Game)obj.Instance, ScriptEngine.ScriptTypes.Assembly);
             }
             else
             {
+                Log.Write("Setting up " + obj.GetProperty().GameTitle + " Manager...");
                 game = (Game)obj.Instance;
                 scriptEngine = new ScriptEngine(game, ScriptEngine.ScriptTypes.Assembly);
             }
@@ -60,6 +64,9 @@ namespace MudServer
             //MUST be called before game.Start()
             //scriptEngine.Initialize();
             //game.scriptEngine = scriptEngine; //Pass this script engine off to the game to use now.
+            Log.Write("Starting " + obj.GetProperty().GameTitle + "...");
+            Console.WriteLine(Log.GetMessages());
+            Log.FlushMessages();
 
             game.Start();
 
@@ -69,43 +76,6 @@ namespace MudServer
                 Log.FlushMessages();
                 System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1);
             }
-                
-
-            /*
-            Game game = new Game();
-            Zeroth realm = new Zeroth(game);
-            
-            realm.BuildZeroth();
-
-            //BaseCharacter serverAdmin = new BaseCharacter(game);
-            
-            //Setup the game
-            game.AutoSave = true;
-            game.BaseCurrencyName = "Copper";
-            game.BaseCurrencyAmount = 1;
-            game.CompanyName = "Mud Designer";
-            game.DayLength = 60 * 8;
-            game.GameTitle = "Test Mud Project";
-            game.HideRoomNames = false;
-            game.PreCacheObjects = true;
-            game.ProjectPath = FileManager.GetDataPath(SaveDataTypes.Root);
-            game.TimeOfDay = Game.TimeOfDayOptions.Transition;
-            game.TimeOfDayTransition = 30;
-            game.Version = "0.1";
-            game.Website = "http://MudDesigner.Codeplex.com";
-            game.ServerType = ProtocolType.Tcp;
-            game.ServerPort = 555;
-            game.MaximumPlayers = 1000;
-            Game.IsDebug = false;
-
-            game.Start();
-            
-            while (game.IsRunning)
-            {
-                Console.Write(Log.GetMessages());
-                Log.FlushMessages();
-                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1);
-            */
         }
     }
 }