- Added FileManager.GetDataSpan() method. This allows developers to start at a line and collect the next 'x' number of lines after that starting line.
Example: GetDataSpan("MyFile.txt", 5, "DoorwayArrivalRoom", true);
This seeks MyFile.txt until it finds "DoorwayArrivalRoom" and then it stores that line and the next 4 lines for a total of 5 lines and returns the collection.
The last argument 'true' means that the method will scan the rest of the file after the initial 5 lines and add any other lines that match the "DoorwayArrivalRoom" string as well.
- Deleted CommandResults class as it's no longer used by the script engine.
- Singleplayer and Multiplayer save data paths are now the same paths by default.
- Game.Update() method now checks for auto-saving (instead of MudGame performing this check)
- Saving and restoring of Realms, Zones, Rooms and Doorways now fully implemented.
- GameTime now supports auto-saving
- GameWorld.Update() now calls BaseCharacter.Update() and is ready for future update code.
- GameWorld.AddObject and GameWorld.RemoveObject() have been removed.
- GameWorld.AddRealm() re-added for adding Realms pre-populated with zones/rooms. Note that Zones and Rooms can be added to a Realm even after it has been added to the GameWorld.RealmCollection
- BaseObject now contains a OnStart() event method.
- BaseObject.Save() now saves BaseObject.DetailedDescription collection content.
- Updated BaseCharacter to retrieve Environments by Filename rather than Object name.
- BaseStats.Experience property added.
- Door.RoomTravelType enum added for determining if the room is Arrival or Departure
- Door.SetRoom() method added for restoring a Rooms Doorway link during world restoration.
- Renamed Room.InstallPath to Room.RoomLocation. Contains a MyRealm.Realm>MyZone.Zone>MyRoom.Room path
- Added Room.RoomLocationWithoutExtension property for returning the Rooms location without file extensions. Ex: MyRealm>MyZone>MyRoom
- Room now saves Doorways.
- The GameWorld now restores the link between Rooms once all Environment objects have been instanced and restored from their saved state.
MudGame:
- Minor clean-up with MudGame loop and shutdown.
- Updated scripts to reflect changes made to the engine.
- All commands are now required to have a Help property.
MudGame:
- Finished the Create command. Now allows for creating Realms, Zones and Rooms
- Added LinkRoom command for linking Rooms. Not finished.
- Added Help command. Typing Help prints all of the currently available commands. Typing Help 'CommandName' prints that Commands help property. Default commands print a help document.
- Removed Game constructor setting default values for GameTime properties as the GameTime constructor does this already.
- Finished the GameTime class. Now fully supports custom Day/Time lengths and keeps track of time in sync with the server time.
- Converted all Types from C# types to .NET Types (such as bool changed to Boolean, and int changed to Int32).
- Zone no longer gets saved from within GameWorld.Save, but rather in Realm.Save()
- Room no longer gets saved from within GameWorld.Save(), but rather in Zone.Save();
- Added new SaveWorld command that admins only can execute to force save the world. It's not fully implemented at this time.
MudGame:
- began work on command execution from within the server while it's running.
- Player login now creates the directories needed if they don't exist.
- Added Update method that serves as the game loop now.
- Added additional save code to Game.Save() now saves all realms, zones, rooms and players. Called during server shutdown (Game.Shutdown())
- Began work on implementing a Unique Identifier system for all game objects.
- Renamed GetRealm() and GetZone() to GetRealmByID() and GetZoneByID. Now accepts a Int32 instead of a string as the parameter, returning a reference to the object.
- Added GetRealmByName() and GetZoneByName(). Similar to the old GetRealm and GetZone methods. Accepts a string as a parameter, however it returns a list<> collection of the found objects due to objects with duplicate names are allowed to co-exist in the game world.
- Temp directory that was being generated during server startup within Game.Start() is now deleted once script compilation is completed.
- Added GameTime.cs; contains all the properties and methods needed to have a working time system built into the engine for the game world. Not fully complete.
- Added CommandGetTime.cs which prints the current date and time to the players console. Prints the GameTime.DayNames and GameTime.MonthNames to the player. Defaults to real-world names, however these can be configured and changed, along with the number of days per week, weeks per month, months per year, seconds per minute, minutes per hour and hours per day.
MudGame:
- Now supports Game.AutoSave. If AutoSave is true, then the server loop will call Game.Save() automatically.
- Server Game Loop now calls Game.Update() every loop cycle.
