Added improved logging through the engine for the server console.

MudEngine/WinPC_Engine/Core/CommandSystem.cs

@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ namespace MudEngine.Core
         /// Loads all of the commands found within the assembly specified.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="commandLibrary"></param>
-        public static void LoadCommandLibrary(Assembly commandLibrary)
+        public static ICommand[] LoadCommandLibrary(Assembly commandLibrary)
         {
-            LoadCommandLibrary(commandLibrary, true);
+            return LoadCommandLibrary(commandLibrary, true);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -155,14 +155,20 @@ namespace MudEngine.Core
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="commandLibrary"></param>
         /// <param name="purgeLoadedCommands"></param>
-        public static void LoadCommandLibrary(Assembly commandLibrary, bool purgeLoadedCommands)
+        public static ICommand[] LoadCommandLibrary(Assembly commandLibrary, bool purgeLoadedCommands)
         {
             //Check if we need to purge all of the commands.
             if (purgeLoadedCommands)
                 PurgeCommands();
 
             if (commandLibrary == null)
-                return;
+                return null;
+
+            //Custom commands are temporarily stored here.
+            //Since Commands are stored in the general Command collection
+            //that can contain internal commands as well, we want to
+            //return only what we just loaded.
+            List<ICommand> commandsFound = new List<ICommand>();
 
             //Loop through each Type in the assembly provided.
             foreach (Type type in commandLibrary.GetTypes())
@@ -192,8 +198,14 @@ namespace MudEngine.Core
 
                     //Everything checks out ok. Add the command to our collection.
                     Commands.Add(cmd.Name, cmd);
+                    commandsFound.Add(cmd);
                 }
             }
+
+            if (commandsFound.Count > 0)
+                return commandsFound.ToArray();
+            else
+                return null;
         }
 
         /// <summary>

MudEngine/WinPC_Engine/Core/Logger.cs

@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ namespace MudEngine.Core
                 System.IO.File.Delete(LogFilename);
 
             //Clear the cache.
-            _Messages.Clear();
+            if (_Messages != null)
+                _Messages.Clear();
         }
 
         public static void WriteLine(String message, Importance importance)

MudEngine/WinPC_Engine/Game/StandardGame.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using MudEngine.Game.Characters;
 using MudEngine.DAL;
 using MudEngine.Game.Environment;
 using MudEngine.Scripting;
+using MudEngine.Core.Interfaces;
 
 namespace MudEngine.Game
 {
@@ -105,7 +106,6 @@ namespace MudEngine.Game
         /// <param name="port"></param>
         public StandardGame(String name, Int32 port)
         {
-            Logger.WriteLine("Initializing Mud Game");
             this.Name = name;
             this.Website = "http://scionwest.net";
             this.Description = "A sample Mud game created using the Mud Designer kit.";
@@ -118,19 +118,27 @@ namespace MudEngine.Game
             this.Server = new Server(this, port);
 
             //Setup default save paths.
-            DataPaths paths = new DataPaths();
+            this.SavePaths = new DataPaths();
-
-            this.SavePaths = paths;
 
             SetupPaths();
 
             this.World = new World(this);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Runs a script compiler and scans for custom scripts that
+        /// inherit StandardGame and then returns them.  This provides
+        /// support for custom Game rules via Script.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
         public StandardGame Initialize()
         {
+            //Instance a new compiler
             CompileEngine compiler = new CompileEngine();
+            Logger.WriteLine("Checking for custom Game scripts.");
+
             compiler.AddAssemblyReference(Path.Combine(this.SavePaths.GetPath(DataTypes.Root), Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location));
+
             Boolean result = compiler.Compile(this.SavePaths.GetPath(DataTypes.Scripts));
 
             if (result)
@@ -139,11 +147,18 @@ namespace MudEngine.Game
                 StandardGame game = (StandardGame)factory.FindInheritedScripted("StandardGame", "Mud Game");
 
                 if (game == null)
+                {
+                    Logger.WriteLine("No custom Game rules located.  Defaulting to Standard setup.");
                     return null;
+                }
                 else
+                {
+                    Logger.WriteLine("Located " + game.GetType().Name + " ruleset.");
                     return game;
+                }
             }
-
+            else
+                Logger.WriteLine("Failed to perform startup compilation! " + compiler.Errors);
             return null;
 
         }
@@ -158,13 +173,15 @@ namespace MudEngine.Game
         public virtual Boolean Start(Int32 maxPlayers, Int32 maxQueueSize)
         {
             Logger.WriteLine("Starting up " + this.Name);
-            
+
             //Instance Script Engine
+            Logger.WriteLine("Preparing script engine...");
             CompileEngine compiler = new CompileEngine("cs");
             //compiler.AddAssemblyReference(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName);
             compiler.AddAssemblyReference(Path.Combine(this.SavePaths.GetPath(DataTypes.Root), Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location));
             
             //Compile any scripts
+            Logger.WriteLine("Compiling game scripts.");
             Boolean result = compiler.Compile(this.SavePaths.GetPath(DataTypes.Scripts));
             if (!result)
             {
@@ -175,12 +192,32 @@ namespace MudEngine.Game
             }
             else
             {
+                Logger.WriteLine("Compilation completed.");
                 this.ScriptFactory = new ScriptFactory(compiler.CompiledAssembly);
             }
 
             //Load the default engine Commands
+            Logger.WriteLine("Loading internal game commands.");
             CommandSystem.LoadCommands();
-            CommandSystem.LoadCommandLibrary(this.ScriptFactory.Assembly, false);
+            if (CommandSystem.Commands.Count > 0)
+            {
+                foreach (ICommand command in CommandSystem.Commands.Values)
+                    Logger.WriteLine("Loaded Command: " + command.Name);
+            }
+            else
+                Logger.WriteLine("No internal game commands located.");
+
+            Logger.WriteLine("Loading scripted game commands.");
+            ICommand[] commands = CommandSystem.LoadCommandLibrary(this.ScriptFactory.Assembly, false);
+            if (commands.Length > 0)
+            {
+                foreach (ICommand command in commands)
+                {
+                    Logger.WriteLine("Loaded Command: " + command.Name);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+                Logger.WriteLine("No scripted game commands located.");
 
             //Load World
             this.World.Initialize();

MudEngine/WinPC_Engine/Game/World.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Text;
 
 using MudEngine.Game.Environment;
 using MudEngine.Core.Interfaces;
+using MudEngine.Core;
 
 namespace MudEngine.Game
 {
@@ -28,15 +29,22 @@ namespace MudEngine.Game
 
         public void Initialize()
         {
+            Logger.WriteLine("Initializing game world...");
             Realm realm = new Realm(this.Game, "Azeroth", "");
+            realm.Initialize();
+
+            //Zone initialize method is called by Realm.
             Zone zone = realm.CreateZone("Bablo", "");
 
+            //Room initialize method is called by Zone
             zone.CreateRoom("Bedroom", "");
             zone.CreateRoom("Hallway", "");
 
             zone.LinkRooms("Bedroom", "Hallway", AvailableTravelDirections.East);
 
             this.StartLocation = zone.GetRoom("Bedroom");
+
+            Logger.WriteLine("Initialization completed.");
         }
 
         public void Save()
@@ -45,6 +53,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.Game
 
         public void Load()
         {
+            Logger.WriteLine("World Loading has not been implemented as of yet!");
         }
 
         public void Destroy()

MudEngine/WinPC_Engine/GameScripts/Commands/CreatePlayer.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 
+using MudEngine.Core;
 using MudEngine.Core.Interfaces;
 using MudEngine.Game;
 using MudEngine.Game.Characters;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameScripts.Commands
 
             //Don't allow anything other than the Login command to start the
             //character creation process.
-            if (callingType != "CommandLogin")
+            if (callingType != "Login")
             {
                 character.SendMessage("Invalid Command Used.");
                 return false;
@@ -80,11 +81,19 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameScripts.Commands
                 }
             }
 
-            character.Move(game.World.StartLocation);
+            try
+            {
 
-            //TODO: Create a class and setup Stats.
+                character.Move(game.World.StartLocation);
-            character.Save(character.Filename, false); 
 
+                //TODO: Create a class and setup Stats.
+                character.Save(character.Filename, false);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.WriteLine(ex.Message);
+                return false;
+            }
             return true;
         }
     }

MudEngine/WinPC_Engine/GameScripts/Commands/SetRole.cs

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.GameScripts.Commands
                 names.Add(match.Value.ToLower());
             }
 
-            if (names.Count < 1)
+            if (names.Count < 1 && character.Role == CharacterRoles.Admin)
             {
                 character.SendMessage("You must provide a target character name.");
                 ShowHelp(character);

MudEngine/WinPC_Engine/Networking/Server.cs

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.Networking
 
         public void Start(Int32 maxConnections, Int32 maxQueueSize)
         {
+            Logger.WriteLine("Game Server System Starting...");
             if (this.Status != ServerStatus.Stopped)
                 return;
 
@@ -78,10 +79,14 @@ namespace MudEngine.Networking
 
                 this._ServerThread = new Thread(ServerLoop);
                 this._ServerThread.Start();
+
+                Logger.WriteLine("Server status: Running");
             }
             catch
             {
+                Logger.WriteLine("Failed to star the Engines Networking Server!");
                 this.Status = ServerStatus.Stopped;
+                Logger.WriteLine("Server status: Stopped");
             }
         }
 

MudEngine/WinPC_Engine/Scripting/CSharp.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.CSharp;
 #endif
 
+using MudEngine.Core;
+
 namespace MudEngine.Scripting
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -51,14 +53,18 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
             //Create an array of script files found within the ScriptRepository matching the ScriptExtension properties.
             String[] scripts = Directory.GetFiles(scriptRepository, "*" + this.ScriptExtension, SearchOption.AllDirectories);
 
-            //Compile the scripts and provide the Results property with a reference to the compilation results.
+            if (scripts.Length > 0)
-            Results = provider.CompileAssemblyFromFile(param, scripts);
+            {
-
+                //Compile the scripts and provide the Results property with a reference to the compilation results.
-            //if the compiler has errors, return false.
+                Results = provider.CompileAssemblyFromFile(param, scripts);
-            if (Results.Errors.HasErrors)
+                //if the compiler has errors, return false.
-                return false;
+                if (Results.Errors.HasErrors)
+                    return false;
+                else
+                    return true;
+            }
             else
-                return true;
+                return false;
         }
 
         /// <summary>

MudEngine/WinPC_Engine/Scripting/CompileEngine.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ using System.Text;
 #if WINDOWS_PC
 using Microsoft.CSharp;
 #endif
+
+using MudEngine.Core;
+
 namespace MudEngine.Scripting
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
                 this._CompileMessages = new string[] { "Compilation Failed.", "Unable to locate the specified compiler of Type '" + Compiler + "'." };
                 return false;
             }
-            
+
             //Get the compiler parameters.
             CompilerParameters param = GetParameters();
 
@@ -407,7 +410,6 @@ namespace MudEngine.Scripting
                 }
             }
 
-
             return compiler;
         }
 #endif

MudEngine/WinPC_Server/Program.cs

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ namespace WinPC_Server
             Logger.LogFilename = "StandardGame.Log";
             Logger.Enabled = true;
             Logger.ConsoleOutPut = true;
+            Logger.ClearLog(); //Delete previous file.
+            Logger.WriteLine("Server app starting...");
 
             //Instance and setup our game
             StandardGame game = new StandardGame("Sample Mud Game"); 
@@ -33,7 +35,12 @@ namespace WinPC_Server
                 game = g;
             
             //Start the game and server.
-            game.Start(100, 20);
+            Boolean started = game.Start(100, 20);
+
+            if (started)
+                Logger.WriteLine(game.GetType().Name + " started and running.");
+            else
+                Logger.WriteLine(game.GetType().Name + " failed to start!");
 
             //Game loops until it is disabled.
             while (game.Enabled)