Is it hard to edit scripts from 0.4 to 1.2 or 1.3 without Lua scripting experience?

[Marko999x]

Hello guys
as the tittle says is it hard to edit scripts from 0.4 to 1.2 or 1.3 without any lua scripting experience?
Im talking about simple scripts like manarune script or spell scripts etc

 

[esigma94]

Are u asking for such thing being here for nearly 3 years and having so many msgs?
It depends wheter were you programming previously or not. Its very easy to do such transpilation for such small scripts (whole script usually has a few lines of code) but without any lua experience you might be confused seeing anything.

 

[Marko999x]

Are u asking for such thing being here for nearly 3 years and having so many msgs?
It depends wheter were you programming previously or not. Its very easy to do such transpilation for such small scripts (whole script usually has a few lines of code) but without any lua experience you might be confused seeing anything.

Nice to know thanks thanks

 

[esigma94]

I'll give you an example so you'll have an image of this situation. This is based on some code found on this forum. It's an item that gives some mana for players above level 700.

old version

function onUse(cid, item, fromPosition, itemEx, toPosition)
    local level = getPlayerLevel(cid)
    local mlevel = getPlayerMagLevel(cid)
    local mp_minimum = (level * 2.9) + (mlevel * 1) - 50
    local mp_maximum = (level * 5.0) + (mlevel * 1)
    local mp_add = math.random(mp_minimum, mp_maximum)

    if getPlayerLevel(cid) > 700 then
        doPlayerAddMana(cid, mp_add)
        doRemoveItem(item.uid, 1)
        doSendMagicEffect(getThingPos(itemEx.uid), 5)
    else
        doPlayerSendTextMessage(cid, MESSAGE_INFO_DESCR, "You need 700 lvl to use this.")
    end
end

new version

function onUse(player, item, fromPosition, target, toPosition, isHotkey)
    local level = player:getLevel()
    local mlevel = player:getMagicLevel()
    local mp_minimum = (level * 2.9) + (mlevel * 1) - 50
    local mp_maximum = (level * 5.0) + (mlevel * 1)
    local mp_add = math.random(mp_minimum, mp_maximum)

    if player:getLevel()> 700 then
        player:addMana(mp_add)
        item:remove(1)
        target:getPosition():sendMagicEffect(5)
    else
        player:sendTextMessage(MESSAGE_INFO_DESCR, "You need 700 lvl to use this.")
    end
end

As you could see it's kinda similiar.


#Edit
I decided to make it even more similiar to the original code (no tweaks ).

 

[Marko999x]

i see i see thanks for the example
thought would be way harder to be honest

 

[Diarreamental]

i see i see thanks for the example
thought would be way harder to be honest

you don't need to change the scripts at all tfs 1.3 1.2 support older scripts too

 

[esigma94]

you don't need to change the scripts at all tfs 1.3 1.2 support older scripts too

I am curious then, is everything fully compatible? Can I smoothly migrate all my scripts from 0.4 to 1.3 without changing the code?

 

[Marko999x]

you don't need to change the scripts at all tfs 1.3 1.2 support older scripts too

as esigma94 said, can i use then my old scripts without editing the code?

 

[Diarreamental]

as esigma94 said, can i use then my old scripts without editing the code?

yes, ofc some would need a bit of edition but not all scripts and the editions are really minor changes

 

[esigma94]

yes, ofc some would need a bit of edition but not all scripts and the editions are really minor changes

Good to know. I still prefere object-orientend approach but it would be a great starting point of migration.

 

[Marko999x]

yes, ofc some would need a bit of edition but not all scripts and the editions are really minor changes

nice to know thanks