New "scripting tech" incoming! What could it be?

[Craig_VG 20]

See: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=128045

[DnA 5154]

See: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=128045

While related to scripting, this is not the big improvement on the horizon ;) There are some powerful technologies in there which I think have not thoroughly sunk in with scripters yet though :P

[hellfire257 3]

*rubs hands with glee*

[Craig_VG 20]

While related to scripting, this is not the big improvement on the horizon ;) There are some powerful technologies in there which I think have not thoroughly sunk in with scripters yet though :P

*While rubbing hands with glee, jumps for joy*

[jedra 11]

While related to scripting, this is not the big improvement on the horizon ;) There are some powerful technologies in there which I think have not thoroughly sunk in with scripters yet though :P

Phew! Disappointment levels nearly hit those that I felt at the end of the first series of Lost!

[jeremymtc 10]

No man, Visual COBOL. The new killer gaming language. :D

I think that scripting in LOGO would be hilarious ;)

[4 IN 1 0]

While related to scripting, this is not the big improvement on the horizon ;) There are some powerful technologies in there which I think have not thoroughly sunk in with scripters yet though :P

Does that means that there is still more yet to come?:rolleyes:

[maddogx 13]

So we can now say for sure that the new tech isn't "just" a couple of new scripting commands. Sweet! :)

That still leaves the question of what it is though. Some new technology, something they think we will like and that will give us a glimpse into tech being developed for Arma3... I still say OOP. My hopelessly optimistic brain forces me to. :D

[jedra 11]

I still say OOP. My hopelessly optimistic brain forces me to. :D

My hopelessly linear programming mind hopes not ;-)

[maddogx 13]

Our questions have been answered:

It's Java!

Object orientated scripting!!!!

[Przemek_kondor 13]

Does it mean Arma3 will have / require JVM running in parallel?

AFAIK Java is not scripting language but requires quasi-compilation, so how the parsing / compilation will be done?

Another question: Java is known (maybe it's not valid for some implementations) as a heavy environment. Have you compared performance between old and Java engine?

[maddogx 13]

Does it mean Arma3 will have / require JVM running in parallel?

AFAIK Java is not scripting language but requires quasi-compilation.

Java compiles to a bytecode that is then executed in a JVM, and since Maruk states that the engine should be able to run code from any language that runs in a JVM, it's pretty much confirmed that the engine will have one running. ;)

This probably also means that we will be able to use languages like Jython.

Another question: Java is known (maybe it's not valid for some implementations) as a heavy environment. Have you compared performance between old and Java engine?

They say it's faster than SQF, so I'm pretty sure they have tested it. (Would be pretty stupid if they didn't, right? :D)

[royaltyinexile 175]

They say it's faster than SQF, so I'm pretty sure they have tested it. (Would be pretty stupid if they didn't, right? :D)

At the moment, the extra overhead for calling Java may offset the performance gains it provides (and in some cases it's astronomically faster than SQF). :cool:

Like with most things, it's about sensible use, for example, scripts running in loops benefit much more from this new ability.

Best,

RiE

[maddogx 13]

At the moment, the extra overhead for calling Java may offset the performance gains it provides (and in some cases it's astronomically faster than SQF). :cool:

That makes sense. :)

I assume more complex things like custom AI behaviour will benefit from improved Java performance, but minor scripts will still be better off getting written in SQF. :)

[mahuja 12]

They say it's faster than SQF, so I'm pretty sure they have tested it. (Would be pretty stupid if they didn't, right? :D)

How could it not be faster than sqf?

I know that's close to a troll, but it is my view on it. And then there's the completely inverted performance profile sqf has displayed.

I'm quite curious to what the final API available is going to be. It's not like we can allow scripts to write arbitrary files to the disk, or do arbitrary connections to wherever.