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This is just a sample plugin I wrote to help beginners get into decal plugin development.
It shows the basics of:
drawing things in the in-game view
firing on user click events
firing on decal triggered events
converting a plugin to VVS (virindi view service)
VI did the VVS conversion, thanks!
You can download it here:
(No compiled binaries provided, you must build it yourself)
http://www.virindi.net/junk/Mag_SamplePlugins.zip
If you have any questions about how the plugin works, why I did certain things the way I did, or how to go about performing other basic actions, feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer.
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Thanks a lot for this.
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Very nice ty!
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Looks like Virindi considers it junk...
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Here's VI's sample on how to wire up controls:
http://www.virindi.net/repos/virindi_public/trunk/Examples/AutoWireupExamplePlugin/
Notice here the ObjectTracker.cs class. This is a well designed object. It's purpose is to simply track objects in AC. When it detects a new object, or deletes an object from its list, it raises an event to indicate it.
The MainView.cs subscribes to these events and modifies the GUI.
After talking with VI, I've come up with a slightly different approach.
I would design ObjectTracker.cs just as VI.
MainView.cs would exposes all the GUI variables, but does not control interaction with them.
A new class ObjectTrackerGUI.cs would be created that would manage the modification of the GUI from an ObjectTracker.
This may sound a little complicated to those just getting started with programming.
I've also started publishing my open source project here:
http://magtools.codeplex.com/
I'll post pictures and a binary later, but for now its a good place to look at source.
I have not implemented the GUI pattern as described above yet. For instance Tracker.cs and ItemInfoOnIdent.cs both work with the GUI directly. This isn't "bad" but it makes it difficult to re-use these objects.
My code is LGPL licensed. You can modify it as long as you share the source. You can also use any public exports (there currently are none) in any non-shared source projects.
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I dont get it.
decal already has on object create and release events
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The ObjectTracker class is just an example of a logic class. The idea is to demonstrate how plugin logic can be placed in a separate class from view interaction.
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i peeked at it. i see.
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Hi. All my plugins have been created from the old Wolfs C# Plugin Template, so I've grabbed your samples to help sort out converting to VVS. So thanks for posting these  .
One question unrelated to VVS. I notice you subscribe to events like:
[BaseEvent("LoginComplete", "CharacterFilter")]
private void CharacterFilter_LoginComplete(object sender, EventArgs e)
Whereas I'm used to the Wolfs way of doing it like:
Core.CharacterFilter.LoginComplete += new EventHandler(CharacterFilter_LoginComplete);
Is there any meaningful difference between the two options (i.e.,. is it worth me going through and changing all my event code to do like yours)?
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shontsu posted:
I notice you subscribe to events like:
[BaseEvent("LoginComplete", "CharacterFilter")]
private void CharacterFilter_LoginComplete(object sender, EventArgs e)
Whereas I'm used to the Wolfs way of doing it like:
Core.CharacterFilter.LoginComplete += new EventHandler(CharacterFilter_LoginComplete);
Is there any meaningful difference between the two options
Yes. If you do everything the same, the latter method is slightly faster depending on the size of your plugincore class.
How much does it matter? I converted GoArrow from the first to the second method and it saved 50ms of startup time on my system. Not a huge deal, but I don't like something else 'magically' dealing with my events anyway. Also, the latter method allows you to utilize intellisense and compile time checking...with the former, if you misspell something, it will just silently fail.
My personal theory is that as many errors as possible should be caught at compile time, rather than runtime. It's why I hate javascript and loose typing 
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Thanks .
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What language are Decal and decal plugins written in? C++? C#?
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Both. You can also write decal plugins in VB6.
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I know C++, C# and VB not so much. Thank you.
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Check out the link in my sig, it has C# code.
If your plugin needs a view (views are not required for plugins), personally I think its much easier to just write it straight for Virindi View System (VVS).
Decal Views are very slow and cause client crashes.
Virindi does offer a wrapper to convert decal views to virindi views but its quite complex. If you don't understand how interfaces work then really you're just copying/pasting and hoping all works.
Virindi Views are fast and stable and just about everyone runs them now.
The plugin in my link has code my plugin that uses only virindi views. I think its much easier to understand/follow.
Also, whatever view system you write, your plugin logic shouldn't depend on your view objects. Your view may or may not load, may crash, etc.. Your plugins functionality should work with or without views.
Code your logic and views separately. Then create a view manager object that takes one of your functional objects as a parameter, and your view object as a parameter. This new view manager has the responsibility of updating the view as well as updating your functional objects with user input from the view.
This is proper technique. If you're just learning though, you'll probably just reference your view directly from your logic objects, which for learning, is just fine. You can refactor it later if you have OCD like me.
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Or you can just code your logic right into the view handler classes like a real man, instead of needing 14 classes of bullshit... (I don't agree with Magnus on this issue )
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Hazridi posted:
Or you can just code your logic right into the view handler classes like a real man, instead of needing 14 classes of bullshit... (I don't agree with Magnus on this issue )
amen - not commenting on VVS or Magnus code, just code in general.
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*sniff sniff*
but.. but.. but it's good to decouple your logic from your GUI...
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