Preparing for SC 2 Galaxy Editor?

[adeoin]

Can anyone make any predictions on what the coding will be like in the galaxy editor. I want to start preparing but i'm not shure how. Should i start JASS cause all i know is GUI. I've heard the coding is going to be C++ or sumthing like that. What does that mean?

Thanks In Advance
~Adeoin

 

[Bloodcount]

dude, this is like me asking "Has anyone have any idea on how map protection will work ?"

The only thing that we know is that galaxy will be based on C like Jass. This means that they won't be that similar

 

[JuiceBox]

dude, this is like me asking "Has anyone have any idea on how map protection will work ?"

The only thing that we know is that galaxy will be based on C like Jass. This means that they won't be that similar

C++ is MUCH simpler than Jass IMO (at least for me). I learned it before I started making maps in Warcraft 3. They used it in the game Celtic Kings editor. So hopefully, the new editor is like that.

 

[Bloodcount]

The new editor won't use C++ ffs. It will have a programing language based on C, called Galaxy. However some of us call it BASS

 

[Sevion]

The new editor won't use C++ ffs. It will have a programing language based on C, called Galaxy. However some of us call it BASS

BASS Ftw. (I made that up ;o)

Why does everyone keep saying C++?

Galaxy is based on C. Not C++. Stop saying that it's C++ or any talk about C++.

Anywho, being like C would be like:

void Test(void){
}

Instead of

function Test takes nothing returns nothing
endfunction

 

[Devrak]

BASS Ftw. (I made that up ;o)
Anywho, being like C would be like:

void Test(void){
}

Instead of

function Test takes nothing returns nothing
endfunction

Huh, that seems alot simpler. I have never understood "takes nothing returned nothing".

 

[Romek]

> Huh, that seems alot simpler. I have never understood "takes nothing returned nothing".
Takes blah returns blah just happens to be a simpler (and longer) version of that.

<returns> <name> (<takes>)
vs
function <name> takes <takes> returns <returns>

 

[Flare]

It will have a programing language based on C, called Galaxy

Galaxy is based on C

Isn't Galaxy the (current, I don't know if it's final) name of the editor itself, and not the language usable within the editor?

 

[Sevion]

No, StarEdit II or something similar will probably be the name of the editor. Galaxy is the scripting syntax itself.

 

[chanta45]

Mhmm.. I never had time to learn JASS, hopefully there will be some beginner tutorials posted here...

I did take a course in computer science, learned some Turing and Visual Basic (Easy Easy stuff)...

Excited!

 

[rover2341]

This is Great for me. I hated the in syntax in jass. The truth is after see that, i realize its just a little different syntax, and couldn't have been that hard to get used to.

Any Who. Being Based on C is great for me. As i been studying C++, and c# (I know different then C) For a few years. And if i understand right, Mostly the same concept except with out objects, or user made classes. And I by the time the game is out, i will have finished two courses for my major that are about C.

I Plan on still doing a lot of my work in the editor using its gui, but I can save a lot of time by writing a few functions in a scripting language.

 

[Arget]

You should at least learn basic JASS, it will ease you in to programming languages and syntaxes.

 

[Ninja_sheep]

I can't really imagine how the new language could be very different from jass.
Many functions have to remain the same or similar. create unit, save a variable, win/lose game, etc; they can't really change those.

 

[Sevion]

Sure, CreateUnit() may be the same, but I doubt the syntax will be.

Instead of

call CreateUnit(...)

It might be something like

CreateUnit(...);

And setting variables might be:

VAR = VALUE;

Though, they may omit the semicolons, but that's just how C is, so... yeah. I don't know.

 

[Ninja_sheep]

I thought of that, but it's no big deal.
Just some different wording to learn.

 

[Tru_Power22]

Well, I'm looking forward to the C syntax. I find it easy to pick up.

 

[Vestras]

Well, I'm preparing by making an IDE for WC3 and SC2. I find that without helping tools you don't learn easily.

 

[Siretu]

I'll probably learn C syntax so I'll pick up BASS easier.

 

[Viikuna]

I dont know if I know nothing about blizzards style, but when they say "Its like C", I think they mean that "its like C like Jass is like C" or something.

It will be probably very function based just like Jass is. ( Although, it would be kinda cool to have some object stuff, like unit.damage or something.. )

Anyways, its all about how well you can adapt and learn to use that new editor. Probably it will be lil bit easier for wc3 modders, though.



edit. Whether its [lJASS]call CreateUnit(...)[/lJASS] or [lJASS]CreateUnit(...);[/lJASS] doest really matter. lols.

Id be more concerned about more important stuff.

edit. Galaxy is probably the lamest name for scripting languege ever. JASS3 would have been way better. I know its just a minor thing, but it makes me feel very uneasy bout if those guys really know what they are doing.

 

[Sevion]

That's why we're naming it BASS. Duh.