Dune 2 Script Tools 1.3

[segra]

After a couple of years, DST has finally been updated

https://sourceforge.net/projects/dst/files/

1.3 Fixes a few bugs, and renames all the executed unit / structure / team functions to match those of Open Dune.

[MrFlibble]

Nice! I haven't checked out those, but I remember messing around with BUILD.EMC using Minniatian's decompiler. Can you tell what UNIT.EMC does except drawing different unit animations (I guess, based on what BUILD.EMC does)?

[segra]

in unit.emc, each unit has a main script

[bullet]

PushWord 6000

Execute Delay

AddSP 1

Execute Die

Pop (Return)

[sonicBlast]

PushWord 1800

Execute Delay

AddSP 1

Execute Die

Pop (Return)

That code just delays script execution for the specified amount (6000 and 1800), then the unit dies

MCV has this piece of code, which i assume var 0 is the "action" button that was pushed, and 12 is ACTION_DEPLOY

l2257:

PushVar 0

PushByte 12

Evaluate Equal

IfNotGoto l2266

Execute MCVDeploy

[segra]

i can verify that actually, from OpenDune

void Unit_SetAction(Unit *u, ActionType action)

<snip>

u->o.script.variables[0] = action;

(setaction is called from a number of places, one of them is the GUI)

[Nyerguds]

That pseudo-asm they used in those scripts is pretty odd choice, imo. I wonder why they chose to do something like that.

[segra]

its possible the original scripts looked like more

Units {

Bullet {

Delay(6000);

Die();

Return;

}

}

it would just require more work on the decompiler and the compiler to get it to that state

[XTF]

That pseudo-asm they used in those scripts is pretty odd choice, imo. I wonder why they chose to do something like that.

In what way is it an odd choice?

[Nyerguds]

well, just the fact that they're compiled scripts, but not part of the actual game code.