Learning Simkin

[Agentarrow]

where is the best place to learn simkin (RFs Script language) ?

[metal_head]

Well,I'm trying to learn it from the RF manual,all the commands are there.I'm learning it like that: I open for example robot.s and try to improve it,i'm not good yet,but i'm getting better.I think this is the best way - Reading the simkin tutorial in the manual and practiceing it.

[bernie]

Spot on M_Head the best way is hands on and learn from your mistakes. You learn as much from what doesn't work as from what does. Look at other scripts and see if you can work out how they do things and why they do the things they do.

[QuestOfDreams]

Sources for learning Simkin:
Simkin documentation: http://www.simkin.co.uk/Docs/cpp/index.html
E-Book: Making 3D Games with Reality Factory
The RF Manual
Sample scripts

[metal_head]

I'm now reading the manual and working with smaple scrtips at the same time and I learned a lot really.Now I have something that I can't understand (it's a scripts from the Nihis Demo)

[Agentarrow]

you'll have to go over that with juutis, he wrote it.

[metal_head]

Thanks,I'll ask him,I don't want to use this script in my game,because it will be stealing,but I just want to know what's the problem

[Agentarrow]

I understand. Juutis is very good, I asked for him to write me some codes to pick apart a while ago, but they've been collecting dust in my scripts folder ever since.

[metal_head]

well,I'm not gonna ask him to give this script to me to use it fro my game,because it's just not gonna be fair(I mean all this work and in the end someone else using his scripts...).As I sait,I'm trying to learn Simkin and just want to know how it is working.I see Juutis is very good,I've played Nirhis demo ad just loved it.I wrote to him as you said.Now I'll wait for his answer.Man I'm jealous of his programming skills one day I want to make something like his AI

[Agentarrow]

Terra Trooper will have something like his AI... but they'll look a lot different.

[metal_head]

That would be mega cool,I'm starting to consider about buying a permission from juutis to use his script,but I don't know how much money he will want and how will I pay him,because na AI like this one is just awesome

[Agentarrow]

Juutis is pretty relaxed. and would most likely write you your own. (he did for Zeth Black)

[Juutis]

That would be mega cool,I'm starting to consider about buying a permission from juutis to use his script,but I don't know how much money he will want and how will I pay him,because na AI like this one is just awesome

Now you're just flattering me. I don't mind if you use the scripts. One of the main points of that demo was to show what can be done with scripting in RF and I'm glad that people are learning from the scripts, and even using them. So go ahead, do what you want with the AI. You're gonna have to modify it anyway since it's tailormade for my game.

And of course, the AI can be improved a lot. It's nowhere near perfect.

Man I'm jealous of his programming skills

To be precise, it's scripting. Not programming. I have no skills whatsoever in programming; the source code of RF, for example, is 100% hebrew for me. Never mix the programmers, the true gods of RF with us, the puny scripters.


***EDIT***
Oh, ya. I've been pretty busy for these couple of days so I haven't had time to answer in the other thread about my AI not working properly. I'll post as soon as I figure something out... If I have the time.

[Agentarrow]

I can program, but not RF. (although, I haven't even looked at it) I use VB6 and stuff.
yet I can't script worth crap. Contradictory?