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what is deferance between scripting and using c++

by Kariem2k · in Torque Game Engine · 08/26/2002 (1:57 pm) · 2 replies

hello
i want to knwo whats better c++ or using scripting what is easier and what is more powerful and if i used scripting can i make my own game from scratch(not like tribes) and where can i learn this scripting language and where can i find refrence for it.
thanks
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Torque Owner Brett Bowen
#1
08/26/2002 (3:26 pm)
well it depends. You can probably use scripting the majority of the time for you game. The only time you would really have to mess c++ code is if you are wantint to change how the player acts. (There are others but its a good example) I would also recommend it because it separates the game code from the engine code. You play around with the c++ code too much there is a possibilty of "breaking" a system that was dependant on the changes that you made. Dunno if that has ever happened but the possibilty is there (someone correct me if I am wrong)

The scripting laguage is easy to pick up if you know any other programming language you can learn it quickly.

Check under resources you can find a brief documentation article on it, as well as examples of different things to get you going.

Torque Owner Kariem2k
#2
08/26/2002 (4:07 pm)
thanks for you reply
but can i use it for making another game (stratagy for example) not a mod for tribes like game.