We have created a few instances where we use Objects in System.ocg which is bad for people wanting to create their own Object packs without using our objects. Examples:
We can solve the first error by either checking if CreateLight is available by checking for C4Id("Fx_Light")(C4Id is gone, but an alternative like Global.Fx_Light is imaginable) or by overloading the ExplosionEffect function in the Fx_Light object. I prefer the first one, any opinions alternatives?
Any preferred solutions for the second one?
Also we have a lot of libraries depending on even more objects, I can see a lot of pack using our libraries, so there we should try to be more precise by telling at the start of a library which other objects are needed for it to function.
ERROR: unknown identifier: CreateLight (in ExplosionEffect, planet\System.ocg\Explode.c:250:22)
ERROR: unknown identifier: GUI_MenuDeco (in MessageWindow, planet\System.ocg\Player.c:106:95)We can solve the first error by either checking if CreateLight is available by checking for C4Id("Fx_Light")(C4Id is gone, but an alternative like Global.Fx_Light is imaginable) or by overloading the ExplosionEffect function in the Fx_Light object. I prefer the first one, any opinions alternatives?
Any preferred solutions for the second one?
Also we have a lot of libraries depending on even more objects, I can see a lot of pack using our libraries, so there we should try to be more precise by telling at the start of a library which other objects are needed for it to function.
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If I remember overloading order right, objects should overload global System.ocg. So we can just declare these things and have them overloaded by Objects.ocd.global func CreateLight(...) {}
static GUI_MenuDeco;CreateLight should be pretty save. I'm not sure if static GUI_MenuDeco causes any issues compiling or in savegames.
Another option for menu deco is that usage could be outsourced into a global function that is overloaded. In fact, having global func GetMenuDeco() which is overloaded in the GUI_MenuDeco definition might be nice because it would allow scenario designers to overload it to introduce their own deco.
And if the System.ocg scripts really need that dependency, that part could be outsourced to Objects.ocd/Effects.ocd/System.ocg, for example. Then it would only be loaded if Objects.ocd is loaded. We could also create an Objects.ocd/System.ocg folder for that reason
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